Central African Republic’s top court confirms constitutional referendum results/in /by
The Constitutional Court therefore “validates the new constitution of July 30, 2023,” it said.
Central African Republic: Maxime Mokom denies any war crimes before the ICC/in /by
Prosecutors investigating war crimes will try from Tuesday to convince the judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to bring to justice a former Central African militia leader they accuse of attacks against Muslim civilians.
Mozambique: – Oil Companies Have Invested Almost Two Billion Dollars in Mozambique Since 2006/in /by
[AIM] Maputo -- Oil and gas companies in Mozambique have invested over 1.8 billion Euros (1.9 billion dollars at the current exchange rate) in hydrocarbon exploration projects since 2006.
African Union suspends Niger due to military coup/in /by
The African Union suspended Niger, the scene of a coup d'état since July 26th, and told its members to avoid any action that might legitimize the junta.
Hunger has killed at least 500 children in war-torn Sudan/in /by
At least 498 children "and probably hundreds more" have died of starvation in four months of war in Sudan, the NGO Save the Children reported on Tuesday.
Nelson Chamisa, the ‘young’ pastor aiming for Zimbabwe poll upset/in /by
A lawyer and church pastor, Chamisa leads the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) -- the only party harbouring any real hope of unseating the ruling ZANU-PF, which has held an iron grip on power since independence in 1980.
Burkina Faso’s Zango secures gold medal at World Athletics Championships/in /by
Hugues-Fabrice Zango claimed his first world title in the triple jump with a mark of 17.64 m at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest on Monday.
Zimbabwe: Emmerson Mnangagwa, the president nicknamed ‘the crocodile’/in /by
This wednesday he would be hoping voters would choose him for another five term over Nelson Chamisa, the 45 year old pastor promising a new dawn if elected president.
Man fined in Kenya after revealing friend’s alleged HIV status/in /by
A Kenyan man has been directed to pay a substantial fine of 850,000 shillings (equivalent to $5,600 or £4,400) for disclosing his friend's alleged HIV status within a WhatsApp group.
Power cuts in Niger threaten to spoil millions of vaccines as sanctions take their toll, UN says/in /by
Country representative for the United Nations Children´s Fund in Niger, Stefano Savi, told The Associated Press on Monday that it has spent $200,000 powering generators to keep vaccines, including for polio and rotavirus, across the country cold during the first three weeks of August