Senegalese President Macky Sall postponed the presidential elections due later this month in a decree announced on Saturday, citing controversies over the disqualification of some candidates and allegations of corruption in election-related cases. Sall said he signed a decree repealing the law that convened the electoral body just as campaigning was set to begin for […]
Namibian President Hage Geingob died Sunday while receiving medical treatment, his office announced. He was 82. In a post on the social media platform X, formerly Twitter, the Namibian presidency said Geingob’s medical team at Lady Pohamba Hospital did its best to help him, but Geingob died with his wife, Monica Geingos, and children by […]
The terrorist threat from al-Qaida, the Islamic State group, and their affiliates remains high in conflict zones in Africa and in Afghanistan – and threat levels have risen in some regions including Europe, U.N. experts said in a new report. The panel of experts said in the 23-page report that the relationship between Afghanistan’s Taliban […]
South Africa has shipped the first consignment of products to neighbouring countries under the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), boosting the momentum of the world’s largest free trade area. Refrigerators, home appliances, and mining equipment were among the products shipped from KwaZulu-Natal’s Durban Port on Wednesday, January 31. “This shipment demonstrates that the African […]
Algeria has drafted a U.N. Security Council resolution to demand an immediate humanitarian ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, a move that the United States – a council veto power – opposes because it says it would only benefit the Palestinian militants. The draft, seen by Reuters on Thursday, also “rejects the forced displacement of the Palestinian […]
The number of migrants from West Africa who braved the sea in fragile boats to reach Spain’s Canary Islands jumped more than 1,000% in January from a year ago, data released by the country’s interior ministry on Thursday showed. A total of 7,270 irregular migrants reached the archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean between Jan. 1 […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of Ghana urged global leaders to acknowledge the interconnectedness of nations, emphasizing shared destinies during his address at the annual Africa Day event held in Vienna, Austria, on January 30, 2024. President Akufo-Addo highlighted the importance of a well-developed and prosperous Africa, not only benefiting the continent itself but also […]
The Ghana government has signed a series of Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with the United Kingdom’s (UK) Society Motor Manufacturing and Traders’ Auto Development Centre (SMMT) to explore opportunities in Ghana’s automobile industry for their mutual benefits. The Agreements would facilitate corporation in auto investment, including investment in Electric Vehicles (EVs). There was also an […]
Mali said on Wednesday it was not planning to leave West Africa’s currency zone while Burkino Faso indicated it would do so after they and Niger announced their withdrawal from the region’s political bloc in protest. In a blow to hard-fought regional integration, the three military-led nations, among the world’s poorest, are planning to quit the […]
In a carefully worded response this week, China voiced its support of the U.N.’s International Court of Justice, or ICJ, ruling that orders Israel to desist from the killing of Palestinians in Gaza. Experts tell VOA that privately China has reservations about the use of such courts to deal with allegations of genocide, which could […]
