The spread of fighting in southeastern Sudan has forced humanitarian groups to temporarily suspend operations in some areas, while UNICEF expressed concern about millions of children at risk amid escalating violence. UNICEF said Thursday at least 150,000 children have been forced from their homes during the past week in Jazeera state, located southeast of Khartoum, […]
The government is encouraging Ghanaian businesses to seek to expand their portfolio using the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) platform for accelerated economic growth. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said the opportunities presented by the AfCFTA were enormous, which ought to be unlocked in order to make the local businesses globally competitive. “It is […]
Ethiopia and Egypt said the latest round of talks over a huge, highly contentious hydroelectric dam Ethiopia has built on the Nile’s main tributary again ended with no deal. The countries blamed each other after three days of discussions in Addis Ababa concluded on Tuesday. Egypt’s Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation said the talks […]
The African Development Bank (AfDB) will “immediately” withdraw all its international employees from Ethiopia following an assault on its staff members by government security forces, the institution said on Wednesday. The AfDB lodged a formal complaint with Ethiopian authorities last month, calling the physical assault and hours-long detention of two of its employees on Oct. 31 a […]
Four French IT workers with diplomatic passports and visas have been arrested in Burkina Faso’s capital, Ouagadougou, a French diplomatic source said on Wednesday, denying a media report that they were intelligence agents. Worsening relations between the junta in Burkina Faso and former coloniser France have recently led to expulsion orders for diplomatic officials, including the French […]
Colorado’s Supreme Court has ruled that Donald Trump cannot run for president next year in the state, citing a constitutional insurrection clause. The court ruled 4-3 that Mr Trump was not an eligible candidate because he had engaged in an insurrection over the US Capitol riot nearly three years ago. The Trump campaign called the […]
President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa has strongly condemned the ongoing crisis in Gaza, describing it as a “genocidal onslaught and slaughter of the people of Palestine.” In a press statement, he drew parallels between the struggles faced by Palestinians and those experienced by South Africans during their own tumultuous history. “As we have looked at […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday hailed the “convincing” victory of his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sissi, who was unsurprisingly re-elected for a third term with 89.6% of the vote. “The convincing victory in the elections has become clear proof of the global recognition of your merits in resolving the socio-economic and foreign policy tasks […]
The United States on Tuesday called on the electoral authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to be transparent in announcing the results of Wednesday’s elections, following missed deadlines in 2019. While US diplomacy praised the work of the DRC’s electoral commission, “additional measures to ensure the transparency of the electoral process, including clear […]
The citizens of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have commenced voting in critical general elections, with incumbent President Félix Tshisekedi seeking reelection amid a fragmented opposition in a politically and security-charged atmosphere. The first voter was spotted casting their ballot at 06:09 (04:09 GMT) in a polling station in Kisangani, located in the eastern […]
