March to presidency, the second since protests began, coincides with Sudan’s 63 years of independence celebrations. A coalition of professional associations in Sudan has again called for a march on the eve of the country’s 63rd anniversary of independence to demand that President Omar al-Bashir step down immediately. In a statement on Friday, the Association […]
Militants linked to the Islamic State (IS) group have hoisted their flag in a Nigerian town after seizing control of it, three residents have told the BBC. Hundreds of people have fled the fishing town of Baga after the militants overran it on Wednesday night, the residents said. The militants seized weapons from a military […]
KHARTOUM (AFP) – Sudanese police fired tear gas at hundreds of worshippers who staged demonstrations after Friday (Dec 28) prayers in several cities, including Khartoum, as opposition groups urged more anti-government protests. Angry crowds have taken to the streets in Khartoum and other cities since Dec 19 after a government decision to raise prices of […]
Sudanese authorities have fired tear gas at protesters near the country’s capital as demonstrations continue. Hundreds of people were fired on outside a mosque in Omdurman after activists called for protests to take place after Friday prayers. Demonstrations have also erupted in areas of north Khartoum, Sudan’s capital, according to AFP. It comes after Sudanese […]
Investment worth 200 million dollars on the table 24 fast-growing African companies have been selected to win a place in the DealRoom to be held at the Africa Forum 2018 on December 8 and 9th in Egypt. It is a special matchmaking platform for African companies developed and run jointly by Asoko Insight and IC […]
The Togolese Republic (“Togo”) has become the twentieth (20th) Member State of Africa Finance Corporation (“AFC” or “the Corporation”), Africa’s leading infrastructure development finance institution. Togo’s membership of AFC also makes it the 12th West African member of AFC after Nigeria, Guinea Bissau, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Gambia, Liberia, Guinea, Chad, Cape Verde, Benin and Côte […]
In our series of letters from African writers, Ghanaian journalist Elizabeth Ohene looks back at some of the big events on the continent in 2018. It has been a year where one is tempted to invoke the “always something new out of Africa” theory. It is not every day you have a prime minister leading […]
CAIRO — The police used tear gas and fired in the air Tuesday to disperse thousands of protesters trying to march on the presidential palace to demand that Omar Hassan al-Bashir, Sudan’s president of 29 years, step down, according to activists and video clips posted online. The clips purported to show crowds of several hundred […]
Fresh anti-government protests have erupted in Sudan as doctors said they would go on strike to increase pressure on President Omar al-Bashir. An independent group of medics said that from Monday they would focus on treating wounded protesters. On Saturday Sudan’s main opposition leader said security forces had killed 22 demonstrators. Officials say the toll […]
MOGADISHU, Somalia — A suicide car bombing on Saturday near the presidential palace in Mogadishu, the Somalian capital, has killed at least 13 people and wounded at least 17 others, the police said. A second blast went off nearby shortly afterward, as a plume of smoke rose over the capital and ambulances were arriving on […]