China helps launch Egypt’s MISRAT-2 satellite/in /by
Egypt's space agency chief has hailed cooperation with China, following the launch on Monday of a remote-sensing satellite into orbit from a centre in northwest China.
Ethiopia: more than 50 civilians killed in November attacks/in /by
More than 50 civilians were killed in attacks in Ethiopia in November, denounced the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) on Wednesday, two weeks after negotiations between the government and the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) ended without agreement.
Nigeria: UN calls for “impartial” investigation after deadly drone attack on civilians/in /by
The United Nations on Wednesday called for an "impartial investigation" after a Nigerian army drone strike accidentally killed at least 85 villagers celebrating a Muslim holiday on Sunday
Mali and Niger simultaneously denounce double taxation agreements with France/in /by
In a joint statement on Tuesday, the military regimes of Mali and Niger announced that they were denouncing their double taxation agreements with France, continuing the unraveling of ties with Paris and the tightening of their relations.
COP 28: Youth delegation uses song in fight for climate justice/in /by
Jesse David of the Pan African climate justice alliance wrote a song that rang out and brought in a crowd on onlookers on Wednesday. "The main goal of writing this song is just to show that the youth have a voice in the climate discourses,” David said. “We have a voice and ought to be heard.”
Africa: Thousands March in Brussels to Declare ‘Planet and People Before Profit’/in /by
[People's Dispatch] The demonstration was organized in the backdrop of the ongoing 12-day-long, COP28 Summit underway in UAE, which kicked off on November 30.
Rwanda: Fuel Prices Fall Ahead of Festive Season/in /by
[New Times] Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority (RURA) has revised down fuel prices ahead of the festive season, marking the first decrease since June.
Over 140 runners take part in second edition of Treg Algeria trail/in /by
Organized by the Algerian Federation of Sport and Work, the event was designed to encourage local athletes to measure themselves against their foreign counterparts and develop their sporting skills for regional and international competitions.
Morocco: earthquake victims struggle as winter sets in/in /by
Nearly three months after a deadly earthquake struck southern Morocco, residents of one village are trying to cope with the harsh conditions of their new life as winter approaches.
Switzerland returns marble head around 2,000 years old to Libya/in /by
Swiss federal authorities indicated on Tuesday that they had returned to Libya a marble head of a young woman from the Hellenistic period, around 2,000 years old, discovered ten years ago in a warehouse in Geneva.