Algeria: ailing president appoints new PM
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on Wednesday appointed Abdul-Majeed Tabboun as the country’s new prime minister, replacing Abdelmalek Sellal, a statement broadcast by the state media […]
Articles by Khalid Al Mouahidi
African fallen peacekeepers honoured by the UN
The United Nation Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday honoured 117 peacekeepers, including many Africans, who lost their lives while serving in peacekeeping operations in 2016, […]
Trump pledges $300 million to fight famine in Africa, Yemen
United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday, pledged to disburse more than $300 million to help prevent famine in Yemen and several countries in Africa. […]
Tanzanian president fires minerals minister, state-run Audit Agency chief
Tanzania’s President nicknamed “The Bulldozer”, and reputed to be a no-nonsense, results-driven politician, fired the mining minister and the chief of the state-run mineral audit […]
Nigeria: Police arrests about 55 Biafra separatists
Police in Nigeria has arrested about 55 members of the Biafra Independent Movement (BIM) as the group staged what it called the ‘new Biafra’ commemoration […]
South Africa: General Motors to cut 600 jobs
Some 600 workers out of 1,500 at General Motors in South Africa will lose their jobs by July after a decision last week by the […]
South Sudan: President Kiir announces unilateral ceasefire
South Soudan’s President Salva Kiir on Monday declared a unilateral ceasefire and promised to release political prisoners in the famine and war-ravaged worlds’ youngest nation. […]
Paul Kagame unveils exit plan
Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Monday told Paris-based magazine Jeune Afrique in an extensive interview that he would step down after the next elections. Kagame, […]
Nigeria may have a 30-year old president soon – Parliament
Nigerian lawmakers are in the process to pass a new law that will reduce age limits for elective offices in the African most populous nation. […]
Nigeria to fund budget deficit with foreign loans, Eurobonds
Nigeria will raise $3.5 billion in foreign loans including from international lenders and debt markets to fund the West African nation’s 2017 budget deficit, Reuters […]