Former Nigerian presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has announced that he will be running again in next year’s presidential elections. This is the sixth time that Abubakar tries to capture the presidency after having lost in 2019 to current president Muhammadu Buhari. “Presently Nigeria is a sinking ship, it must be rescued urgently. That is why…
Summary More than 200 homes were also destroyed in Sunday’s attack on four villages in the Kaura local government district, Kaduna State security commissioner Samuel Aruwan said in a statement. A week earlier, gunmen killed 11 security personnel, including seven policemen and four vigilantes, in attacks in central and northwestern Nigeria. Earlier this month, gunmen…
Summary Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed set up the administration in Tigray after sending troops into the region in November 2020 to topple the regional ruling party, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). The government communication service said Tuesday that police had “following due process, detained individuals who are believed to be part of an illegal…
Summary The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM/A-IO) — led by Vice President Riek Machar — had pulled out of the peace monitoring mechanism to protest continued “unprovoked” attacks of its bases by its “peace partner”, the party said. The withdrawal adds to fissures between factions loyal to Machar and President Salva Kiir…
The construction of the Gaborone-Boatle dual carriageway has reduced traffic congestion between Botswana’s capital city, Gaborone and Lobatse, said a senior Botswana official on Tuesday. “The dual carriageway road and Boatle intersection built by China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) and Consolidated Construction Company (CCC) had contributed to easing traffic congestion, reducing delays, shortening travel…
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday commissioned the newly-built international terminal at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in the economic hub of Lagos. The Chinese-assisted project was designed to handle 20 million passengers in a year while creating 3,000 direct and indirect jobs, Buhari said at the commissioning ceremony in Lagos. “With the delivery of…
JOHANNESBURG, March 22 (Reuters) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said restrictive COVID-19 regulations that have weighed on the nation’s struggling economy for two years would be removed on Wednesday, with the national state of disaster also to end soon. The state of disaster currently regulates the country’s COVID-19 rules and has been in place since the…
Evicted from their ancestral forest homes three decades ago in a move to conserve wildlife, many of Uganda’s Batwa people continue a struggle for their dignity. On a hike into the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, the songs the Batwa sing are supposed to be celebratory, but they sound mournful. They are in praise of…
British, Norwegian and US envoys to North African country make accusation in joint statement KHARTOUM, Sudan Russian private military contractor Wagner Group is engaged in illicit activities that undermine the rule of law in Sudan, the Troika – the US, UK and Norway – for the North African country said Monday. British Ambassador Giles Leifer,…
While South Africa blames NATO, Kenya along with African Union urges Russia to respect international law and Ukraine’s sovereignty JOHANNESBURG, South Africa While most African countries have decided to remain neutral in the Russia-Ukraine war, experts say it has already created blocks in the continent, with many countries quietly siding with warring parties. South African…