Boat With 400 Migrants Adrift Between Greece, Malta
A vessel with around 400 people on board is adrift between Greece and Malta and is taking on water, support service Alarm Phone said Sunday, after a sharp rise of migrant boats crossing the Mediterranean from North Africa.
Alarm Phone said ... Read More
Ethiopia To Integrate Regional Forces Into Central Army, Pol...
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed
The Ethiopian government has said it intends to integrate all regional special forces either into the national army or the federal or regional police, a move likely to be perceived as an attempt to diminish the autonomy ... Read More
Report: China Helped With Africa Pandemic Debt Relief
A new report by researchers from Johns Hopkins University is giving China better than expected marks for its performance in helping to restructure the crippling debt loads carried by some African countries.
The report is based on a detailed evaluation of ... Read More
South Africa Revokes ‘State of Disaster’ Over Power Cris...
South Africa’s government has revoked a national “state of disaster” declared in February to manage a crippling electricity crisis.
On February 9, President Cyril Ramaphosa invoked disaster regulations to fight the crisis that included daily rolling power cuts by state utility Eskom due ... Read More
Washington Trying To Wreck Russia-Africa Summit – Russ...
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov
The U.S. is trying to wreck Russia's planned summit with African countries as part of efforts to isolate Moscow, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview published on Tuesday.
Lavrov told the news site Argumenty i ... Read More
Kenyan Opposition Leader Presents New Demand For Electoral R...
Kenya opposition leader Raila Odinga on Tuesday called for parties outside parliament to be involved in talks on electoral reform and the high cost of living, at odds with President William Ruto's plan for negotiations to be held only within ... Read More
I’m Happy To Retire And Become a Journalist – Kagame
President Paul Kagame of Rwanda has said he is looking forward to retiring and handing over power after 22 years in office.
Speaking at a joint press briefing with his Kenyan counterpart, William Ruto in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, Kagame said ... Read More
UK Home Secretary Says Rwanda Is Safe For Asylum Seekers
Britain’s interior minister, Suella Braverman, says she is convinced Rwanda is a safe country for the resettlement of asylum seekers, but she has declined to set any deadline for the first deportations there.
The British government is hoping to send thousands ... Read More
Burkina Faso Expels Two Journalists Working For French Newsp...
Burkina Faso has expelled two French journalists working for newspapers Le Monde and Liberation, the two newspapers said on Sunday, accusing the authorities of seeking to stifle freedom of speech with an escalating crackdown on foreign media.
Liberation said its correspondent ... Read More
IMF, Rwanda Reach Agreement On Review Of New Resilience Faci...
The International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday it has reached a staff-level agreement with Rwanda on policies needed to complete the first reviews of Rwanda's $319 million loan arrangement under the IMF's new Resilience and Sustainability Facility.
The agreement is subject ... Read More