Somalia election 2022: 39 candidates in the lineup
A record 39 candidates have been registered for the presidential election scheduled for Sunday in Somalia, announced Tuesday the parliamentary committee in charge of organizing […]
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Covid: Aspenovax, the made in South Africa vaccine rejected by Africa
The serum manufactured in South Africa is piling up in its production plant because there are no takers. Yet the African continent that it is […]
Algeria: HRW & AI Denounce Travel Bans Targeting Pro-Democracy Activists
Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have denounced lately the decision of Algerian authorities of preventing diaspora activists from leaving the country. The two Human […]
Fight against desertification: COP 15 opens today in Abidjan
The objective of the COP15 which opens this Monday, May 9 in the Ivorian capital is to find ways to fight against the advancing desert, […]
ECOWAS: Chiefs of Staff Seek Strengthening Military Cooperation amid Growing Insecurity
The chiefs of staff of the Community of West African States (ECOWAS) held a two-day meeting in Accra Thursday and Friday to debate defence and […]
Somali presidential election set for May 15
The presidential election expected for more than a year in Somalia will be held on May 15, announced Thursday on public television, citing the Parliamentary […]
Former Guinean President Alpha Conde to be prosecuted for “assassinations
Conakry’s public prosecutor, appointed by Guinea’s ruling junta in 2021, announced on Wednesday charges against former President Alpha Conde and some 30 former senior officials […]
Shebab attack on African Union base in Somalia
Heavily armed radical Islamist Shebab militants attacked a military base of the African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia on Tuesday, causing casualties, a local military […]
Food prices: IMF warns of “risks of social unrest” in Africa
Soaring food prices are causing the International Monetary Fund to fear “social unrest” on the continent. “Fears about food security have increased sharply” with the […]
Miss Rwanda organizer arrested for sexual assault
A famous ex-musician and beauty pageant organizer in Rwanda was arrested Tuesday after accusations of sexual assault, Rwandan police said. Dieudonne Ishimwe, better known as […]