By Africanews EGYPT The Egyptian government announced on Tuesday it had signed a number of deals to sell off $1.9 billion dollars worth of stakes in state-owned companies. Among the sales is the country’s large state-owned communications company, Telecom Egypt. “We announce today that we have been achieving contracts with the private sector – which will be announced by the…
Lenin Ndebele UN Secretary-General António Guterres says Sudan is on the brink of a “full-scale civil war”. As a result, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) is considering the possibility of deploying a force to protect civilians in the country. Sudan snubbed an IGAD Quartet meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Monday. As the civil war in Sudan…
By AFP Sudan’s government on Monday refused to join a regional meeting aimed at ending nearly three months of brutal fighting, accusing Kenya, which chaired the talks, of favouring the rival paramilitaries. A power struggle between Sudanese Army Chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, commander of the paramilitary Rapid Support…
By AFP A roadside bombing blamed on the militia group Al Shabaab killed eight members of an extended family in central Somalia, a local mayor said on Monday. The blast occurred late Sunday near a village outside Buloburde, which lies about 220 kilometres north of Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu. “Eight innocent civilians were killed from the same…
Over the past year, the world population officially hit eight billion, and India surpassed China to become the world’s most populous country. By Mohammed Haddad People across the globe observe July 11 as World Population Day – designated by the United Nations to focus attention on the urgency and importance of population issues, including their relations to the…
Migrants saved in one of the first rescue operations in the Mediterranean since hundreds of people died when a boat sank off the Greek coast, say nothing could deter them from trying to reach Europe. They spoke to the BBC’s Alice Cuddy – on board a rescue vessel patrolling the sea for migrant boats in…
By Rebecca KesbyBusiness Daily, BBC World Service Flying within Africa is more expensive than just about anywhere else in the world. Travellers pay higher ticket prices and more tax. It is often cheaper to fly to another continent than to another African country. For a quick comparison, flying from the German capital, Berlin, to Turkey’s…
By Africanews MAURITANIA The president of Mauritania, Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, called for the return of Mali to the G5 Sahel organisation. Mali left the regional military alliance fighting jihadist groups in May last year citing “loss of autonomy” and “instrumentalization” within the organisation. The appeal took place on Monday in the Mauritanian capital, Nouakchott, at the opening of the 4th session of the…
By Africanews CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC The president of the Central African Republic, Faustin-Archange Touadéra, has delivered the new constitution draft to the campaign organizers ahead of the referendum at the end of the month. The minister for Youth and Sport claims the new constitution is the first that has not been imposed on the country. “There are two elements in a constitution:…
Spanish rescuers are searching waters off the Canary Islands for a boat carrying at least 200 African migrants who went missing more than a week ago. The aid group Walking Borders says the fishing boat sailed from Kafountine, a coastal town in southern Senegal that is roughly 1,700km (1,057 miles) from Tenerife. The group says…