Senegal to launch a new carrier in Q4 2017
After the bankruptcy of Senegal Air Lines, a new company, Air Senegal SA, will start operations later this year, officials said on Monday. Air Senegal […]
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Top Ivorian midfielder Cheick Tiote dies at 30
Ivorian international midfielder Cheick Tiote died of a heart failure while exercising with his Chinese club side, Beijing Enterprises on Monday. Tiote who spent seven […]
Senegal’s Kaffrine region harvests 194,000 tons of groundnut in 2016
The Kaffrine region in central-western Senegal has harvested about 194,000 tons of groundnut during the winter, Samba Ndao Tall, the director of rural development, told […]
CAR: UN calls for aid for civilians swept up in ‘new spiral of escalating violence’
Warning that violence in the Central African Republic (CAR) is quickly escalating, the top United Nations aid official in the country Thursday urged the international […]
Ethiopia shuts down internet to prevent exam leaks
The Ethiopian government has announced a total internet shutdown as means of blocking the leakage of papers for the country’s grade 10 examinations. About 1.2 […]
Liberia: 22 political parties ink peace accord ahead of polls
Twenty two registered political parties in Liberia have signed an accord on Wednesday to uphold peace during the general elections in the West African nation […]
Ghana: outcry as top army captain is mistakenly lynched
The horrific lynching of a Ghanaian Army’s Captain by a mob in the Central Region of the West African nation has provoked an outcry across […]
DRC: EU sanctions 9 more officials
The European Union has adopted restrictive measures against nine individuals responsible for serious human rights violations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with […]
South Africa: Zuma survives no confidence vote, Dubai exit plan exposed
South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has survived another vote of no confidence this weekend despite a spate of recent corruption scandals, cabinet sackings and his […]
Equatorial Guinea approved as 14th OPEC member
Equatorial Guinea has officially joined the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) as 14th member on Thursday, Reuters reported. Africa’s third biggest oil producer applied […]