Tanzania Withdraws Approval For Kenya Airways Flights
Tanzania has withdrawn approval for Kenyan national carrier Kenya Airways to operate flights between the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania's commercial capital, its civil aviation authority said Monday.
Tanzania said the decision was taken in retaliation for Kenya's ... Read More
UN Sets December Deadline For Peacekeepers To Leave Congo
The U.N. peacekeeping mission in Democratic Republic of Congo, which helped in the fight against rebels for more than two decades before being asked by the Congolese government to leave, will complete its withdrawal from the Central African nation by ... Read More
Comoros Holds Presidential Election, Incumbent Largely Expec...
Incumbent Comoros President and presidential candidate for the Convention for the Renewal of the Comoros (CRC) party, Azali Assoumani, gestures after casting his ballot at the Mitsudje public school polling station in Moroni, Jan. 14, 2024.
Voting was under way in ... Read More
UN Court Begins Israel Genocide Hearing Amid Dismissals By W...
South Africa's Minister of Justice and Correctional Services Ronald Lamola, center, and Palestinian assistant Minister of Multilateral Affairs Ammar Hijazi, right, speak outside the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, Jan. 11, 2024.
The United Nations' top court began ... Read More
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi To Travel To Africa In Jan
China's foreign minister Wang Yi will travel to Africa and visit Egypt, Tunisia, Togo and Cote d'Ivoire from Jan. 13-18, China's foreign ministry said on Thursday.
The visit will mark the 34th consecutive year in which the foreign minister has gone ... Read More
IMF ‘Optimistic’ Ghana Will Reach Official Credi...
The International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday it was "optimistic" that Ghana and its official bilateral creditors would reach a debt restructuring deal soon, paving the way for another $600 million IMF loan payment to the country.
Discussions between Ghanaian authorities ... Read More
Morocco Wins Vote To Lead UN Human Rights Body After Showdow...
Morocco won a vote on Wednesday to lead the United Nations Human Rights Council after a heated showdown with South Africa, which said Rabat's human rights record made it unfit to preside over the body.
The Moroccan candidate, Ambassador Omar Zniber, ... Read More
Palestinians Gather In Ramallah’s Mandela Square to Th...
Palestinians gathered Wednesday (Jan.10) in the Nelson Mandela Square of Ramallah to thank South Africa for filling a case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
Participants held banners calling for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
Mandela compared the ... Read More
Morocco Takes Leadership Of UN Rights Body Amid Criticism
Morocco was on Wednesday voted to lead the United Nations Human Rights Council after beating off a challenge from South Africa.
In a vote in Geneva on Wednesday, Morocco’s Ambassador Omar Zniber was elected council president after polling 30 votes. His ... Read More
Demonstrations In Gabon As Regional Blocs Bloc Maintain Sanc...
Opposition and civil society groups are rallying in support of Gabon’s coup leader, after a bloc of Central African states refused to lift the sanctions on Gabon they imposed after the military ousted President Ali Ben Bongo at the end ... Read More