Business African leaders meet to push for free trade zone Nairobi – Three years ago, amid a blaze of optimism, African leaders officially launched a new continent-wide free trade... Read more 17 Feb, 2023
News Police rescue woman who was kidnapped on Valentine’s Day; Ivory Coast to end Covid border closures | Here are your top news headlines From police rescuing a woman who was kidnapped on Valentine’s Day; to Ivory Coast ending Covid border closures…Read these... Read more 17 Feb, 2023
Countries DRC governor accuses Rwanda in gunfire exchange Bukavu – A Democratic Republic ofCongo (DRC) provincial governor traded accusations with neighbouring Rwanda on Wednesday hours after an... Read more 16 Feb, 2023
Countries Rights groups slam Morocco decision to extradite Saudi Rabat – Two dozen rights groups have criticised Morocco over its decision to extradite a Saudi activist’s brother back... Read more 16 Feb, 2023
Countries Durban man allegedly drowns and kills his wife in their family pool on Valentine’s Day Cape Town – A Durban man is reportedly under police guard in hospital following the death of his wife... Read more 16 Feb, 2023
Countries Fears for DRC census as rebel attack kills five Bunia – ADF rebels on Wednesday killed five civilians in troubled Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) eastern province of... Read more 16 Feb, 2023
Countries At least 50 killed in Ethiopia’s Oromia region, says rights body Nairobi – At least 50 people died in ethnic violence in Ethiopia’s Oromia region this month, the Ethiopian Human... Read more 16 Feb, 2023
Countries At least 73 migrants ‘presumed dead’ after shipwreck off Libya Tripoli – Dozens of migrants are thought to have died after their boat sunk off the coast of Libya,... Read more 16 Feb, 2023
Burundi Burundi arrests five rights campaigners Nairobi – Burundian intelligence agents have arrested five human rights campaigners, including four as they were about to fly... Read more 16 Feb, 2023
Countries Ivory Coast to end Covid border closures Abidjan – Ivory Coast on Wednesday decided to lift a nearly three-year-long closure of its land borders that had... Read more 16 Feb, 2023