AbdulGafar Alabelewe, Kaduna SECURITY operatives have killed bandits in 17 locations in Birnin Gwari, Giwa, Igabi and Chikun local governments of Kaduna State. Internal Security and Home Affairs Commissioner Mr. Samuel Aruwan said in a statement yesterday that the operation was carried out on Monday at Albasu, Rahama, Sabon Birni, Rikau, Fadama Kanauta, Galadimawa, Kaya,…
A company led by American-Senegalese R&B singer Akon has signed a deal to finance a copper and cobalt mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo in a joint venture with a state miner, according to a contract published by the mines ministry. The Grammy-nominated singer, known for hit songs like “Don’t Matter” and “Smack That,”…
Senegal President Macky Sall on Tuesday announced a new state of emergency in response to record cases of coronavirus sweeping parts of the West African nation. Starting Wednesday, a nighttime curfew will be enforced in the regions of Dakar and Thies, which Sall said are home to more than 90% of cases. Mask-wearing will be…
Electoral Discord in the Central African Republic Tuesday in the Central African Republic saw ten candidates in the presidential race call for the “outright cancellation and resumption” of the December 27 presidential and legislative elections in light of perceived electoral fraud. This comes after the re-election of the incumbent Faustin Archange Touadéra in the first…
Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi started his five-nation tour in Africa on Monday, which will take him to Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Botswana, Tanzania and Seychelles in line with the ministry’s 30-year diplomatic tradition of paying new year visits to Africa, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying at a press briefing.…
At least 21 people have been killed in a village in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, in an area that usually sees Islamist rebel attacks, local authorities said on Tuesday. The militants launched the attack late on Monday and killed residents in the Mwenda village with machetes and guns. “The enemy would have come…
Another Coronavirus Wave in Zimbabwe Following a spike in coronavirus cases, Zimbabwe has reintroduced a 12-hour curfew from 6 pm until 6 am. The new curfew was announced on Saturday by Vice President Constantino Chiwenga. “We have seen a surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths, almost double in two months, from 8,374 on 1 November…
Addis Ababa The Ethiopian government on Monday said that humanitarian assistance is being provided as planned in the conflict-hit northern Tigray regional state. The remark was made by Demeke Mekonnen, Ethiopia’s deputy prime minister and foreign minister, while briefing the diplomatic community and the Human and Resilience Donor Group on the current humanitarian situation in…
The Central African Republic’s Faustin Archange Touadera has won re-election as president after the first round of voting, the electoral commission announced on Monday. The incumbent won “an absolute majority” of the December 27 vote with 53.9 percent and is “declared elected”, National Elections Authority (ANE) chief Mathias Morouba told reporters. In a field of 15…
Khartoum Sudan has voiced its reservation over participation in a ministerial meeting on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) that was convened on Monday, the country’s Irrigation and Water Resources Ministry has said. “Based on [the] outcome of the tripartite ministerial meeting held on Sunday, Sudan requested [the] convening of a bilateral meeting with the…