A team from the African Union arrived Thursday in N’Djamena, Chad on a seven-day Fact-Finding Mission to assess the situation in country and examine ways of a speedy return to democratic rule. Following several days of internal pressure, the delegation will produce a report at the end of its mission which will enable the Peace…
The Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) on Wednesday called on the international community to provide humanitarian assistance to the displaced persons following armed clashes in Mogadishu on April 25. The East African bloc also said it will continue providing support to the Somali people in their quest for peace, democracy, and stability. The bloc welcomed…
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday admitted that the country’s ruling party could have done more to halt state graft under his predecessor Jacob Zuma. During a much-anticipated appearance before a judicial panel probing allegations of corruption and fraud under Zuma, Ramaphosa said graft had “eroded” constitutional values and “undermined the rule of law”.…
RUSTENBERG – The Southern African Development Community (SADC) protocol on extradition which the South African government used in a request to Malawi will not be in proceedings against fugitive Shepherd Bushiri and his wife Mary, local media in that country reported. The charismatic preacher and his wife are wanted in South Africa, from where they…
The World Bank on Wednesday granted $100 million for an emergency recovery project in northern Mozambique, where hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced by a jihadist insurgency. An agreement for the funding – part of a three-year $700-million project – was signed by the government and the United Nations Office for Project Services…
The Chadian Transitional Military Council, CMT, expressed itself for the first time on the demonstrations against the establishment of the military council led by Mahamat Idriss Déby, one of the sons of the former Chadian president killed on 19 April. The Ministry of Public Security and Immigration had earlier placed a ban on protests but various civil…
Unable to fly out under lockdown, Zimbabwe’s wealthy must now take their chances in local hospitals alongside everyone else. Harare, Zimbabwe – Twenty-three-year-old Gladys Marima has albinism and skin cancer. In December she had to leave her home in Harare, when her family kicked her out. Her cancer, which is linked to her albinism, had caused…
Egyptian archeologists unearthed 110 burial tombs in an ancient site in the Nile Delta province of Dakahlia around 150 kilometers in the northeast of Cairo. Tourisim and Antiquities ministry said the archeologists found human remains for adults and children, funerary equipment and pottery objects in these tombs. The tombs, some of which have human remains,…
Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed called early Wednesday for elections and a return to dialogue after the extension of his mandate by two years sparked the country’s worst political violence in years. The president, best known by his nickname Farmajo, addressed the nation at around 1:00 am local time (2200 GMT) after hours of anticipation,…
Felix Tshisekedi, president of the DR Congo, is in full control of a new government unveiled after a four-month power struggle with predecessor Joseph Kabila. The president had in February named the head of state-owned mining giant Gecamines, Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde Kyenge, as prime minister. The inauguration of the first government dubbed Union sacrée took…