Four of the longest-serving African presidents and four of the youngest grabbed power, rather than being elected democratically. Most young coup leaders in Africa took part in US and French military training camps. An Afro barometer study indicates that 75% of Africans reject coups. Four of the longest-serving African heads of state came into power…
A car bomb and shooting attack on a hotel in the Somali city of Kismayu killed nine people on Sunday before security forces ended the siege at the hotel and killed the attackers, a regional official said. Gunfire erupted after an explosives-laden vehicle rammed into the gate of the port city’s Tawakal Hotel. The al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab militant group said it had…
An Ethiopian government delegation and rival Tigray forces were due to meet in South Africa for the first formal peace talks since war broke out two years ago. The talks will take place as Ethiopian forces and their allies make significant battlefield gains in the northern Tigray region, where they have captured several large towns in the…
By Beverly Ochieng & Umair Saleemi BBC Monitoring & BBC Urdu An investigation has begun in Kenya after well-known Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif was shot dead on Sunday. An initial police report said officers shot him while he was in a moving vehicle in a case of mistaken identity. Sharif was a critic of Pakistan’s…
Tainted cough syrups pulled from the shelves after they were linked to dozens of deaths. By Umut UrasPublished On 24 Oct 202224 Oct 2022 The recent deaths of dozens of children from acute kidney problems in The Gambia and Indonesia have caused alarm worldwide. They were possibly caused by harmful substances in medicinal syrups. The first…
The United States Embassy yesterday issued a security alert on the elevated risk of terror attacks in Abuja, the Nigerian capital. Following US Embassy’s terror warning, the British High Commission also issued an advisory to its staff on movement while also announcing reduced services. According to reports, other European countries, are reducing services and will…
A trade union close to the main Moroccan Islamist party on Sunday mobilised several hundred supporters in the capital to protest against the high cost of living. The rally, outside parliament and witnessed by AFP journalists, came after several protests already this week in Rabat and other Moroccan cities. “Our Union is organising this demonstration…
The market town of Kousseri in the Far North Province of Cameroon, close to the border with Chad, has been struggling with major floods for a week. Two regional rivers have their confluence here, the Logone and Chari, and both are seeing exceptionally high water levels that are predicted to rise further. Sandbags were being…
Liquid Fuels Wholesalers Association of South Africa CEO Peter Morgan says the impact of the Transnet strike in the oil industry is concerning. This follows the decision by oil and chemicals giant Sasol to declare force majeure on some of its contracts. The company told its business partners that it won’t be able to fulfill…
Central African Republic’s President Faustin Archange Touadera addresses the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN Headquarters in New York City, US, September 20, 2022. The head of Central African Republic’s top court, which has stymied a push to enable President Faustin-Archange Touadera to keep running for office, has defied a government…