Ethiopia announces joint Saudi probe into alleged migrant killings/in /by
The Ethiopia Foreign ministry tweeted Tuesday (Aug. 22) that the government will jointly investigate with Saudi authorities a report by a human rights group of killings of hundreds of its nationals.
BRICS leaders weigh expanding membership at summit/in /by
Calls to enlarge the BRICS -- Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa -- has dominated the agenda at its three-day summit in Johannesburg and exposed rifts between its members.
Crisis in Niger: Algeria begins mediation in three Ecowas countries/in /by
Algeria, firmly opposed to any military intervention in Niger, on Wednesday sent its Foreign Minister, Ahmed Attaf, on a tour of Nigeria, Benin and Ghana, to help find a way out of the crisis, Algerian diplomacy announced.
Zimbabwe votes as the president known as ‘the crocodile’ seeks a second and final term/in /by
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission acknowledged the late distribution of ballot papers at some polling stations and blamed it on delays in their printing "arising from numerous court challenges."
Niger Coup: Suspected terrorists shoot Ghanaian driver at Burkina Faso border, burn several trucks/in /by
Suspected terrorists shoot Ghanaian driver at Burkina Faso border, burn several trucks
Central African Republic: EU calls for “more inclusive democratic processes”/in /by
The European Union on Wednesday called for "more inclusive and transparent democratic processes" in the Central African Republic, where a new Constitution approved by referendum allows President Faustin Archange Touadéra to run for a third term in 2025.
Zimbabwe: ‘There is no way there won’t be a new President’, Chamisa says after casting ballot/in /by
As opposition leader Nelson Chamisa voted Wednesday (Aug. 23) in the southern African nation's 2nd general elections since Mugabe's fall, dozens of supporters sang and chanted. Chamisa alleged intimidation in rural areas, encouraging his supporters to be patient and not frustrated.
DRC: former Tshisekedi adviser acquitted of “intelligence with Rwanda”/in /by
A former private adviser to President Félix Tshisekedi, Fortunat Biselele, prosecuted for "intelligence with Rwanda", a neighboring country accused of supporting the M23 rebellion in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, was acquitted on Tuesday, learned the AFP with his lawyer.
At least 17 killed as railway bridge collapses in India/in /by
The Indian Express newspaper quoted a policeman as saying that 17 bodies had been recovered and "many others" were missing. It was not possible to immediately verify the reports of people missing.
Refugees from Darfur: ‘We left at night, barefoot, and walked to reach Chad’/in /by
After four months of conflict between Sudan's army and its former ally the RSF, nearly 430,000 Sudanese have fled to Chad. The 35-kilometre journey from the capital of West Darfur state to Adre in Chad is particularly dangerous for women, in addition to rape, they face militia attacks.