By Africanews Displaced children in eastern DRC celebrated Christmas at an internally displaced camp 8 km from Goma, the regional capital of North Kivu province. Children and families were forced to flee due to fighting between government forces and the M23 rebels. “In our villages, our children used to celebrate Christmas properly, but now I was beginning to wonder how we were going to do it…
By Jerry Omondi The Gambian government on Wednesday said it had foiled a coup attempt against President Adama Barrow and arrested four soldiers. In a statement by government spokesperson Ebrima Sankareh, the Gambia Armed Forces conducted a swift military operation and arrested the suspects based on intelligence reports. “The apprehended soldiers are currently helping the Military…
By Jerry Omondi Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday submitted a N819.5billion ($1.8 billion) supplementary budget to the National Assembly for consideration and approval. The budget will increase the total deficit to N8.17 trillion, and is expected to be funded by domestic borrowing. According to a letter read to lawmakers by the Speaker of the House of…
By XINHUA A meeting of the heads of the armed forces of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) opened on Monday in Bissau, the capital of Guinea-Bissau, to discuss strategies to fight against terrorism and coups, Guinea-Bissau’s army chief announced in a statement to the press. One of the expected results of the meeting…
AFP , Wednesday 21 Dec 2022 US citizens trapped in war-torn Tigray are being detained and interrogated by Ethiopian authorities while trying to leave the country, interviews with fleeing people and family members show. Leaked emails by US officials say that the Ethiopian government, citing national security grounds, insisted on holding and questioning US citizens from…
BY Egypt Today staff Mon, 19 Dec 2022 – 06:19 GMT CAIRO – 19 December 2022: Egypt will participate in the second Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership on Tuesday in Jordan, according to the Jordanian news agency Petra. Leaders and representatives of regional organizations and countries, including Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman,…
By CGTN Africa -3 hours ago The African Continental Free Trade Area has increased the appetite of Africa’s trading partners and the rush to secure more economic cooperation opportunities. The United Arab Emirates is leading the pack of Gulf countries who are eyeing such opportunities with the African continent. William Stenhouse Chief Executive Officer at Stenhouse and…
President Cyril Ramaphosa, the anti-apartheid champion who become one of South Africa’s wealthiest businessmen, survived a challenge for the leadership of his party on Monday, days after he was spared impeachment proceedings over a scandal dubbed “Farmgate”. He took on the presidency in 2018 after being elected party leader in 2017, vowing to root out…
BBC World Service South Africa’s governing African National Congress (ANC) will today elect its executive. The country’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, will be seeking re-election as party leader, despite being embroiled in accusations of serious misconduct over an undeclared theft from his farm. He’s up against the former Health Minister Zweli Mkhize – who also faces…
By Africanews Tensions are rising between Burkina Faso and neighbouring Ghana following Ghana’s claim that Ouagadougo had invited Russian mercenaries into the country. Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo made the comments last Wednesday sparking a diplomatic row. “These 48 hours were marked by the words of Ghana’s president Nana Akufo Addo on an alleged contract between the transitional government and a private Russian company. Faced with such a situation,…
