S.A.’s Ramaphosa urges Russia, Ukraine to de-escalate/in /by
"This war must be settled and there should be peace through negotiations," the South African president told reporters after talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday (June 16). He is part of a delegation comprising the leaders of Senegal, Zambia and the Comoros.
Cote d’Ivoire’s first ambulance boat serves lagoon residents/in /by
A hundred kilometres east of Abidjan, the economic capital of Ivory Coast, the lagoon that winds between the villages of the commune of Assine, cuts residents off from access to emergency care. The city council commissioned an ambulance boat to solve this problem.
FIFA announces anti-racism taskforce/in /by
The president of FIFA, Gianni Infantino, announced on Thursday the creation of an anti-racism taskforce featuring Real Madrid forward, Vinicius Junior
Nigeria: Kwara shipwreck victims were mainly women and children/in /by
Most of the 108 people who drowned after a boat broke up in north-central Nigeria were women and their children, survivors and local authorities told the Associated Press on Thursday as search efforts drew to a close.
African peace mission: Ramaphosa’s security stuck in Poland/in /by
Members of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa's security team who were due to accompany him on his mediation mission to Ukraine on Friday were detained in Poland, according to officials from both countries, provoking a diplomatic incident.
Nigerians react on the move on letting market set currency exchange rate/in /by
Nigeria’s central bank has ended its distorted foreign exchange rate, a move the new government in Africa's biggest economy hopes will help woo investors and stabilize the local currency
Tunisia’s opposition leader questioned by counter-terrorism prosecutor/in /by
The leader of Tunisia's main opposition block was questioned on Friday by the counter-terrorism prosecutor on charges of "plotting against state security"
African leaders visit Ukrainian town of Bucha/in /by
A delegation of African leaders including South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa, visited the town of Bucha in Ukraine, the site of one of the worst massacres perpetrated by Russian forces.
Benin feels the pinch as Nigeria ends fuel subsidies/in /by
For decades, Nigeria's fuel has been transported illegally by road to its neighbours. The scale of the trafficking is such that the price of taxi fares has almost doubled in Cotonou.
UN: The world must prevent another “humanitarian disaster” in Darfur/in /by
Darfur, where the population is living through a "nightmare" after weeks of war in Sudan, is heading towards a new "humanitarian disaster" that the world must prevent, the UN's head of humanitarian affairs, Martin Griffiths, pleaded on Thursday.