At least 26 dead in a shipwreck in northwestern Nigeria
At least 26 people, including 21 women and five children, drowned when their dugout canoe sank on Tuesday night on a river in northwestern Nigeria, […]
Articles by Steven Addamah
Somalia’s first women-only media outlet opens
Somalia’s first all-women’s radio and television station has opened in the capital, Mogadishu. Bilan Media, which is supported by the United Nations, will produce content […]
Nigerian Vice-President to run for President in 2023
Nigerian Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo announced on Monday that he is entering the race for the February 2023 presidential election in Africa’s most populous country and […]
Economy: Kenyan businesses worried about elections and war in Ukraine
Kenya’s Ministry of Finance presented a $28 billion budget this week. The aim is to revive an economy hit by the loss of hundreds of […]
South African President says UN Security Council is “outdated’’
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, criticized for his refusal to strongly condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine, attacked Thursday the UN Security Council, which he […]
Somali PM orders expulsion of AU representative, President objects
Somalia’s Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble on Thursday ordered the expulsion of the African Union’s representative in the country, triggering a new row with President […]
More than 5 tons of cocaine seized in Cape Verde
The Cape Verdean police announced that they had seized with the help of U.S. agents more than five tons of cocaine on board a fishing […]
A wide range of support for Russia in Africa
Governments, opponents, pan-Africanist activists on social networks or simple demonstrators: at the time of the war in Ukraine, support for the Russian regime is increasingly […]
South Africa: End of restrictions linked to the Covid pandemic
President Cyril Ramaphosa announced earlier this week that all legal restrictions related to the Covid-19 pandemic would end at midnight, stressing that it was time […]
Darfur: Trial of militia Leader Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman opens at ICC
A former militia leader will become the first person to be tried at the International Criminal Court (ICC) for atrocities committed in Darfur, the scene […]