Ministers from the three countries to hold videoconference brokered by the African Union on Tuesday, Khartoum says. Sudan has said it will hold three-way talks on Tuesday with Egypt and Ethiopia over a controversial Nile dam project that US President Donald Trump has warned could lead to military action. Foreign and irrigation ministers from the…
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“I have nothing left to feed my nine children.” Ethiopia’s farmers battle worst locust invasion in 25 years. Ethiopia’s worst locust invasion in 25 years has devastated the country’s farmland, threatening food supplies and the livelihoods of millions of people, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. The insects damaged about 200,000 hectares…
At least eight children killed, a dozen wounded after attackers stormed a school in Cameroon with guns and machetes. At least eight children were killed and a dozen wounded after attackers stormed a school in southwestern Cameroon with guns and machetes, the United Nations says. The men arrived on motorbikes dressed in civilian clothes and…
On this exciting edition of Business Africa, we celebrate entrepreneurs in Nigeria and Democratic Republic of Congo. Plus, we discuss ways of recovering from the Coronavirus. – Covid-inspired digitalization in Africa – Over the last 20 years, internet penetration in sub-Saharan Africa has grown tenfold, according to a survey by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).…
Libya’s two rival factions signed a “permanent” ceasefire agreement Friday after five days of talks at the United Nations, which hailed the move as a moment that will go down in history. “Today is a good day for the Libyan people,” said Stephanie Williams, the UN’s envoy to the troubled North African country, where a…
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Malian security troops have freed the settlement of Farabougou in Segou region in central Mali, which has been under siege by suspected Islamist militants since early October, the army said early on Friday. “The village of #Farabougou was freed from the hands of satanic terrorists on Thursday, 22 October 2020 by the…
The Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) Wednesday has received Covid-19 safety equipment worth Shs33 million from the Korea International Corporation Agency (KOICA) to support efforts aimed at mitigating the spread of Covid-19 through air transport. During the handover ceremony at Entebbe Airport, the Director Airports and Aviation Security, Eng Ayub Sooma on behalf of the…
Total E&P Angola (NYSE: TOT) has awarded Maersk Drilling (OTCMKTS: DDRLF) a three-well contract for the Maersk Voyager drillship. Under the estimated 140-day contract, the Maersk Voyager will drill three development wells in Angola’s Block 17, Maersk Drilling reported Tuesday in a written statement. The drilling contractor added the approximate firm value of the contract…
Guinea’s Main opposition Diallo claims victory while official votes counts is still in progress. In main constituencies, Condé won a majority of votes according to the electoral authority but Opposition supporters are deeply suspicious about the fairness of the poll. “Now it is for all of us to fight to preserve, to defend, our victory…