Tuesday, November 10, 2026

Africa

November 4, 2021

Facebook deletes PM’s post inciting Ethiopians to kill rebels

Social media platform Facebook has taken down a post by Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed urging Ethiopians to kill and bury rebels.

November 3, 2021

U.S. warns against takeover of Addis as Tigray rebels advance towards Ethiopian capital

The U.S. warning was delivered via an address by Jeffrey Feltman, the U.S. special envoy for the Horn of Africa.

November 3, 2021

CAR presidential guards shoot 10 UN peacemakers

Ten unarmed Egyptian peacekeepers from the UN Stabilisation Mission in the Central African Republic were shot on Monday by CAR’s presidential guards.

UN PEACEKEEPERS
November 3, 2021

162 Nigerians trafficked to Libya repatriated

They included victims of human trafficking and irregular migrants on voluntary return, who took Libya as a transit country, amongst others.

November 2, 2021

Gunmen kill 10 civilians, abduct four in Burkina Faso attack

The armed forces of Burkina Faso have since launched a quick-sweep operation in the affected area.

Burkina Faso military
November 1, 2021

Bird flu: Namibia suspends poultry imports from Germany, Netherlands

Live poultry, birds, raw/uncooked products, ostriches, and raw ostrich products from the two countries have been suspended.

October 30, 2021

Police kill 3 Sudanese during protests against coup plotters

The protests marked the biggest challenge to General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan since he ousted Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok on Monday.

Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Abdalla Hamdok
October 28, 2021

Foreign diplomats meet ousted Sudanese PM

An EU delegation, as well as the embassies of Germany, France, Britain, the U.S. and other countries, met Hamdok at his residence, they said jointly on Twitter Thursday.

October 28, 2021

Ghana, Nigeria meet over boundary issues

The United Nations and the International Law of the Sea allow a country to move its boundary up to 200 nautical miles into the sea.

Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Zubairu Dada
October 27, 2021

Kenya receives $150m World Bank credit for climate financing

Those in arid and semi-arid regions will be the primary beneficiaries of the programme.