By Africanews NIGERIA Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the $21.83 trillion 2023 budget. The head of state on Tuesday in Abuja, the capital, signed off on the eighth and final annual budget of his administration, saying it was an increase of $1.32 trillion over the original executive proposal. These provisions were made for the…
By Africanews with AP MOZAMBIQUE Mozambique, Ecuador, Japan, Malta, and Switzerland got a formal welcome into the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday, taking the two-year seats they won unopposed in June. In a tradition that Kazakhstan started in 2018, the five countries’ ambassadors installed their national flags Tuesday alongside those of other members outside the…
By Africanews with AP TANZANIA Tanzania´s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has lifted a six-year-ban on opposition rallies imposed by her autocratic predecessor, a move that was cautiously welcomed as a gain for democracy by the main opposition party. The ban was introduced in 2016 by political strongman John Magufuli at the onset of his first…
BY ABDULATEEF AHMED Former ANC spokesperson and member Carl Niehaus, who recently announced his departure from the ruling party following a series of suspensions and disciplinary processes against him has announced the formation of radical economic transformation (RET). Niehaus took to his social media handles to announce the news, stating that the ANC is no longer…
BY KEHINDE GIWA A roughly 2,700-year-old sarcophagus lid that Egypt claimed was stolen and shown at an American museum has been found, the country said on Monday. At a televised press conference on Monday, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry declared the discovery of the “Green Sarcophagus” item. He claimed that it had been secretly removed from the…
BY KEHINDE GIWA In Botswana, an arrest warrant for Ian Khama, the country’s former President, has been issued on suspicion of illegally possessing a firearm. Although legally indicted in April of last year, the former president has not yet been in court. On December 29, a Botswana court issued a warrant for Khama’s arrest. According…
BY KEHINDE GIWA Following separatists disruptions over the weekend, Cameroon‘s military reports that troops have been sent to the English-speaking Northwest regions of Oku, Kumbo, and Kakiri on Monday. Armed gangs, according to the military, sealed marketplaces over the weekend, drove people and vehicles off the streets, and kidnapped a large number of residents who disobeyed…
Zoleka Qodashe | @SABCNews The African National Congress (ANC) says it will carefully consider its options in relation to forming coalitions. Delegates from the party’s commissions discussed co-governance and are expected to continue when the 55th conference resumes on Thursday. Many challenges led to the members failing to conclude their deliberations. Gauteng saw its three metros, Johannesburg,…
Lynne Arendse | @SABCNews Fish Hoek Beach in the Cape Peninsula has been closed between the lifeguard station and Jager Walk until further notice. The City of Cape Town says this is due to a sewer overflow caused by a blocked pipe. The blockage has been cleared but officials say the water quality is not yet back…
By ARNALDO VIEIRA Cholera has killed 620 people in Malawi since the onset of the outbreak early last year, Health Minister Khumbize Chiponda announced. As of Monday, 18,222 cumulative cases of cholera had been confirmed, with the country recording 16,780 people recovered and 822 still in treatment centres. In a statement, Ms Chiponda added that…