Analyst says the overhaul of the DRC’s 57 member-cabinet just months before the election is a ‘deeply political shuffle’. The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi has appointed the country’s former vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba, who was imprisoned for more than 10 years for war crimes, as defence minister in a sweeping government…
The nationalisation of Exxon Mobil’s assets in Chad comes after the oil giants divested from them in December 2022. Chad has nationalised all the assets and rights, including hydrocarbon permits and exploration and production authorisations, that belonged to a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil, the West African nation’s energy and hydrocarbons ministry said in a statement…
Tunisia’s populist president is trying to divide us using a white supremacist conspiracy from Europe. Tafi Mhaka Social and political commentator On February 21, while addressing a National Security Council meeting in Tunis, Tunisia’s President Kais Saied condemned irregular migration from sub-Saharan Africa and described it as a conspiracy to erase Tunisia’s identity. “The undeclared goal…
By REUTERS A court in Chad on Tuesday has sentenced more than 400 rebels to life in prison over the death of former president Idriss Deby, who was killed on the frontline of a battle against them in 2021. The trial of 465 members of the Libyan-based Front for Change and Concord in Chad (Fact)…
Summary TPLF was determined to secure self-determination for the Tigray region and its people. TPLF grew quickly into an efficient and disciplined organisation that led the armed overthrow of the Derg. The party was side-lined from key posts, several leaders were arrested for corruption. By AFP Addis Ababa From rebels to rulers, dominating government for…
Summary Hundreds of people took to the streets in the capital Nairobi and other parts of Kenya on Monday. The protests were in response to Raila Odinga’s call for a day of action over the country’s severe cost of living crisis. Kenyans are suffering from surging prices for basic necessities. There is also a sharp…
By AMINA WAKO Kenya has heightened disease surveillance systems across its border points following the detection of the Marburg virus disease (MVD) in Tanzania. In a statement released on Wednesday, Dr Patrick Amoth, the acting director-general for health at Kenya’s Ministry of Health, noted that county health officials had been ordered to remain on high alert…
By EDITH M. LEDERER UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The African Union appealed for nearly $90 million Wednesday for its peacekeeping force in Somalia, which is providing support to its military forces battling al-Shabab extremists. Ambassador Bankole Adeoye, the AU commissioner for political affairs, peace and security, told two reporters that the more than 19,600-strong AU…
National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula insists SA troops were under threat when SA was ordered to arrest former Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir in 2015. She acknowledged there was still confusion about the matter, but attributed it to the government’s failure to address it. It was her view that SA’s decision to disregard the order saved the troops.…
At least five African migrants died and another 28 were missing after a boat sank off Tunisia, as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, an official of a local rights group said. Romadan Ben Omar, the official in the Tunisian Forum for Social and Economic Rights, said that coast guard rescued five migrants who had been…