Somali regional leaders urge end to power struggle
Mogadishu – Somalia’s regional leaders on Friday called for the president and prime minister to end their damaging feud which... Read more
18 Sep, 2021
Death of ISIS Sahel leader won’t end jihadist group – French general
Ouagadougou – The Islamic State group’s division in the Greater Sahara, whose boss was killed last month by French... Read more
18 Sep, 2021
Tunisia briefly detains politician hostile to president
Tunis – Tunisian authorities on Friday beat and briefly detained Seifeddine Makhlouf, according to a lawyer for the controversial... Read more
18 Sep, 2021
Jacob Zuma takes fight to rescind his imprisonment to African Court on Human and People’s Rights
Cape Town – Former president Jacob Zuma is turning to the African Court on Human and People’s Rights to... Read more
18 Sep, 2021
Jacob Zuma’s medical parole: ‘I got to hear about the decision once it was made,’ says Ramaphosa
Cape Town – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has dismissed reports that he was aware of the national commissioner... Read more
18 Sep, 2021
Hundreds of Malians protest Ecowas call for swift elections
Bamako – Hundreds of people demonstrated in Mali’s capital Bamako on Friday, demanding the nation’s military rulers be given more... Read more
18 Sep, 2021
Hundreds of aid trucks ‘not returned’ from Tigray, UN says
Addis Ababa – Hundreds of aid trucks have not returned from Ethiopia’s war-hit Tigray region, and their disappearance is “the... Read more
18 Sep, 2021
West African leaders push Guinea strongman on swift elections
Conakry – West African leaders met Guinean coup leader Colonel Mamady Doumbouya in the capital Conakry on Friday, where they... Read more
18 Sep, 2021
Mali ex-rebels reject potential Russian mercenary deal
Bamako – Former separatists in Mali on Thursday said they opposed a potential government deal with Russian mercenary group... Read more
17 Sep, 2021
‘No fake news can stop us from victory in the 2021 local govt elections,’ says EFF
Cape Town – The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has dismissed as “fake news” a social media post claiming that... Read more
17 Sep, 2021
