Malians reacted to Thursday’s announcement by President Emmanuel Macron on the future reduction of French military presence fighting Islamic extremism in Africa’s Sahel region. France’s Operation Barkhane will formally end and will be replaced by another mission focused on fighting Islamic extremists that relies more on regional partners. “We welcomed the presence of Barkhane alongside…
The Presidency has said enemies of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration are trying to cause a crisis between the President and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, following a comment the President made in an interview on Arise TV on Thursday. Buhari, while responding to a question on zoning of…
Chemicals from industries and dirty fumes from vehicles are ending up on your dinner plate In Summary • Urban and industrial waste, unsustainable agricultural practices and transport are the main sources of soil pollution in Kenya. • A recent analysis by Nema showed that soil pollution is the second highest reported environmental crime in Kenya.…
A high-level U.N.-led committee that focuses on rapid responses to humanitarian crises estimates that some 350,000 people in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region are facing famine conditions, a U.N. official said late Wednesday. The estimate was presented at a meeting on Monday of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee, comprising 18 U.N. and non-U.N. organizations. An Integrated Food…
Firmin Ngrebada on Thursday resigned as prime minister of the Central African Republic along with his entire cabinet. Ngrebada was made prime minister in February 2019. He had served as President Faustine-Archange Touadera’s chief of cabinet before the appointment. He had been one of the main architects of the Khartoum peace agreement in February 2019…
‘We are losing ground in the fight against child labour,’ the United Nations Children’s Fund warns. Child labour has increased to 160 million – the first rise in two decades – and that number could swell by millions more because of the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, the UN said on Thursday. A report by…
Millions more across Tigray require urgent food and agriculture support to avert further slides towards famine, analysis says. A high-level UN-led committee that focuses on rapid responses to humanitarian crises estimated about 350,000 people in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region are facing famine conditions. The estimate of 350,000 figure was presented at a meeting on Monday…
Lai Mohammed, Nigeria’s Minister for Information and Culture, lays out the conditions that the government is imposing for Twitter to be reinstated in the country. Friday’s decision to suspend the platform, days after Twitter deleted a remark from President Muhammadu Buhari, has already provoked an international outcry over freedom of expression and calls for protests…
An ECOWAS delegation met on Wednesday with Mali’s Prime Minister, in the second of a two-day visit by the members of the West African bloc to Bamako. ECOWAS mediator, Goodluck Jonathan, Malian Prime Minister, Choguel Maiga, and the President of the ECOWAS commission, Jean-Claude Brou Kassi, were among those attending the meeting. Kassi told journalists…
Thabani Nkomonye’s death has caused uproar among students in eSwatini. Police action over his death has drawn criticism, after the family had to search for his body. Authorities have appealed for calm as the country awaits the outcome of an inquest. Over the past two weeks, Thabani Nkomonye’s image has appeared on banners and posters…