Niger’s Deposed President Is With Family And Doing Wel...
Niger's ousted president Mohamed Bazoum is with his family and is doing well, a relatives told AFP Sunday, after claims by the country's new military rulers this week that he had tried to escape.
"He is at the presidential residence ... Read More
South African President And Dutch Royals Foster Diplomacy An...
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa welcomed the Dutch royal couple, King Willem-Alexander and his wife Queen Máxima of the Netherlands at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on Thursday.
Their majesties were on a state visit at the invitation of the president ... Read More
Niger Junta Leaders Claim Ousted President Bazoum Attempted ...
Niger's junta said Thursday that it had thwarted an escape attempt by ousted President Mohamed Bazoum who has been imprisoned by the military since a July 26 coup despite international calls for his release.
The interim authorities said that Bazoum and ... Read More
Gabon Junta Leader Turns Down Presidential Salary
Gabon’s military leader Gen Brice Oligui Nguema has given up his salary as president and will only receive a wage as commander of the republican guard.
He became the interim president following the overthrow of President Ali Bongo in August this ... Read More
Xi Jinping Opens Belt And Road Forum In Beijing
President Xi Jinping
Chinese president Xi Jinping opened the Belt and Road forum in Beijing on Wednesday, with a message that China "can only do well when the world is doing well".
China is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Belt and ... Read More
Fraudsters Use AI To Impersonate African Union Chief Moussa ...
Moussa Faki
The African Union Commission has fallen victim to cybercrime after fraudsters deployed artificial intelligence tools to impersonate the continental body’s head Moussa Faki.
Mr Faki who is the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, the secretariat of the African ... Read More
Ghana Hosts First Africa Cinema Summit In November
The nation is to host a maiden Africa Cinema Summit in November, this year, the first of its kind in Africa.
The two-day event will commence on Tuesday, November 14, to Thursday, November 16, 2023, at Movenpick Ambassador Hotel, Accra.
The summit ... Read More
Ethiopia Prime Minister: Africa Is Becoming Economic, Politi...
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed
Africa is now realising its potential and capacity, with the formerly side-lined continent harnessing its demographic dividend and natural resources and becoming an economic, political and social powerhouse, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Wednesday.
The African ... Read More
Ivory Coast Appoints Largely Unchanged New Government
President Alassane Ouattara
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara appointed a new government of 31 ministers on Tuesday with many positions unchanged after unexpectedly removing the prime minister and his cabinet from office earlier this month.
Robert Beugre Mambe, a close ally of ... Read More
Gabon’s Government Threatens Arrests Over Money Collec...
Military rulers in Gabon on Tuesday threatened to arrest the heads of businesses who have collected money for work that was not performed.
While ordering the resumption of work at utility and construction sites after years of abandonment, Gabon's military-appointed prime ... Read More