By Rédaction Africanews RWANDA During a visit to the Gashora transit centre, the European Union ambassador to Rwanda announces €22 million in renewed funding until 2026 in support of the country’s hosting of refugees transferred from Libya. Rwanda has become a transit hub for most migrants after it strike a deal with the likes of…
Over 45,000 migrants are stranded along Eastern Corridor and in need of immediate assistance Andrew Wasike NAIROBI, Kenya Ethiopia, Somalia, Djibouti, Yemen and 48 UN agencies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) requested $84 million in funding support Wednesday to help nearly 1.5 million migrants in the Horn of Africa. In a statement released in the Kenyan…
Reuters | @SABCNews Milan prosecutors do not plan to pursue a case against the head of Italian energy group Eni over oil permits granted in Congo Republic. The magistrates formally requested the dismissal of a charge against Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi for alleged failure to declare a conflict of interest. They also asked that charges of alleged…
Summary The UN mission said the convoy “was attacked by demonstrators who had previously barricaded the road with large stones”. Monusco said that an investigation will determine the circumstances of the deaths. The Congolese government urged the angry people of North Kivu to calm down. By PATRICK ILUNGA Eight civilians have been killed and 28…
Summary The two countries have a portion of their border largely undetermined at the Ilemi Triangle. The Toposa and Turkana communities routinely cross their borders while looking for pasture. In 2019, both countries had agreed to establish a joint team to help mark the border which South Sudan inherited from Sudan. By DAVID MAYEN South…
By Nduka Orjinmo BBC News, Bakiyawwa, Katsina state Many Nigerians live in constant fear of being kidnapped and held for ransom by armed gangs, especially in the north-west of the country, where thousands of people have had to flee their homes. The insecurity means many in the region, which has the country’s largest number of…
By Rédaction Africanews Last updated: 1 hour ago SERGEI LAVROV Russian FM Lavrov meets Mauritania counterpart Merzoug and President Ghazouani Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov visited Mauritania on Wednesday, holding talks with his colleague Salem Ould Merzoug and President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani. The two sides discussed bilateral cooperation across a wide range of areas, as well as…
Convoy was firing ‘warning shots’ which also wounded 28 people in North Kivu province, UN mission MONUSCO says. United Nations peacekeepers have killed eight civilians during an attack on their supply convoy in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a military governor said. The troops were firing “warning shots”, which also wounded 28…
A number of prime office space landlords in Nairobi are now setting rent prices in dollars, joining a growing number of businesses that are pegging daily sales prices on the movement of the greenback in a bid to cushion themselves against forex losses triggered by the weakening shilling. The emerging preference for dollar payments in…
By MOHAMMED MOMOH Abuja At least 102 local vigilante group members and civilians have been killed by bandits that attacked some communities in Nigeria’s North West Katsina, the state where President Muhammadu Buhari hails from. The rampaging bandits attacked the communities under Guga, Kakumi, Kandarawa and Jargaba wards of Bakori local government area and inflicted…