Marik, a 22-year-old Moroccan studying in Zaporizhzhia, south-eastern Ukraine, remembers getting a call from a friend in Dnipro at 05:00 on 24 February. “She called and said: ‘There are some lights in the sky, maybe the invasion has begun.’ I said: ‘Stop joking, that’s impossible, it’s not.’” Minutes later, he saw on Telegram that Russian…
The World Health Organization is urging caution over the increasing number of African countries rolling back Covid-19 surveillance and quarantine measures. The WHO says this is especially “worrisome in a continent that still has the lowest rates of vaccination in the world”. It said that because of the pressure to open up the economy, countries…
The authorities in the Ethiopian region of Tigray say they will do everything possible to ensure the success of a ceasefire. Ethiopia’s government earlier announced an indefinite humanitarian truce in the country’s civil war. In a statement, the Tigrayan forces said they were committed to a pause in hostilities – as long as the government…
Relatives and collaborators of former Malian Prime Minister Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga, who died on 21 March at age 67, meet in Bamako to pay tribute to the late PM. He was laid to rest in the Bozola cemetery on Thursday. To bid farewell to Mali’s former minister Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga, a large crowd was gathered…
Slave trade uprooted 15 to 20M Africans who were forcibly dragged to Americas or Caribbean, according to UN DOUALA, Cameroon Kakanakou Igor is looking for tourists in the West African nation of Benin. The tourist guide with a specialization in African civilization is at the historical Slave Road in the city of Ouidah, known for…
Onslaught on ISWAP, Boko Haram terrorists continues to record significant successes, says Nigerian army officer ABUJA, Nigeria Some 7,000 members of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorist organization and Boko Haram surrendered in northeastern Nigeria in the past one week, local media reported on Wednesday. An onslaught on ISWAP and Boko Haram militants…
Summary KCB acquired Banque Populaire du Rwanda (BPR) in June last year from London-listed financial services firm Atlas Mara Limited, eyeing a larger footprint in retail banking in the country. Equity on its part bought a 66.53 percent stake in Banque Commerciale Du Congo (BCDC) in 2020, having earlier taken over ProCredit in the same…
Summary The appeal by the EU comes at a time when some African countries including Tanzania have abstained from voting at the UN Security council when the issue was brought to vote on March 1. EU Delegation Ambassador, Mr Fanti said that Europe was unanimous in its rebuke against Russia, and that through concerted global…
Former Zambia’s Foreign Affairs Minister Joseph Malanji has been arrested for alleged money-laundering activities. The authorities said Mr Malanji was arrested for owning a hotel suspected to be bought by proceeds of crime. He is also suspected to have procured a helicopter $700,000 (£530,000) from proceeds of crime. Mr Malanji has previously denied the allegations.…
Zimbabwe’s opposition leader, Nelson Chamisa, may have formed a brand new political party but he is still facing the same old problems which some had hoped would end with the 2017 ousting of the country’s long-time leader, Robert Mugabe. In the build-up to Saturday’s by-elections for about 10% of Zimbabwe’s parliamentary seats, the Citizens Coalition…