UN ‘regrets’ DRC expelling peacekeeping mission spokesperson
Kinshasa – The UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday said it “regretted” a move... Read more
4 Aug, 2022
29 minors detained in Guinea following protests
Conakry – Twenty-nine Guinean minors have been arrested and charged with unlawful assembly and the destruction of property following... Read more
4 Aug, 2022
DRC asks UN peacekeeping mission spokesperson to leave country
Kinshasa – The Democratic Republic of Congo has asked the spokesperson of the UN’s peacekeeping mission in the country... Read more
3 Aug, 2022
Somalia appoints former al-Shabaab leader as religion minister
Mogadishu – Somalia has appointed the former deputy leader and spokesperson for the al-Shabaab Islamist group as religion minister,... Read more
3 Aug, 2022
Cool head in a rough region, Kenya faces test in election
Nairobi – In his final weeks as president, Uhuru Kenyatta has been busier than usual playing peacemaker in East... Read more
2 Aug, 2022
Sudanese paramilitary commander says coup failed to bring change
Khartoum – The deputy head of Sudan’s ruling council Mohamed Hamdan Daglo on Monday criticised last year’s military coup,... Read more
2 Aug, 2022
South Africa is trapped again: what kind of leaders can set the country free
Chris Jones, Stellenbosch University Former South African president Thabo Mbeki recently painted a gloomy picture of the country and... Read more
1 Aug, 2022
Algeria talks of joining Russia-linked BRICS group
Algiers – Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has suggested that his country, Africa’s largest natural gas exporter, could join the... Read more
1 Aug, 2022
Uzbekistan unblocks Twitter, WeChat, Vkontakte, govt says
Tashkent – Uzbekistan’s authoritarian government said on Monday that Twitter, WeChat, and popular Russian social network Vkontakte were all... Read more
1 Aug, 2022
Truss wins UK cabinet backing as voting begins in PM contest
London – British Conservative frontrunner Liz Truss won another heavyweight endorsement on Monday as party members began a month... Read more
1 Aug, 2022
