Sudan’s military Sunday reinstated deposed Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok to lead a civilian government of technocrats after weeks of deadly unrest triggered by his overthrow. Civilian and military leaders said government officials and politicians arrested since the coup in late October will be released as part of the deal between the military and political parties, […]
Tunisian authorities said Sunday they had intercepted more than 200 migrants trying to reach the Italian coast, in nine separate operations. “In the context of the fight against irregular immigration, units from the northern, southern and central regions managed to thwart nine (sea crossing) attempts” overnight Saturday to Sunday, national guard spokesman Houssem Eddine Jebabli […]
Austria has returned to a full national lockdown as protests against new restrictions aimed at curbing Covid-19 infections spread across Europe. From midnight, Austrians have been asked to work from home and non-essential shops have closed. New restrictions have sparked protests throughout Europe. People clashed with police in the Netherlands and Belgium. Infection rates have […]
The United States has warned pilots that planes operating out of Ethiopia’s main international airport – one of busiest in Africa – could be “directly or indirectly exposed to ground weapons fire and/or surface-to-air fire” if the country’s spiralling conflict nears the capital, Addis Ababa. A Federal Aviation Administration advisory cited the “ongoing clashes” between Ethiopian forces […]
U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters Thursday that six U.N. staff members had been released but five others, along with one of their dependents, remain in detention in Addis Ababa. At least 16 U.N. staff and dependents were detained earlier this month amid reports of widespread arrests of ethnic Tigrayans. “Further ethnic profiling can only […]
A group of US states is investigating how Instagram targets children, despite it posing potential risks to them. The group – made up of both Democrat and Republican states – is investigating Instagram and Facebook’s parent company Meta to determine if consumer protection laws were broken. It comes after a company whistleblower testified in the […]
Switzerland Embassy in Ghana has pledged to support celebrated Ghanaian Presenter, Doreen Avio, to empower female Disk Jockeys in Ghana. Earlier, the radio and TV personality had announced her intentions to fight the gender imbalance in Ghana’s music industry during a live radio broadcast on Hitz 103.9FM. Her campaign was after a survey by the […]
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned on Wednesday that the worsening conflict in Ethiopia risks “peace and stability” in the wider Horn of Africa. Blinken made the comments in Kenya’s capital Nairobi after meeting Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and holding the second-ever official US-Kenya strategic dialogue with Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs […]
The speaker of Libya’s eastern-based parliament has said he will run for the presidency in next month’s election. Aguila Saleh’s announcement on Wednesday follows that of several other prominent Libyans including Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of Libya’s former dictator, and Khalifa Haftar, the powerful military commander. Both men are highly divisive figures accused of war crimes. In a […]
The United States Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development, and the Ghana Ministry of Industry will host the Ghana Agribusiness Investment Summit November 16-18, 2021. The virtual summit, which opens today, will bring together over 400 stakeholders in the agribusiness sector, transaction advisors, financial institutions, and investors, along with representatives of the United States and […]
