Africa Lead Story Burkina Faso Requests French Ambassador Withdrawal, Paris Says The French foreign ministry says it received a letter from the Burkinabe authorities in December requesting the departure of France’s... BY Hussein Habibata January 5, 2023 0 Comment
Africa Lead Story Kenya Airways Shares Suspended For Yet Another Year Trading in Kenya Airways shares has been suspended for another year, the local stock exchange says, as the troubled national... BY Hussein Habibata January 5, 2023 0 Comment
Africa Lead Story Tanzania’s President Hassan Ends 6-yr Ban On Opposition Rallies Tanzania’s president Samia Suluhu Hassan has lifted a ban on opposition rallies imposed in 2016 by her strongman predecessor, in an overture... BY Hussein Habibata January 4, 2023 0 Comment
Africa Lead Story Nigeria To Pay Extra $4bn If Loan-bond Swap Is Denied:... Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari says Africa’s largest economy will have to pay 1.8 trillion naira ($4bn) extra interest this year... BY Hussein Habibata January 4, 2023 0 Comment
Africa Lead Story Somalia President’s Declaration On Security Attracts Mixed Reactions Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, in his New Year’s Day speech Sunday, declared the country will eliminate al-Shabab Islamist militants... BY Hussein Habibata January 4, 2023 0 Comment
Africa Lead Story South African Journalist, 90, Delivers News In The Desert Armed with a flask of coffee, some boiled eggs and a towel to shield his bare legs from the scorching... BY Hussein Habibata January 4, 2023 0 Comment
Africa Lead Story Looted Ancient Sarcophagus Returned To Egypt From US An ancient wooden sarcophagus that was featured at the Houston Museum of Natural Sciences was returned to Egypt after U.S.... BY Hussein Habibata January 3, 2023 0 Comment
Africa Lead Story African Union Monitoring Team Visits Ethiopia’s Tigray To Oversee Cease-Fire East African and African Union officials arrived in the Tigray region of Ethiopia to launch a joint monitoring and verification... BY Hussein Habibata December 30, 2022 0 Comment
Africa Lead Story Journalist Hopes Coverage on Ethiopia’s Tigray Will Bring Justice Lucy Kassa never expected to be a war correspondent. Working for a Norwegian magazine, the freelance journalist wrote about issues... BY Hussein Habibata December 29, 2022 0 Comment
Africa Lead Story US Congresswoman Hails Somali Army Successes Against Al-Shabab U.S. Congresswoman Ilhan Omar hailed recent victories scored by the Somali government and local community forces against al-Shabab militants in... BY Hussein Habibata December 28, 2022 0 Comment