Over 30 worshippers killed by masked gunmen. MAIDUGURI, Nigeria The Nigerian government said Thursday that the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorist group was responsible for an attack on a church in the town of Owo in Ondo state that left over 30 worshippers dead. Interior Minister Rauf Aregbesola revealed at the Presidential Villa…
Famine could destabilize Africa, says African Union chief and Senegal’s President Macky Sall. DAKAR, Senegal Africa will face a “very serious” famine situation if wheat exports from Ukraine to the continent do not resume, Senegal’s President Macky Sall, who is also chairman of the African Union, said Thursday. The famine could destabilize the continent, Sall…
‘I am alive today thanks to the Turkish Red Crescent,’ says beneficiary. JUBA, South Sudan Hundreds of thousands of people in South Sudan have benefited from Turkish Red Crescent’s support since the aid group began operating in the country. The Turkish Red Crescent South Sudan Delegation Office, which has been operating out of the capital…
Summary Cereal prices in Africa have surged because of the slump in exports, sharpening the impact of conflict and climate change and sparking fears of social unrest. By AFP Senegalese President and African Union Chair Macky Sall on Thursday urged Ukraine to demine waters around its Odessa port to ease much needed grain exports from…
Rwanda has announced new fuel prices that take effect immediately. According to the Minister of Infrastructure Ernest Nsabimana, diesel cost rose by 9.9 per cent or $0.13 a litre, while that of petrol rose by 7.4 per cent or $0.097a litre. Nsabimana observed that though there was an increase in fuel costs to be incurred…
KEY POINTS As the Covid-19 pandemic and resultant social restrictions have abated in much of the world, other viruses are rearing their heads in new and unusual ways. Influenza, Respiratory syncytial virus, adenovirus, tuberculosis and monkeypox are among a number of viruses to have spiked and exhibited strange behaviors in recent months. Health experts say…
Sudan’s former main ruling civilian coalition has begun informal talks with the military mediated by the United States and Saudi Arabia. The dialogue is meant to end the long-standing political deadlock that followed the military coup last October. The coalition, known as the Forces of Freedom and Change (FFC) is among many pro-democracy groups that…
Security officers forcibly removed members of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party from the South African Parliament. They had heckled President Cyril Ramaphosa during a speech and called him to step down pending a criminal investigation into allegations that he covered up a theft from his rural game farm. Despite Thursday’s exclusion, the MPs are determined to…
Kenya’s electoral body says it has been forced to postpone publishing voter’s register due to massive anomalies. NAIROBI, Kenya Kenya’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) announced Wednesday that 246,465 dead voters were found on its register for the Aug. 9 general elections. This was among several anomalies the Commission found, forcing it to postpone…
King Philippe recognizes that colonial regime was based on exploitation and domination. KIGALI, Rwanda Belgium’s King Philippe reaffirmed his “deepest regrets” to the Democratic Republic of Congo for the “wounds of the past” caused by his country in an address to government officials and parliamentarians Wednesday in the capital Kinshasa, seeking to write a new…