Tripoli’s government is battling eastern commander Khalifa Haftar in the latest factional fighting since 2011. Three African heads of state, the African Union chief, and a senior UN envoy met on Thursday in Republic of Congo in the latest attempt to broker talks over Libya’s crisis. The meeting is the second in the Congo since […]
Mauritius and Rodrigues Island brace for damaging winds and torrential rains. Tropical Cyclone Herold has developed close to Madagascar and is expected to strengthen further in the coming days as it heads into the southern India Ocean. Parts of Madagascar have already been hit by heavy rain, with Sambava in the northeast recording 95mm (3.7 […]
ADDIS ABABA (REUTERS) – The families of passengers and crew aboard Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 will mark the first anniversary of the crash on Tuesday (March 10), a day after an interim report focused on software installed on the Boeing 737 Max airliner. The accident killed all 157 people aboard. It was the second involving the […]
The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, one of Nigeria’s most influential Muslim traditional leaders, has been removed from his throne. He was deposed for showing “insubordination” to the authorities in the northern state of Kano. Mr Sanusi, an ex-central bank chief, has had frosty relations with Kano Governor Abdullahi Ganduje since 2017. His supporters […]
Saren Idaho said he has no connection to Sierra Leone and had never been to the country until he was deported there from the US six months ago. “I know nobody here,” lamented the 55-year-old father of two. Looking unwell and struggling to walk, he sat down on a plastic chair in his sparsely furnished […]
As cases of the coronavirus increase around the world, there’s been a flurry of misleading or false news stories emerging, as well. There have been relatively few confirmed cases of the virus in Africa so far, but the authorities in some countries in the continent are still having to deal with misinformation. 1. No, you […]
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) – South Africa will evacuate 151 citizens from the coronavirus-hit Chinese city of Wuhan within days, the health minister said on Sunday (March 1), as the death toll and number of infected worldwide mounted. The virus has spread to more than 60 countries around the globe – killing nearly 3,000 people and sickening […]
Official involved in monitoring arms embargo on Libya arrested in Tunisia despite having diplomatic immunity, UN says. The United Nations says a member of its panel of experts monitoring sanctions against Libya has been arrested in Tunisia despite having diplomatic immunity. Moncef Kartas, a Tunisian national, was arrested after arriving at Tunis airport on Tuesday, […]
Plumes of smoke seen near labour ministry in downtown Mogadishu following blasts and gunfight. A gun battle between Somalia’s security forces and the armed group al-Shabab in the capital, Mogadishu, has ended, leaving 15 people dead, including the country’s deputy labour minister, police said. Al-Shabab gunmen on Saturday stormed Somalia’s ministries of labour and works […]
President welcomes peaceful protests but cautions against foreign, domestic attempts to ‘stir sedition, spread chaos’. Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has warned that the ongoing protests against his reelection campaign risk being exploited by “internal and external” parties attempting to disrupt the country’s stability. Tens of thousands of Algerians have taken part in nationwide protests since […]