Bigger Battles Await UK’s Sunak And His Rwandan Migrat...
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak might have emerged victorious from a bruising vote on his flagship Rwanda migration policy, but the bitter divisions that risk turning his party into a "circus" mean any respite is likely to be short lived.
A ... Read More
US Plans To Resume Partnership With Niger, Diplomat Say
The United States intends to resume security and development cooperation with Niger provided it takes steps to restore democracy, a U.S. diplomat said on Wednesday after meeting the military leaders who took power in a coup in July.
Assistant Secretary of ... Read More
UK Lawmakers Vote In Favour Of Rwanda Asylum Plan
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's contentious emergency legislation to allow asylum seekers to be sent to Rwanda passed its first parliamentary hurdle on Tuesday.
Lawmakers in the House of Commons voted by 313 to 269 in favour of the bill, which ... Read More
Egypt’s Sisi Cruises Towards Victory In Subdued Electi...
El Sisi
Egyptians cast their ballots on Tuesday on the third and final day of a presidential election expected to give President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi a sweeping victory and a new six-year term in the absence of real competition.
Many Egyptians have ... Read More
Nearly 50 Million Facing Hunger In West, Central Africa As C...
A record 49.5 million people are expected to go hungry in West and Central Africa next year due to a combination of conflict, climate change and high food prices, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
The figure is 4% higher than ... Read More
Kenya ‘Out Of Debt Distress’, Ruto Says On 60th ...
Kenya is "out of the danger of over-indebtedness", claimed its president, William Ruto, on Tuesday, praising his economic policy despite public anger at tax hikes and subsidy cuts.
The country of 53 million inhabitants, the economic powerhouse of East Africa, is ... Read More
Rwanda To Hold Presidential Poll Next July
Rwanda will hold presidential and parliamentary polls on July 15 next year, the election commission said Tuesday, with President Paul Kagame due to run for a fourth term in office.
"Throughout the country, the polling date for the president of the ... Read More
Niger: NGOs Call On ECOWAS To Let In Humanitarian Aid
On Tuesday, international NGOs working in Niger called on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to ease its sanctions against Niamey to allow emergency humanitarian aid to enter from neighbouring Benin.
The twenty or so organisations are calling for ... Read More
Ethiopia Bondholder Call Scheduled For Thursday As Default L...
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed
Ethiopia will hold a call with its international bondholders on Thursday, a senior finance ministry official said, as the country is careening toward default, having said last week that it could not pay a $33 million bond coupon due ... Read More
UK Lawmakers In Sunak’s Party Say Rwanda Bill Not Toug...
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was scrambling on Monday to get enough support for his flagship immigration policy of deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda after some lawmakers in his party said a planned emergency law was not tough enough.
Sunak is ... Read More