Tunisia: Torrential floods Kill 4, sweep away homes, cars
Torrential rains and flash floods have killed at least four people and carried away homes, cars, chunks of roads and bridges in Cap Bon, a […]
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Tanzania’s populist president fires transport regulators after ferry disaster
Tanzania’s President John Magufuli on Monday sacked the board of the Surface and Maritime Transport Regulatory Authority (Sumatra), a week after a ferry disaster killed […]
Egypt: Siemens Wins 8-year Contract to Run Combined Cycle Power Plants
Germany’s power Siemens will operate and maintain Egypt’s three power plants for eight years, under an agreement signed with Egyptian Electricity Holding Company (EEHC), Trade […]
Morocco Elected to IAEA Board of Governors
Morocco was elected Thursday as member of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), at the 62nd session of the General […]
AU launches advocacy campaign for African Continental Free Trade Area
The African Union has launched an advocacy campaign to encourage more countries to ratify the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) A business guide, developed […]
Mass exodus in Cameroon’s Anglophone regions ahead of Oct. 7 polls
In Anglophone Cameroon, hundreds of people were reportedly quitting the region as the Anglophone crisis continued to take a toll on lives and properties across […]
Burkina Faso: Fears of resurgence of female genital mutilation
Equality Now, a women’s rights organization, is calling on the Burkinabe government to toughen its efforts in the fight against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in […]
EU is trying to ‘hijack our institutions’ – Uganda Government spokesman
The Ugandan government has responded to the European Union Parliament, days after the continental bloc’s parliament has called on the East African nation to drop […]
ICC sentences Jean-Pierre Bemba for witness tampering
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has finally sentenced DRC’s former vice president, Jean-Pierre Bemba to a €300,000 fine and a 12-month sentence for witness tampering. […]
South Sudanese government must bring soldiers under control
A “lack of command and control” on the part of South Sudan’s government, just days after signing a new peace agreement to end years of […]