DRC: Dozen dead in clash between rebels and gov’t forces
At least eight Mai Mai rebels and six Congolese soldiers were killed at Lukweti, near northern Goma, local media reported on Sunday. The fighting took […]
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DRC: Exiled Katumbi calls for timely elections
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s opposition presidential candidate Moise Katumbi, on Thursday, called for timely elections as the country commemorates its 56th independence anniversary. In […]
DRC: Obama Calls Kabila for “Smooth Democratic Transition”
U.S. President Barack Obama urged DRC President Joseph Kabila to favor the first peaceful and smooth democratic transition in the largest African country, Jeune Afrique […]
Côte d’Ivoire: Ouattara Urges Exiles, Deserters to Return Home
President of Côte d’Ivoire Alassane Ouattara has invited refugees and military deserters who fled the country to return home to build the country. On Tuesday, […]
Kabila Meets Nguesso over DRC’s Political Crisis
DR Congo president Joseph Kabila on Monday met with Congo-Brazzaville’s president Denis Sassou Nguesso in his hometown of Oyo, northern Congo, to discuss the tense […]
50% of Nigeria’s crude to be refined internally– Dangote
Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote said he wants 50% of Nigeria’s crude to be refined internally by 2021. He said his target in the next […]
DRC: UN Extends Sanctions until July 2017
The United Nations Security Council this week urged the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo to hold elections by the end of the year […]
Benin: Local anti-malaria drug wins $100,000 award
A ground-breaking anti-malarial drug made by Dr Valentin Agon of Benin, has been awarded $100,000 at the 2016 Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) in Gaborone, […]
Equatorial Guinea’s President Appoints Son Vice-President
Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang’ Nguema has promoted his first son Teodorin Nguema Obiang as the country’s vice-president, according to a decree read on Wednesday […]
Fresh Violence in Chaotic CAR Kills Scores
At least 16 people were reportedly killed and twenty others injured in northern Central African Republic in an attack blamed on armed Fulani herdsmen and […]