Uganda Declares End To Ebola Outbreak
The World Health Organization declared Uganda free from Ebola on Wednesday, 42 days since the last infection was recorded.
The outbreak of the Sudan strain of the virus, which started in September, has left 55 people dead. The declaration was made ... Read More
US, Russia Clash At UN Meeting Over ‘Violent Extremism’ ...
The United States has accused Kremlin-backed Russian military contractors of interfering in the internal affairs of African countries and “increasing the likelihood that violent extremism will grow” in the Sahel region, which is facing increasing attacks, an allegation Russia denied.
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Ethiopia’s Tigrayan Rebels Start Handing Over Heavy Weapon...
Tigrayan rebels have begun handing in their heavy weapons, a key part of an agreement signed more than two months ago to end a gruelling conflict in northern Ethiopia, a spokesman for the rebel authorities said.
The handover in the town of Agulae, ... Read More
Gabon Names First Female Vice President And New Prime Minist...
Gabon Prime Minister Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda poses in her office in Libreville during an interview with AFP on March 26, 2021
Gabon’s President Ali Bongo has appointed the country’s first female Prime Minister Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda to the ... Read More
Finnish Appeals Court Begins Liberia War Crime Hearing
Gibril Massaquoi of Sierra Leone attends a hearing of an international war crime case against him in which he is charged of crimes committed during the Liberian civil war between 1999 and 2003, in Turku, Finland, January 10, 2023
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Chinese Top Diplomat Arrives In Africa To Strengthen Coopera...
China’s new foreign minister, Qin Gang, has begun a five-nation tour of Africa aimed at bolstering Chinese-African ties. Qin, who had been ambassador to the U.S. until December, will visit African Union headquarters in Ethiopia before traveling to four other ... Read More
China’s New Foreign Minister Heads To Africa
This photo taken on December 25, 2013 shows then director of the Foreign Ministry Information Department of China Qin Gang speaking during an event in Beijing.
China's new Foreign Minister Qin Gang is starting his term with a weeklong trip to ... Read More
Rwandan President Threatens To Evict Congolese Refugees
Rwandan President Paul Kagame threatened to evict thousands of Congolese refugees living in Rwanda if the international community continues to blame his country for the conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Speaking Monday from the capital Kigali ... Read More
Ivory Coast Troops Return Home After Months Of Captivity In ...
Forty-six Ivorian soldiers accused by Mali of being mercenaries have returned home after six months in captivity.
The troops arrived at Ivory Coast’s Abidjan airport late on Saturday, a day after receiving a pardon from Mali’s military ruler.
Their arrest in the Malian ... Read More
Sudan’s Tigray War Refugees Hope To Return Home After ...
Some of the more than 70,000 Ethiopians who fled to Sudan during the two-year war in the Tigray region are hoping to return home soon, as a November peace deal between Ethiopian federal forces and the Tigray People's Liberation Front ... Read More