Ethiopia: Gun attack in Western Ethiopia leaves 12 dead
At least 12 people were killed on Monday, October 12, by unidentified gunmen in Benishangul-Gumuz Regional State in the western part of the country. A […]
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Tanzania: Fourteen Opposition candidates contest presidential election with John Magufuli in dispersed order
On October 28, the Tanzanians will elect their president and members of parliament. Current President John Magufuli is running for a second term. Since his […]
South Africa: President Ramaphosa warns against racial hatred after murder of a white farmer
The murder rekindled racial tensions and incidents last week. On Monday morning, Head of State Cyril Ramaphosa warned: “This incident shows how easily the inferno […]
World Bank: Forty million Africans are at risk of falling into extreme poverty because of the Covid-19 pandemic
Leaden by the economic fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic, growth in Sub-Saharan Africa is expected to drop to -3.3% in 2020, leading the region into […]
Starvation used as weapon of war in South Sudan conflict, UN rights body finds
Starvation is being intentionally used as a war tactic in South Sudan’s brutal conflict, a UN-backed human rights panel said in its latest report on […]
Nigeria: the Lagos Stock Exchange records its best performance in the last fifteen years despite the severe recession
It’s Christmas ahead of time at the Lagos Stock Exchange in Nigeria. On Tuesday, October 6, the index of the thirty largest stocks jumped by […]
Ethiopia: Parliament drastically cuts Tigray region’s budget
Members of the federal parliament have begun to announce the terms of the breakdown between the Addis Ababa authorities and the Tigray regional state in […]
South Africa: Government will lease 700,000 hectares of farmland to black farmers
The program is scheduled to start next week, October 15, 2020 and lands that belong to the South African state are to be leased to […]
Sudan: Negotiations continue with the two major rebel movements
Following the signing of peace agreements with some armed groups last weekend, negotiations continue with the two major rebel movements that were not signatories to […]
United Nations envoy to Libya assessed The Bouznika Inter-Libyan Dialogue
The Bouznika Inter-Libyan Dialogue, whose second round of talks continues since Friday in Morocco, will contribute to the overall revival of the Libyan political process, […]