By Rédaction Africanews and AFP TUNISIA Youths in Tunisia called for vengeance on Tuesday at the funeral of a man stabbed to death during a scuffle between residents and migrants from sub-Saharan Africa. Three African migrants were arrested as suspects in the stabbing death of the local man in Tunisia’s coastal city of Sfax, a…
Salva Kiir says he will work with parties to peace agreement to pave the way for polls next year Benjamin Takpiny WAU, South Sudan South Sudan’s president pledged Tuesday to hold the country’s first elections since independence next year and said he would run for the nation’s highest office as the flag bearer for his…
Al-Shabaab terrorist group claims responsibility Mohammed Dhaysane MOGADISHU, Somalia At least three people were killed and two others were wounded in an attack on the Somali capital Tuesday with improvised rockets, said an official. “The attack was by rockets. The attackers used an unconventional method to launch the rockets and they were fired from the…
Zimbabwe’s government on Tuesday announced a sudden end of blackouts that have crippled businesses and left millions of households without electricity for up to 19 hours a day. The information ministry said a cabinet meeting had “noted with satisfaction” that the power utility “has announced the end to load shedding as a result of the…
By Rédaction Africanews and AFP FRANCE Relief swept Senegal and its supporters on Tuesday after President Macky Sall declared he would not seek a contested third term in office, a move that defused fears of bloodshed. Reactions at home and abroad were almost universally positive after Sall, ending months of feverish speculation, said that after…