DR Congo: Opposition leader Tshisekedi is back home
Veteran opposition leader in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC), Etienne Tshisekedi came home on Wednesday after he left the country to seek medical treatment […]
Month: July 2016
EX-Somali MP behind suicide Attack in Mogadishu
Salah Nur Ismail also known Salah Badbado, a former Somali MP was among two suicide bombers that carried out attack on African Union forces’ base […]
Zimbabwe: Women march against economic crisis
Activities in Zimbabwe’s second city of Bulawayo ground to a halt on Tuesday as hundreds of women demonstrated peacefully to protest the government’s handling of […]
Egypt requests $7bn assistance from IMF to ‘plug funding gaps’
Egypt has officially requested financial assistance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to help straighten its ailing economy, the Bretton Wood institution announced on Tuesday. […]
Ethiopia to Distribute 14 Million Praziquantel Tablets to School Children
Ethiopia has received around 14 million praziquantel tablets, used to treat schistosomiasis, for mass distribution to school children. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), […]
Congo Jails Opposition Leader for Two Years over Demo
Paulin Makaya, the leader of the Congolese opposition party ‘Unis Pour le Congo’ (UPC) has been sentenced to two years in prison on Monday by […]
Morocco’s King Calls Arab States to Wage a Confidence Building Jihad
King Mohammed VI of Morocco has called on Arab states to wage a constructive jihad to build confidence, and put their house in order so […]
Algeria: ‘Pilots of crashed Air Algérie aircraft in Mali were ill trained’, Spanish pilots’ syndicate
Two years after the crash of Air Algérie flight linking Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) to Algiers, victims’ families still seek the truth but Spanish pilots’ syndicate […]
Chad: UN Calls for “Inclusive Political Dialogue”
The United Nations has called on Chadian political actors to engage in “inclusive dialogue” following the ongoing political and social tension in the central African […]
Malawi: Inflation Rate Increases to 22.6% in June
The national statistics office of Malawi, on Monday, said the country’s inflation has accelerated to 22.6 percent year-on-year in June from 21.5 percent in May, […]