Burkina Faso Requests French Ambassador Withdrawal, Paris Sa...
The French foreign ministry says it received a letter from the Burkinabe authorities in December requesting the departure of France’s ambassador from Burkina Faso.
The French ministry’s spokeswoman confirmed to Reuters on Tuesday by email that it had received such a ... Read More
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 carrier battles to return to profitability.
The airline’s shares have been suspended since July 2020 in the midst of the COVID-19 ... Read More
Tanzania’s President Hassan Ends 6-yr Ban On Opposition Ra...
President Samia Suluhu Hassan
Tanzania’s president Samia Suluhu Hassan has lifted a ban on opposition rallies imposed in 2016 by her strongman predecessor, in an overture to political rivals seeking the restoration of democratic traditions.
“According to our laws, it is the right of ... Read More
Nigeria To Pay Extra $4bn If Loan-bond Swap Is Denied: Buhar...
President Mahammadu Buhari
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari says Africa’s largest economy will have to pay 1.8 trillion naira ($4bn) extra interest this year if parliament rejects a loan-to-bond swap request on the central bank’s overdrafts to the government.
Buhari made the ... Read More
Somalia President’s Declaration On Security Attracts M...
Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud looks on during a meeting at the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit 2022 in Washington, Dec. 13, 2022.
Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, in his New Year's Day speech Sunday, declared the country will eliminate al-Shabab Islamist militants ... Read More
South African Journalist, 90, Delivers News In The Desert
Frans Hugo, owner and editor of the Noordwester, the Messenger and the Oewernuus, delivers copies of his newspaper to a computer shop in Prieska, South Africa, Nov. 24, 2022.
Armed with a flask of coffee, some boiled eggs and a towel ... Read More
Looted Ancient Sarcophagus Returned To Egypt From US
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, center right, and Mostafa Waziri, top official at the Supreme Council of Antiquities, talk in front of an ancient wooden sarcophagus during a handover ceremony at the Foreign Ministry in Cairo, Egypt, Jan. 2, 2023.
An ... Read More
African Union Monitoring Team Visits Ethiopia’s Tigray...
Girls hold a banner in support of the recent peace deal agreed between the Ethiopian federal government and Tigray forces, at an event in Mekele, the capital of Ethiopia's Tigray region, Nov. 26, 2022. African officials will be monitoring the ... Read More
Journalist Hopes Coverage on Ethiopia’s Tigray Will Bring ...
Journalist Lucy Kassa (Courtesy photo)
Lucy Kassa never expected to be a war correspondent. Working for a Norwegian magazine, the freelance journalist wrote about issues related to development and the economy in Ethiopia.
But then fighting broke out in her home region ... Read More
US Congresswoman Hails Somali Army Successes Against Al-Shab...
U.S. Congresswoman Ilhan Omar hailed recent victories scored by the Somali government and local community forces against al-Shabab militants in central Somali regions.
Omar, who was born in Somalia, has been visiting the country since Thursday. In Mogadishu, she met with ... Read More