Summary Somaliland unilaterally declared independence from the rest of Somalia in May 1991. The problem in Las Anod is that the clans have disagreed on which side to pay allegiance to. Somalia’s international partners called for an immediate de-escalation of violence in Las Anod. By ABDULKADIR KHALIF Somalia authorities have over the past week been…
Summary The bandit attack on Saturday targeted police officers in the Munya and Gurara local government areas. There have been incidents of many civilian casualties in air strikes in the state. At least 33 civilians were also allegedly killed in similar strikes in April 2022. By MOHAMMED MOMOH Bandits roaming communities and targeting security personnel have…
Christian AkorlieReuters ACCRA, Feb 14 (Reuters) – The Ghanaian finance ministry said on Tuesday its domestic debt exchange programme (DDEP) had closed on Feb. 10 with more than 80% participation of eligible bonds, taking it a step closer to securing a $3 billion International Monetary Fund bailout. This follows five extensions of the scheme’s deadline, as the West African…
Text by : RFI The trial of hundreds of alleged rebels accused of assassinating former Chadian president Idriss Déby Itno has got underway in a special court located at a prison outside the capital, N’Djaména. It is the latest mass trial instigated by the transitional government, which has faced opposition from protesters and from the…
By Simi JolaosoBBC News, Lagos People in Nigeria have taken to sleeping outside banks. They want to be among the first in line to get notes from the cash machine once it is loaded up in the morning. A lack of newly designed naira notes has led to a cash shortage and a growing sense…
By Africanews DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO More than 20 civilians were killed Sunday in new attacks by militiamen in Ituri, a gold-rich province in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to preliminary information gathered Monday by the UN and civil society. Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, said in New York that the…
Text by : NEWS WIRES Tunisian police on Monday detained two prominent critics of President Kais Saied and the head of a radio station that has broadcast criticism of the president, part of a wave of arrests targeting politicians and other critics of the government. Police raided the house of Noureddine Bhiri, a senior official…
By FRED OLUOCH Africa’s rising violent extremism is mostly being fuelled by poverty and marginalisation, sowing deadly seeds to be watered by religious influence. A new report by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) suggested that violent extremism is mostly attractive to poor uneducated youth and from communities ‘isolated’ from the rest of the world…
Summary Last December, the Kenyan leader went to Asmara on a two-day state visit and this week, the Eritrean leader was in Nairobi on a reciprocal visit. President Isaias said his country has “no question about” whether to return to Igad. Eritrea boycotted the regional bloc –where it was an original member – in 2007…
Ntebo Mokobo | @SABCNews The Presidency says it has so far secured 320 megawatts of electricity to enable it to start removing government departments from the national grid. It says very soon departments from all three tiers of government will be off the national grid to lessen the burden on the struggling power utility, Eskom. Addressing the…