DRC expels Rwandan ambassador as M23 rebels gain ground
Goma – The authorities in Kinshasa on Saturday announced they were expelling the Rwandan ambassador as M23 rebels they... Read more
30 Oct, 2022
UN steps up troop alert as DRC rebels take more territory
Goma – Rebels seized more territory in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Saturday, prompting the UN peacekeeping... Read more
30 Oct, 2022
UN ‘deeply concerned’ by Russia’s ‘LGBTQ propaganda’ law
Geneva – The United Nations said on Friday it was “deeply concerned” by Russian lawmakers voting to toughen up... Read more
28 Oct, 2022
UN warns Somalia humanitarian crisis remains ‘dire’
Nairobi – The United Nations said on Wednesday that the humanitarian response to the crisis in Somalia where a... Read more
27 Oct, 2022
Will Africa’s metals boom suffer the same curse as oil?
Moanda – Mechanical diggers are hard at work in the bleak landscape of the Moanda open-cast mine in Gabon,... Read more
26 Oct, 2022
African Union leader urges overhaul of global governance
Diamniadio – Senegal’s President Macky Sall, who heads the African Union, on Monday deplored the “lack of coherence” from... Read more
25 Oct, 2022
Food aid staving off famine in Somalia: UN
Geneva – The United Nations said on Friday that international food assistance to Somalia was the only reason why... Read more
22 Oct, 2022
South Sudan floods leave 75 000 refugees without food: UN
Geneva – The devastating floods in South Sudan have blocked aid from reaching displaced people, the UN said on... Read more
22 Oct, 2022
Crisis-hit Sudan faces biggest threat yet: climate change
Khartoum – Conflict, coups, dire poverty: Sudan is reeling from multiple crises, but environmental activist Nisreen Elsaim warns a... Read more
21 Oct, 2022
Madagascar fires FM amid Russia UN vote controversy
Antananarivo – Madagascar’s president Andry Rajoelina has fired his foreign minister amid reports that his exit was sparked by the... Read more
20 Oct, 2022
