Tuesday, November 10, 2026

Africa

March 17, 2022

Mali junta to suspend RFI radio, France 24 TV

France’s AFP news agency previously reported the suspension had already taken effect.

RFI, FRANCE 24
March 17, 2022

Tensions rising in Libya over ‘parallel governments’: UN

While the situation on the ground remains relatively calm, reports are emerging of threatening rhetoric.

Libyan forces
March 17, 2022

Nigeria’s Benjamin Sawyerr assumes duty as UNISFA commander

Mr Sawyerr has a distinguished military career spanning over 34 years in the Nigerian Army.

Maj.-Gen. Benjamin Sawyerr
March 17, 2022

Journalist, writer arrested for ‘insulting’ President Museveni

In January, Kakwenza Rukirabashaija was charged to court for calling the president “obese” and a “curmudgeon.”

Yoweri Museveni
March 15, 2022

Islamist militants kill over 60 persons in attacks in eastern Congo

The assailants, believed to be rebels from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), have targeted at least five villages.

March 14, 2022

Ethiopia: Sixty-four people killed in ambush, reprisals

The violence in the Benishangul-Gumuz, home to several ethnic groups, was separate from the war in Tigray.

Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed
March 13, 2022

Moderna picks Kenya for Africa’s largest vaccine production plant

The biotech giant said planned to invest up to $500 million in the East African country.

President Kenyatta and Moderna
March 10, 2022

Jonathan pushes for full adoption of technology in African elections

“If technology is deployed, African presidents who refuse to relinquish power even when they have lost an election will find it difficult to manipulate the process.”

Former Nigerian President, Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan
March 10, 2022

Nigeria, other African nations to suffer from Russia-Ukraine war: IMF

The Russian invasion of Ukraine, which began on February 24, has pushed food, energy and commodity prices to new heights.

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva
March 8, 2022

ECOWAS court advocates 50% women inclusion in politics, economy

The court says a 50 per cent affirmative action on gender parity will give women an equal playing field with the male folk.

ECOWAS court