DRC: Twenty dead in Kinshasa after a high voltage line falls
Twenty-six people were electrocuted on Wednesday, February 2, when a high-voltage power cable broke loose from two pylons that run through a market in the […]
Articles by Steven Addamah
Ex-South African president Zuma appeals again in his corruption trial
South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma went on trial Monday after filing a new appeal in his corruption trial, which began last May with numerous […]
Kenya: Six dead in an explosion against a minibus at the Somali border
Six people were killed and seven injured Monday when an explosive device detonated as a minibus passed in northeastern Kenya near the Somali border, a […]
Nigeria: Dozens of people killed by “bandits” over the week-end
Gunmen killed dozens of people, including 11 security personnel, in two attacks over the week-end in central and northern Nigeria, local authorities said. Central and […]
Tigray: Nearly 40% of the population in “extreme food shortage’’
Nearly 40 percent of the population is suffering from “extreme food shortages” in the war-torn Tigray region of Ethiopia, the World Food Programme (WFP) said […]
Kigali to reopen land border with Uganda closed since 2019
Rwanda’s Foreign Ministry announced Friday that the main border crossing with Uganda, closed since February 2019, will reopen on Jan. 31, formalizing a thaw in […]
Malawi: Partial government after the dismissal of the former team
Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwera, bound by a campaign promise to root out state corruption, appointed a partial government on Wednesday night, after the surprise dismissal […]
Uganda: Parliamentarians deny funds to the army for the DRC mission
On Tuesday, the parliamentary budget committee blocked a request for military funding. The money was for the Ugandan army’s military operation in eastern Congo called […]
Nigerian government maintains fuel subsidies
Nigeria’s government has announced that it will once again abandon the removal of fuel subsidies, a hugely popular measure in Africa’s most populous country, a […]
Sudanese General Daglo “Hemetti” visited Ethiopia
Sudanese General Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, known as “Hemetti”, was in Ethiopia last week-end. The deputy chairman of the Sovereign Base Council met with Ethiopian Prime […]