Summary UN sees those facing acute hunger doubling to 18 million Economy tumbling since military coup, currency depreciated Harvest of key crops down by about a third KHARTOUM, April 1 (Reuters) – Millions more Sudanese are set to go hungry this year as economic turmoil and erratic rains drive up prices and reduce harvests, with…
Tunisia’s parliamentary elections won’t be held within the next three months, President Kais Saied said late on Thursday during a meeting with Prime Minister Najla Bouden, according to a Facebook post by the president’s office. Saied issued a decree on Wednesday dissolving parliament, which has been suspended since last year, after it defied him by voting to repeal decrees that he…
People on the streets of the Tunisian capital expressed distrust in their elected representatives Thursday, a day after the president dissolved parliament in a blow to the North African country’s young democracy. “The Tunisian parliament reminds me of football stadiums. Is that a parliament? It is a football stadium,” said Ali, the owner of a…
Burkina Faso has dismissed regional bloc ECOWAS ‘expression of serious concern about its 36-month transition period and calls for the immediate release of former President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré’. A few days after the summit of ECOWAS heads of state held in Accra on March 25, the Burkinabe government reacted Thursday saying it will do…
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday issued maturity level 3 statuses to Egypt and Nigeria medicines regulators, joining Ghana and Tanzania as countries with effective regulatory systems in Africa. The maturity level 3 status means that these national bodies have been found to function well and that they could be eligible for inclusion into…
KEY POINTS Russia and the West remain at odds over payment for natural gas exports, on which Europe, in particular, is heavily dependent. Moscow has insisted that “unfriendly” countries pay for gas imports in Russian rubles, a demand G-7 nations have rebuffed. Africa analysts at political risk consultancy Verisk Maplecroft have said that while the…
Kenya’s top court will on Thursday rule on constitutional changes proposed by President Uhuru Kenyatta and his allies ahead of crucial elections in August. The reforms aim to expand the executive and would be the biggest change to Kenya’s political system since the introduction of a new constitution in 2010. In addition to creating new…
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is having a “deadly” impact and threatening security in the Arab world, particularly through spiralling wheat prices, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in Algiers Wednesday. He was speaking on the final leg of a trip that began with an unprecedented summit in an Israeli kibbutz, attended by Blinken and the foreign…
Widespread criticism of the government is growing in Ghana after Parliament approved a new electronic transaction tax, which the government says will help raise $900m in much-needed revenue The E-levy bill, passed on Tuesday, will introduce a 1.5 percent tax on electronic money transfers and transactions. President Nana Akufo-Addo’s has said the move will help…
Tunisia’s President Kais Saied announced Wednesday that he was dissolving the country’s parliament, eight months after suspending it in a July power grab. “Today, at this historic moment, I announce the dissolution of the Assembly of Representatives of the people, to preserve the state and its institutions,” he said. He made the announcement at a…