Tunisia unions demand ‘roadmap’ to end state of exception
Tunis – Tunisia’s powerful UGTT trade union confederation demanded a “national dialogue” and a “roadmap” out of a state of... Read more
5 Dec, 2021
Angola opposition re-elects leader after ousting by court
Luanda – The man expected to be the main candidate to take on Angola’s president Joao Lourenco in polls next... Read more
5 Dec, 2021
Tanzania’s president accuses rivals of smearing her leadership
Dar es Salaam – Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Saturday accused rivals inside the government of trying to damage... Read more
5 Dec, 2021
Top Kabila ally ousted from DRC mining firm
Kinshasa – Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi on Saturday named a new head of state mining company Gecamines,... Read more
5 Dec, 2021
Top Sudan general sees ‘positive’ signs coup sanctions will be lifted
Khartoum – Sudan’s top general Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said onm Saturday there were “positive indicators” that measures taken against his... Read more
5 Dec, 2021
Twitter admits policy ‘errors’ after far-right abuse
Washington – Twitter’s new picture permission policy was aimed at combating online abuse, but US activists and researchers said... Read more
4 Dec, 2021
Mali parliament ex-VP handed 6 month suspended sentence
Bamako – A court in Mali’s capital on Friday handed a suspended six-month sentence to a former vice president of... Read more
4 Dec, 2021
Gambians vote in first presidential election since Jammeh era
Banjul – Gambians were due to head to the polls on Saturday, in the first presidential election in the... Read more
4 Dec, 2021
Germany cracks down on unjabbed to tackle Covid surge
Berlin – Germany will impose sweeping curbs on people not vaccinated against Covid-19 to combat the latest surge in... Read more
3 Dec, 2021
Tunisia’s Saied moves revolution anniversary
Tunis – Tunisia’s president Kais Saied said on Thursday he would move the official anniversary of the country’s revolution, a... Read more
3 Dec, 2021
