By Andrew Harding BBC News, Dollow After two days in a small Somali hospital, Abdiwali Abdi seemed to be groping his way towards some sort of recovery. The two-year-old still weighed just 4.6kg (10lb 2oz) – not much more than a healthy newborn. But he had the energy to moan now, and his mother, Hawa,…
By Rédaction Africanews and Diana Iriza The 5th edition of the youth connect summit ended in Kigali, Rwanda Saturday (Oct. 15) after 3 days of conferences, masterclasses and networking sessions. Thousands of young innovators and leaders from all across the world attended the event to discuss different ways to promote growth and advancement for the…
By Lauriane Noelle Vofo Kana with AFP In Senegal, a new offshore gas terminal, located in the Atlantic Ocean about ten kilometres off Saint-Louis, is beginning to upset fishermen who are lamenting the loss of an area rich in fish. A new danger may be looming on the horizon. At least, that’s what Senegalese fishermen…
By ARNALDO VIEIRA Angola on Wednesday successfully launched in orbit its satellite, Angosat-2, the second satellite the country has launched. Angosat-2 was launched by the “Proton-M” rocket and was sent from the Baikanur aerospace station is Kazakhstan at 3pm (GMT). The satellite, weighing about two tonnes, has the capacity to cover the African continent and…
By FRED OLUOCH The African Union’s top security organ says warring parties in conflicts across the continent are still using child soldiers in spite of it being illegal under both its instruments and those of the United Nations. South Sudan was singled out as the country with the majority of child soldiers, even though the…
By NELSON NATURINDA Uganda’s Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba has apologised to Kenyan President William Ruto over tweets he sent out recently about Kenya that kicked off a massive diplomatic storm. Late Thursday evening, Gen Muhoozi posted on his Twitter page, “I have never had any problem with Afande Ruto. If I made a mistake anywhere, I…
LAGOS, Oct 13 (Reuters) – Nigeria is not restructuring its debt, the country’s Debt Management Office (DMO) said in a statement on Thursday. The country is exploring bond buy-back and bond exchanges to manage its debt liability, the office said in the statement, and it assured investors and creditors that it would “meet all its debt obligations.” On…
China’s practice of gifting million-dollar buildings to governments across Africa is under renewed scrutiny. On June 30, Zimbabwe’s new $140m parliamentary building, built and financed by China, was unveiled in the capital Harare as a gift from Beijing. The imposing structure, which sits on 33,000 square metres and comprises a six-storey office complex and rooms…
The decision to drop the charges was a unanimous one by the three judges at the Nigerian appellate court. Nigeria’s Court of Appeal has dropped terrorism charges brought by the government against separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu in a unanimous decision by all three judges hearing the case. On Thursday, the lead judge dismissed a seven-count…
Authorities have stepped up arrests of dissidents ahead of next month’s elections. Equatorial Guinea has held a human rights campaigner in detention for 18 days after he assisted opposition activists when their party headquarters were besieged by police, his lawyer and wife told AFP on Thursday. The justice ministry refused to comment on the report…