AFP , Monday 5 Dec 2022 West African leaders agreed on Sunday to create a regional force to intervene against jihadism and in the event of coups, a senior official said. Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States had decided to act to “take care of our own security in the region”, Omar…
AFP , Wednesday 7 Dec 2022 The capital of Ethiopia’s Tigray region has been reconnected to the national power grid after more than a year of cuts caused by war, the electricity operator said on Tuesday. The announcement came a month after a peace deal between the federal government and Tigrayan rebels aimed at ending…
By Africanews with AFP Burkina Faso on Saturday ordered “the immediate suspension and until further notice” of Radio France Internationale (RFI), accusing it of having relayed an “intimidation message” attributed to a “terrorist leader”, the Burkinabe government spokesman announced. By having relayed this message, RFI “is thus contributing to a desperate manoeuvre by terrorist groups to…
By Africanews Last updated: 4 hours ago Senegal celebrated in style 20 years of Dakar Fashion Week on Saturday with a show at the historic island of Gorée, once associated with slavery. The event was organised by Adama N’Diaye, a French designer with Senegalese roots and owner of the French label Adama Paris. “I’m completely happy, my baby…
AFP , Sunday 4 Dec 2022 Israeli President Isaac Herzog arrived Sunday in Bahrain, the first visit by an Israeli head of state to the small Gulf kingdom since the two countries normalised relations in 2020. Herzog, whose role is largely ceremonial, was greeted at the airport by Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif al-Zayani, according to pictures…
By Halligan Agade -2 hours ago Burkina Faso’s government has suspended the broadcast of France’s RFI radio in the Sahel West African state over what it said were false reports and giving voice to militants, a statement from the government said. The statement said RFI on Saturday broadcast a message from a leader of a militant group…
Street celebrations erupted in Senegalese capital, Dakar, after the men’s football national team advanced into the World Cup’s knockout stages for only the second time in the country’s history. Senegal defeated Ecuador 2-1 on Tuesday night to finish as runners-up in Group A behind the Dutch. The win saw Aliou Cissé’s side set up a…
By Africanews Environmental activists, religious figures, and believers protested Tuesday in Paris against the mega oil projects of the French group TotalEnergies in Uganda and Tanzania, a first action led by the movements Extinction Rebellion Spiritualities and GreenFaith. “Deliver us from Total”, “Warm hearts, not pipelines”: they were about thirty gathered in front of a…
By Rédaction Africanews with Agencies Nigeria’s Federal High Court has sentenced the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, to three months in prison for flouting a 2011 court order. Nigeria’s Federal High Court has sentenced the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, to three months in prison for flouting a 2011 court order. According to local media…
Staff Writer, Agence France-Presse (AFP) South Africa’s unemployment rate fell slightly for a third consecutive quarter despite power cuts that hampered economic activity across the country, official data showed on Tuesday. Between July and September, the jobless rate declined by one percentage point over the second quarter to 32.9 percent of the workforce, StatsSA said. The…
