The growth rate within the countries of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), amounted to 5.7% in 2022, down 0.4% compared to 2021, announced Monday the leaders of this organization meeting in Abidjan. The eight member countries of UEMOA (Senegal, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Togo, Benin, Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso) have not…
Around 300 people died in an attack on villagers in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo last week blamed on the M23 rebel group, government minister Julien Paluku said on Monday. The government has been locked in a months-long conflict with the notorious armed group M23 – with the latest violence coming just five days after a ceasefire…
In Elwak, a town of some 100,000 people in Mandera, more than 85% of population has no access to water, says official. Hasan Huseyin Kosger MANDERA, Kenya As East Africa’s worst drought in decades ravages parts of Kenya, there are some areas in its worst-hit Mandera region where entire populations simply do not have access…
Move comes after Nigerian army restores security in Marte area of Borno state Adam Abu-bashal ABUJA, Nigeria Thousands of residents in northeastern Nigeria who took shelter in neighboring countries following attacks by the Boko Haram terrorist organization have returned to their homes, an official said Sunday. Air Vice Marshall (retd) Lawal Alao, vice chairman of…
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is planning a peacekeeping force to intervene against jihadism in its member states and in the event of coups. West Africa’s leaders on Sunday agreed to establish a regional peacekeeping force to intervene against jihadism and to help restore constitutional order in a region that has seen several coups over the…
Text by : NEWS WIRES Cyril Ramaphosa may have insisted over the weekend he will not resign, but the South African president still faces a parliamentary vote Tuesday that could lead to his impeachment. The ruling African National Congress (ANC) will meet Monday to discuss Ramaphosa’s fate after a parliamentary panel’s report last week said…
By Jonathan Amos BBC Science Correspondent @BBCAmos One of the grand scientific projects of the 21st Century begins its construction phase on Monday. The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will be the largest radio telescope in the world when completed in 2028. Split across South Africa and Australia, with a headquarters in the UK, the facility…
A group of doctors in Uganda caused a stir over the weekend after kneeling before long-time President Yoweri Museveni and asking him to stand for a seventh term. The 78-year-old leader has been in power since 1986. The next general elections are due in 2026. The doctors representing the Uganda Medical Association (UMA) had attended…
By Halima Umar Saleh BBC News Hausa, Abuja Nigeria’s reopening of a vital high-speed train link nine months after an audacious hijacking is bringing back traumatic memories for some of the survivors, who are struggling to recover from their ordeal. Gunmen mined the track between the capital, Abuja, and the northern city of Kaduna on…
At least nine people died and eight others were missing in South Africa after a flash flood swept away members of a church congregation along the Jukskei River in Johannesburg, rescue officials said on Sunday. The dead and missing were all part of the congregation, which was conducting religious rituals along the river on Saturday,…