Text by : NEWS WIRES A Tunisian investigative judge ordered on Thursday the imprisonment of Rached Ghannouchi, the leader of main opposition party Ennahda and a prominent critic of President Kais Saied, the politician’s lawyer told Reuters. Ghannouchi, who was arrested on Monday, is accused of plotting against internal state security and the decision to imprison him…
By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA and MEHDI EL AREM TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — It’s a feeble drip, drip, drip from the taps every night in Tunisia for six months. Spigots are cut off for seven hours from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. in a state-ordered water rationing in most regions across the country, including Tunis, the…
Summary The students escaped from a thick forest around the Kaduna-Niger interstate boundaries. They were abducted less than 48 hours after troops engaged bandits in a fierce battle, killing 11 in Kaduna state. Kaduna Governor El Rufai has warned that negotiation was not part of the agenda to stop the bandits. By MOHAMMED MOMOH Abuja…
Summary CODECO says it is protecting the Lendu community from another ethnic group, the Hema, as well as the DR Congo army. OCHA warned of “persistent attacks against civilians in three separate districts” — Djugu, Irumu and Mambasa. Attacks have also been reported against health clinics and other essential services, the agency said. By AFP…
By XINHUA South Sudan and the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) on Tuesday launched a nationwide campaign aimed at improving the livelihoods of teachers in order to prevent them from school abstention. South Sudan’s Ministry of General Education and Instruction, the European Union (EU), the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Global Partnership for Education…
By Rédaction Africanews SUDAN The Sudanese capital shook Tuesday night under gunfire and explosions on the fourth day of a power struggle between two generals still indifferent to calls for a cease-fire, after fighting that left nearly 200 people dead. At the request of the international community, the paramilitaries of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF)…
By Rédaction Africanews SUDAN Khartoum’s hospitals have been thrown into chaos by the explosion of violence between Sudan’s two top generals. People have been unable to leave their homes since Saturday as the two sides engaged in gun battles and bombarded each other with artillery and airstrikes. More than 185 people have been killed and…
By Rédaction Africanews ILLEGAL MIGRANT Hundreds of people gathered in Rome on Tuesday to protest the government’s new plans to crack down on migrants. The country’s senate is due to take up proposed legislation put forward by the government of far-right Premier Giorgia Meloni that aims to make it harder for migrants to gain temporary…
By Rédaction Africanews EMMERSON MNANGAGWA Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday vowed that general elections expected later this year will be free and fair but issued a warning to “rogue” civic society organisations during an independence day speech. The southern African country is due to hold presidential and legislative votes, expected to be in August,…
Alexander WinningReuters JOHANNESBURG, April 18 (Reuters) – The South African rand strengthened early on Tuesday, reflecting a weaker dollar on global markets, before the release of a local business confidence index. At 0600 GMT, the rand traded at 18.2775 against the U.S. currency, 0.2% firmer than its previous close. On Monday the rand also took…