BENGHAZI, Libya (Sputnik) – Foreign Minister Abdul Hadi al-Huweij of Libya’s eastern-based administration has inspected oilfields and ports after the recent resumption of oil production and called on foreign investors to return to the country’s oil sector after a month-long hiatus, the foreign ministry said early on Friday. “Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation…
BRAZZAVILLE, Congo (Republic of the), September 25, 2020/APO Group/ — There has been a 2% decrease in the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the WHO African Region compared to the last reporting period. 83% of cases have recovered. For more detailed analysis, read our most recent COVID-19 Situation Report: https://bit.ly/32ZC3As 10 countries account for…
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi held talks in Cairo with Libyan putschist Gen. Khalifa Haftar Wednesday. Aquila Saleh, speaker of the east Libya-based parliament and Egyptian spy chief Abbas Kamel were also present at the meeting. “During the meeting, el-Sissi was informed of developments in Libya and the efforts of all parties to implement a cease-fire…
After the distribution of voting cards which began last Saturday, Ecowas certified Guinea electoral register as ‘of sufficient quality’ for October elections. In total over five million voting cards should be handed out by the electoral commission CENI. The Guinean political scene was shaken up in late August when the current president Alpha Condé said…
The West African bloc ECOWAS will likely decide on Friday whether to lift potentially crippling sanctions imposed on Mali after last month’s coup, its mediator said. The mediator, Nigerian former president Goodluck Jonathan, called the 15-nation bloc’s sanctions “unfortunate” during a visit to Mali’s capital Bamako on Wednesday. West African leaders have heaped pressure on…
South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria have already seen millions of cyberattacks in 2020 with three months to the end of the year, according to Kaspersky security solutions. In the three countries alone, between January and August 2020, at least 28 million malware attacks have occurred, and over 102 million detections of potentially unwanted programs such…
Nigeria will continue to partner with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and some countries to ensure accelerated development and manufacturing, as well as the uninhibited supply of safe and effective Coronavirus vaccines to all, President Muhammadu Buhari declared Tuesday. Delivering Nigeria’s National Statement, via video-message, on the first day of the 75th session of the…
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday advocated the necessity for a fair and equitable representation in the United Nations (UN) Security Council, saying doing so is crucial to achieving “the United Nations we need.” The president made the call when he joined other world leaders at a virtual meeting of the UN General Assembly in commemoration of…
Yassir Arman wants you to believe that peace has come in Sudan. On Sept. 17, the rebel leader — known more for his political ambitions than battlefield experience — landed in Khartoum with other members of the Sudan Revolutionary Front, a coalition of armed groups, to formalize the signing of a peace agreement struck in late August with the…
Monitoring Defense and security from Sept. 14 to 21, 2020-CC