Nigeria: Charles Soludo elected Governor of Anambra State
Nigeria’s opposition retains the governorship seat in the southeastern state of Anambra following Saturday’s election. Charles Soludo, 61, former head of the Central Bank (2004-2009), […]
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Morocco: Royal congratulations message to Audrey Azoulay on re-election as UNESCO Director-General
King Mohammed VI of Morocco has sent a message of congratulations to Audrey Azoulay on the occasion of her re-election Director-General of the United Nations […]
Guinea-Conakry: Transition President rejects appointment of ECOWAS mediator
The latest summit of ECOWAS Heads of state and government held last weekend in Accra on the Guinean and Malian crises appointed a special envoy […]
Possible conditional release for Oscar Pistorius in South Africa
South African prison authorities have launched the first procedural steps to consider the parole of Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius, jailed for the murder of his […]
Sankara trial: General Diendéré pleads not guilty
General Gilbert Diendéré, one of the main defendants in the trial of the alleged killers of former Burkinabe President Thomas Sankara 34 years ago, pleaded […]
Sixteen UN workers arrested in Ethiopia
Sixteen Ethiopian U.N. staff were detained Tuesday by the authorities after a major raid targeting Tigrayans, as the international community continues to believe in a […]
Ethiopia: An Oromo rebel leader promises a victory “very soon
A leader of the Oromo armed group OLA, which is fighting the Ethiopian government alongside Tigrayan rebels, said his fighters were near the capital and […]
Mali: Political reactions after ECOWAS imposes sanctions on Mali leaders
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is getting tough on Mali. The heads of State of the sub-regional organization decided on Sunday, November […]
At least 25 children die in school fire in Niger
At least 25 children were killed Monday when their thatched classrooms caught fire at an elementary school in southern Niger, according to a cabinet statement. […]
One hundred dead after tanker explosion in Sierra Leone
An explosion involving a tanker truck has killed dozens of people in Sierra Leone Saturday. The state-run central morgue in the capital, Freetown, said it […]