Pics of the day: September 5, 2023/in /by
Africanews samples the best pictures of the day’s news.
Eswatini receives Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen for a four day trip/in /by
Eswatini, formerly Swaziland, is the only African state recognizing Taiwan as an independent country. China has been upping diplomatic pressure on Taipei's allies since Tsai Ing-wen became the island's president in 2016.
South Africa: Rising Fuel Price Will Have Domino Effect On Cost of Living, Say Experts/in /by
[Daily Maverick] The cost of food, clothing and electronic goods is expected to rise shortly in response to the steep increase in the price of petrol and diesel.
“Transition to cleaner energy cannot be reversed” says US envoy to African Climate Summit, Nairobi/in /by
"The president (Joe Biden) and the administration have not yet embraced any particular carbon pricing mechanism, but the president has directed us to examine those that are the most prominent and the most possible, and to think hard about what the arguments are for and against, begin to work on it"
Central African president appears on Gabon state TV welcomed by Oligui/in /by
The transitional president of Gabon, General Brice Oligui Nguema, receives the president of the Central African Republic, Faustin Archange Touadéra, appointed by the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) as "facilitator of the political process" after the coup d'état against Ali Bongo
53 members of Burkina security forces killed in suspected jihadist attack/in /by
Fifty-three members of the security forces have been killed in an attack by suspected jihadists in northern Burkina Faso, the army said on Tuesday.
First EgyptAir flight from Cairo to Port Sudan lands/in /by
Passengers disembark from an EgyptAir Boeing 737 aircraft upon landing for the first time at Port Sudan International Airport following the inauguration of a new international flight route between Cairo and Port Sudan.
DR Congo: Violence, lack of aid foster despair among Congolese displaced in the east/in /by
Peace seems unattainable and help is in short supply. In the camps for displaced people of Ituri, a province in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, despair feeds into a feeling of abandonment.
Many challenges await Gabon’s new strongman/in /by
As Gabon welcomes its new interim president, general Oligui Nguema will face political hurdles moving forward. From restoring institutions to drafting a new constitution and attending to the needs of sectors such as education, much remains to be done.
Amnesty: Eritrea committed atrocities in Tigray after peace deal/in /by
Eritrean soldiers continued to rape and execute civilians in Tigray after the signing of an agreement ending the conflict in this region of northern Ethiopia, Amnesty International (AI) said in a report published on Tuesday.