Africa should achieve full access to power by 2025 – AfDB’s Adesina
The new head of the African Development Bank said on Friday that Africa should push to achieve universal access to electricity within a decade while […]
Articles by Khalid Al Mouahidi
Over 700 People Killed and nearly 800 injured in Mecca Stampede
Over 700 people were killed in a stampede on Thursday on the outskirts of the holy city of Mecca during the annual Hajj pilgrimage. The […]
Egypt: President frees Aljazeera journalists, other prisoners
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi pardoned 100 prisoners, including Al Jazeera TV journalists Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed, on Wednesday. A statement from the presidency […]
Libya: Final draft distributed, U.N role finished
“We have now a text that is the final text,” the Special Representative and Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya, Bernardino León stated […]
Zambia: gov’t okays Glencore’s job cuts, but wants due process followed
Zambian President Edgar Lungu is “open” to job cuts at Glencore Plc’s local unit as the company faces low copper prices and rising costs, his […]
Burkina Faso’s army loyalists call junta to surrender or face attack
Troops loyal to Burkina Faso’s interim government told soldiers behind a coup to disarm and surrender on Tuesday or face attack, a senior loyalist officer […]
Somalia: Car bomb attack near presidential palace kills 5
Five people have been killed after a car bomb exploded close to the presidential palace in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Monday, police said. The blast […]
France-Morocco: Shared Resolve to Bolster an Exceptional Partnership
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI and his guest, President Francois Hollande of France, have both voiced their shared resolve to give a new momentum to their […]
Ethiopia inaugurates first modern light rail line in sub-Saharan Africa
The first modern light rail line in Sub-Saharan Africa constructed by the China Railway Group (CREC) was inaugurated on September 20 in Ethiopia, when passenger […]
Nigeria: Arrest warrant issued against Senate president
A tribunal in Nigeria ordered the arrest of Senate President Bukola Saraki for failure to appear to answer to corruption charges. The Code of Conduct […]