CAIRO (Reuters) -Shipping traffic in the Suez Canal was proceeding normally on Monday after tugs towed a cargo vessel that broke down during its passage through the waterway, the Canal Authority said. The breakdown was expected to cause only minor delays, with convoys of ships resuming regular transit by 11:00 local time (09:00 GMT), shipping…
AP Somalia’s government claimed Saturday that the al-Shabab extremist group has for the first time asked to open negotiations, amid a military offensive the government has described as “total war.” There was no immediate statement by al-Shabab, an al-Qaida-affiliate that for well over a decade has carried out high-profile bombings in Somalia’s capital and controlled…
CAIRO (AP) — The Egyptian pound tumbled on Wednesday in its largest single-day slide since the cash-strapped government agreed to a $3 billion International Monetary Fund deal in mid-December, authorities said. The pound fell from around 24.7 for $1 to just over 26.3 against the dollar, some three weeks after Egypt and the IMF formally…
AFP , Tuesday 3 Jan 2023 Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Tuesday lifted a ban on opposition rallies imposed in 2016 by her strongman predecessor, in an overture to political rivals seeking the restoration of democratic traditions.Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan. AFP Hassan has been under pressure to break with the hardline policies of John…
By CGTN Africa Mozambique has replaced Kenya in the United Nations Security Council where it will serve for a period of two years. Kenya has served in the council since June 18 2020 and was represented by Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN in New York Martin Kimani. The South African country began its tenure at the…
A tea towel on his lap against sunburn, a thermos of coffee and hard-boiled eggs: Frans Hugo, a 90-year-old editor, starts his weekly 1,200 km journey across the South African Karoo desert to deliver his newspapers. The energetic old man is used to it. In this way, he is able to make the most of…
AFP , Monday 2 Jan 2023 Schools in Malawi’s two largest cities are to remain closed until further notice due to a worsening cholera outbreak, the government said on Monday. Students were due back in class after the holidays on Tuesday. But the health ministry said the start of the school term for primary and secondary…
By Africanews with AFP A Senegalese journalist and prominent anti-government critic is “extremely strained” after a two-week hunger strike he launched in protest of his detention, his lawyer said on Monday. Pape Ale Niang, head of the Dakar Matin online news site, was arrested on November 6 and charged with “divulging information likely to harm national…
By CGTN Africa Kenyan President William Ruto said the government is working towards lowering electricity tariffs in the next three months. The President said the government will prioritize low-income earners and manufacturers in the tariff review process. “In three months, we will have public consultation to ensure that we have tariffs that are affordable to those at…
By CGTN Africa The year of 2022 has been a challenging year for Africa, but one that has had many bright spots too. When the bell for the year 2023 is about to ring, let’s look back at top stories that shaped Africa in the past year. This year started with the Russian-Ukraine conflict that had…
