The expression of support by the kingdom comes a day after Ethiopia notified downstream nations that the second-phase filling at the dam had begun. Saudi Arabia has thrown its weight behind Egypt and Sudan in their bitter dispute with Ethiopia over a massive hydropower dam built by the latter on the Blue Nile, the Nile…
The United Nations World Food programme is warning that hundreds of displaced people in Mozambique risk facing an imminent food crisis. A violent campaign launched by Islamic extremists in the oil-rich Cabo Delgado province has led to a rapidly escalating humanitarian crisis. Women and children are particularly reeling under pressure. Viaze Nassir was forced to…
Egypt has finally decided to free the giant container ship, Ever Given that blocked the Suez Canal in March, more than 3 months after the incident occurred. This ends months of arrest of the ship by the economic court of Ismailia. The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) plans to hold a ceremony in Ismailia, where its…
Two years after mass protests led to the removal of dictator Omar al-Bashir, Darfur is still caught up in conflict. From displaced residents to RSF commander Hemeti, voices from Darfur discuss the violence. Darfur, Sudan – On the streets of El Geneina, the capital of West Darfur – nestled between private houses mostly made of earth…
Egypt says unilateral move violates international laws and norms as tensions continue to rise over huge dam built on Nile’s main tributary. Egypt has said it received an official notice from Ethiopia that it had started the next phase of filling a controversial huge dam on the Nile River’s main tributary, raising tensions days before…
President Samia Suluhu took over three months ago as leader of Tanzania – from John Magufuli, a prominent coronavirus sceptic who died in March from heart complications, opening up the prospect of a new approach to Covid. So has Tanzania changed after a long period of denial and doubt about coronavirus? What has the new president…
Distressed parents wait for news of their children at a Nigerian school on Monday. Several of them gathered infront of the Bethel Baptist High School premises as news of the kidnapping broke Monday afternoon. Gunmen stormed the Bethel Baptist High School in the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna state in Nigeria’s northwest. The attackers…
Health workers in Abidjan take vaccination campaign to traders at popular markets in Ivory Coast’s financial capital city. With megaphones in hand, the health workers urge traders and shoppers alike to get vaccinated against Covid-19. Traders and customers at the market in Treichville, a neighborhood in Abidjan, gathered to register, and received their jabs from…
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The megatanker retained by Egypt since it blocked the Suez Canal in March will be released Wednesday, after the authority that manages the vital waterway said a deal was reached with its Japanese owners. The MV Ever Given — a behemoth with deadweight tonnage of 199,000 — got stuck diagonally across the canal during a sandstorm on March…