Nigeria: President Tinubu suspends anti-corruption chief under investigation/in /by
Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu has suspended the country's anti-corruption chief, who is under investigation for abuse of office, the government has announced.
Sudan slips into crisis with critical shortages as conflict enters third month/in /by
The war between rival generals enters its third month on Thursday, with no end in sight in Sudan, where planes bombed a southern town for the first time and the regular army accused paramilitaries of "abducting and murdering" a governor in Darfur.
South Africa: Injured Kolisi to remain Springboks captain for World Cup ‘until ruled out’/in /by
"Siya will stay our Springboks captain, and captain for the World Cup, until he is ruled out, until medically they say this guy will not make it. So he will stay there, and then we will use interim captains. We discussed it with the players and they know it's going to be like that, so we will use in
Vatican envoy urges a return to peace after a massacre in eastern DRC/in /by
Vatican envoy, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, appealed for peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo during a visit to the Bushagara camp in the east of the country. His visit came one day after the killing of more than 45 people, including 23 children in the camp.
South Africa approves controversial universal health bill/in /by
South Africa's National Assembly approved on Tuesday (June 13) a bill to introduce national health coverage in the country; the opposition fears that the overstretched public health system will collapse.
Algeria’s president on a 3-day state visit to Russia/in /by
The Algerian presidency said in a statement that Tebboune will attend an economic forum to be held this week in the city of St. Petersburg. The visit at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin is officially meant to strengthen relations of “friendship and cooperation”.
Nigeria boat capsize: Death toll rises to 106, leaving families devastated/in /by
On Wednesday (June 14), the death toll from the disaster in Nigeria’s north-central Kwara state boat capsize rose to 106 people as rescue teams searched for more survivors. More than half the victims came from one village, Ebu.
Sudanese women recount the horror of rape/in /by
Dozens of women have reported being raped — in their homes, by the roadside and in commandeered hotels — since the war erupted in mid-April between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.
Mali’s Goïta discusses security and economic relations with Putin/in /by
Russian President Vladimir Putin and the head of Mali's junta, Colonel Assimi Goïta, discussed security and economic relations between the two countries, their services reported on Wednesday.
Is anti-French sentiment prevailing in Francophone Africa?/in /by
Anti-French rhetoric in French-speaking Africa has spread beyond the educated urban elite, and the phenomenon could "take root for a long time", says Alain Antil, a researcher at the French Institute of International Relations (Ifri), in an interview.