Category: Africa
Pogacar wins second successive Tour de France stage to effectively wrap up title
Tadej Pogacar won stage 18 of the Tour de France on Thursday to underscore his dominance in the mountains and to anoint himself for a second successiv [...]
‘Survival struggle’: Ethnic standoff drives new phase of Tigray war
Asfaw Abera fled his homeland in northwestern Ethiopia three decades ago, stealing away on foot into Sudan as soldiers and ethnic Tigrayan rebels exch [...]
Senegal Scrabble junkies back at the board after virus hiatus
"Wesh, "wesh", "wads", "ska", "fol"... the hunt was on for that elusive word in French that would ratchet up the bonus points and unlock the top prize [...]
Somali journalist Hanad Ali Guled survives beating, knife attack by unidentified assailants
Somali authorities should investigate the recent attack on journalist and press freedom advocate Hanad Ali Guled and hold those responsible to account [...]
Mozambican police assault journalists reporting at station
Mozambican authorities must investigate a recent police assault on journalists, hold those responsible to account, and ensure that members of the medi [...]
Ejura Committee’s work should’ve ended after Regional Minister’s admission – Franklin Cudjoe
IMANI Africa President, Franklin Cudjoe says he does not see the need for the Ejura committee of inquiry to continue the investigation after the Ashan [...]
Ivory Coast ex-presidents Gbagbo and Konan Bédié unite to kick out Ouattara
Two former Ivory Coast presidents and long-term political rivals, Laurent Gbagbo and Henri Konan Bédié, have announced uniting to oppose the current h [...]
Interpol seeks arrest of son of Mali ex-president
Interpol issued an international arrest warrant Monday for Karim Keita, a son of Mali's former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, over the 2016 disappe [...]
Three soldiers behind Gabon’s failed 2019 coup jailed for 15 years
Three soldiers behind a failed coup in Gabon in 2019 have been sentenced to 15 years' prison, the prosecutor told AFP on Thursday.
The three, inclu [...]
Ethiopia declares Tigray ceasefire as rebels enter regional capital
Ethiopia's federal government on Monday declared a "unilateral ceasefire" in its war-torn Tigray region, state media reported, as rebel fighters enter [...]