By AFP Sakoira After fleeing the militants who threatened their remote village, Aichata Hassan had no idea that another mighty challenge lay ahead: proving to the authorities that her 12-year-old daughter existed. Like countless other children in Niger, Nadia has no birth certificate, which meant that when she arrived with the family in their new…
By MAWAHIB ABDALLATIF Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is expected in Sudan on Wednesday on a two-day official visit, the local news agency SUNA has said. The news agency said that the visit comes as part of a tour that includes Iraq, Mauritania and Mali, in addition to Sudan. Lavrov will hold talks with his Sudanese counterpart…
Elias BiryabaremaReuters KAMPALA, Feb 8 (Reuters) – Uganda has said it will not renew the mandate of the United Nations’ human rights office in the East African country, citing the development of its own sufficient capacity to monitor rights compliance. In a letter by Uganda’s Foreign Affairs Ministry sent to Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for…
By Rédaction Africanews TUNISIA Tunisia has joined the long list of countries that are sending aide to the quake-hit Turkey and Syria. President Kais Saied had ordered “humanitarian aid” for countries, including over 15 tonnes of blankets and food, after they were hit on Monday by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake, which killed and injured thousands…
By AFP Mogadishu More than 10 people were killed as heavy fighting erupted between government forces and armed militias in a contested town in the self-declared Somaliland republic, local elders said Monday. The town, Las Anod, is claimed by both Puntland, a northern state in Somalia, and Somaliland, which broke away from the rest of…
By REUTERS Lagos Nigeria will elect a new president on Feb. 25 to take over from Muhammadu Buhari in a contest pitting the old guard against a third-party candidate seeking to upset the established political order. There are 18 candidates on the ballot, but only three are considered the top contenders. Bola Tinubu, a veteran…
Jobs, rather than ideology, is what drives jihadist recruitment, says a UN report. People in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Somalia and Sudan were interviewed for the report. Abuse by state security forces was highlighted as a “tipping point”. Poverty and the prospect of better-paid work, rather than ideology, are what fuel recruitment…
Brian BenzaReuters GABORONE, (Reuters) – Botswana expects economic growth of 4% this year while targeting medium-term growth of 5.7%, and the government plans to ramp up infrastructure investment, its finance minister said on Monday. The diamond-rich southern African country now sees its 2023/24 budget deficit at 3.06% of gross domestic product (GDP), compared with 2.1%…
Text by : NEWS WIRES Russia’s foreign minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in Mali early Tuesday for talks with its junta leaders seeking Moscow’s help in battling an Islamist insurgency that remains entrenched despite years of fighting. Lavrov, who was in Iraq on Monday, was welcomed upon his arrival by his counterpart Abdoulaye Diop. The two…
By Rédaction Africanews MALAWI Malawi’s high court has lifted a recent government’s suspension of the head of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Martha Chizuma, a move that could see here return to work sooner than expected. Ms. Chizuma’s suspension was last week announced by the secretary to the president and the cabinet, Colleen Zamba. She was…