ADDIS ABABA (REUTERS) – Ethiopian Airlines pilots followed proper procedures when their Boeing 737 Max 8 airplane repeatedly nosedived before a March 10 crash that killed 157 people, Ethiopia’s minister of transport said on Thursday (April 7) as she delivered the first official report on the disaster. “The crew performed all the procedures repeatedly provided […]
PARIS — The long-ruling president of Algeria, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, resigned Tuesday night after the army signaled that he had to go following weeks of mass protests against him. The state news agency said the ailing Mr. Bouteflika, who hasn’t spoken to his countrymen in seven years, had submitted his resignation. It followed quickly on a […]
Algeria’s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is resigning after weeks of mass protests, state media report. Mr Bouteflika, who had been in power for 20 years, had already dropped plans to seek a fifth term as opposition to his rule grew. The powerful Algerian army had called for the 82-year-old to be declared incapable of carrying out […]
With Eritrea the only one-party state in Africa, many of its citizens are hoping that President Isaias Afwerki will introduce sweeping political reforms following the end of the “state of war” with neighbouring Ethiopia. Mr Isaias has been in power since leading Eritrea to independence from Ethiopia in 1993. He was heavily influenced by Marxism […]
President Abdelaziz Bouteflika of Algeria is preparing to announce his resignation, a privately owned Algerian TV network said on Sunday, following weeks of mass protests and the army chief of staff’s call to have the president declared unfit for office. Citing unnamed political sources, the network, Ennahar TV, reported that Mr. Bouteflika might announce his […]
Rights group says cases of child labour, worker exploitation and low pay are rife in Zimbabwe’s tobacco farms. Malpractice in Zimbabwe’s tobacco growing industry is rampant, an international human rights organisation has reported after an investigation. In a report launched in the Zimbabwean capital, Harare, on Thursday, Human Rights Watch said cases of child labour, […]
In our series of letters from African journalists, Zeinab Mohammed Salih considers why female protesters are angry with their male counterparts. The anti-government protests in Sudan are unwavering despite a state of emergency imposed in February. This is largely thanks to the efforts of the Sudanese Professionals Association (SPA), which has been organising the demonstrations […]
Flash floods and mudslides wreak havoc in and around Nairobi as the rainy season sets in. Kenya’s rainy season has set in with a vengeance leading to widespread flooding across central and southern parts of the country. At least five people are known to have died in the latest spell of seasonal downpours. The deadly […]
One of Africa’s strongest democracies sees fifth smooth transition of power as new leader vows to tackle unemployment. Botswana has inaugurated Mokgweetsi Masisi as its fifth president, in a ceremony designed to highlight a smooth transition of power in one of Africa’s strongest democracies. The ex-vice president took over on Sunday from Ian Khama, who stepped […]
Pope Francis has visited Morocco on his latest trip to a predominantly Muslim state. He met migrants and Muslim leaders, and held a Mass for the country’s small Roman Catholic community. The Pope celebrated Mass in a sports centre in the Moroccan capital Rabat on Sunday. Delighted worshippers thronged the cathedral. Speaking in Rabat’s cathedral, […]