By Mayeni JonesBBC West Africa correspondent, Lagos Africa’s largest economy, Nigeria, is in the process of introducing new banknotes for the first time in more than 20 years. The move is an attempt to reignite confidence in the currency, the naira, which is under severe pressure. With inflation at more than 20%, people are struggling…
Police say three others were wounded in the southern port city of Gqeberha and a manhunt for the perpetrators is under way. Armed men opened fire on a group of people celebrating a birthday in a township in South Africa, killing eight and wounding three others, police say. “The owner of the house was celebrating…
By Rédaction Africanews and AP ESWATINI Throngs of human rights activists and politicians came to bid farewell to Thulani Maseko, Sunday (Jan. 29). Gathered at the deceased home in western Eswatini, they paid him a last homage. The human rights lawyer was a leading figure in the push for Eswtini, an absolute monarchy, to transition…
By TESFA-ALEM TEKLE Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Thursday made a one-day working visit to neighbouring Sudan where he held discussions with General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the president of the Transitional Sovereignty Council, and with various Sudanese political parties engaged in the ongoing political process. This is the first time for the Ethiopian leader…
By AFP Washington A US military raid in Somalia ordered by President Joe Biden killed a key regional leader of the Islamic State group, Bilal al-Sudani, US officials said Thursday. Sudani was killed during a gunfight after US troops descended on a mountainous cave complex in northern Somalia hoping to capture him, according to US…
By FRED OLUOCH Governance patterns in African countries have improved in the past decade, albeit with teething challenges. The Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG) released on January 25 says that African governance has mostly remained static since 2019, despite having made forward leaps in years from 2012. With this kind of trend, the index…
The foreign minister’s trip to Eritrea comes as part of his Africa tour, which took him to South Africa, Angola and Eswatini. Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has met Eritrea’s President Isaias Afwerki in Asmara during the Russian diplomat’s second tour of Africa to boost international support for Moscow’s war effort in Ukraine. The visit…
By JACKSON MUTINDA Presidents Samia Suluhu Hassan of Tanzania and Kenya’s William Ruto are banking on their countries’ demographic dividend by facilitating more youth involvement in agriculture to boost production and serve export markets. President Samia told the Feed Africa Summit in Dakar on January 25 that her government has set aside 680,000 hectares to…
By AFP Beni At least 17 people were wounded Wednesday when a bomb exploded in a market in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, officials said, as the region continues to be plagued by insecurity. The bomb exploded in the Macampagne market in Beni, where “at least 17 people were wounded and were taken to…
By NDI EUGENE NDI Cameroon on Monday turned down a mediation offer from Canada which had volunteered to help bring up dialogue between Yaoundé and insurgents in the English-speaking regions in a bid to end a six-year conflict that has killed more than 6,000. On Friday, Canada had announced that it had “accepted the mandate…