Gabon: Bongo Told not to Use Force Ahead of Elections
Gabon opposition candidate Guy Nzoumba Ndama, on Wednesday, warned the incumbent president Ali Bongo Ondimba not to use force during the August 27 election in […]
Month: August 2016
Zambia: Voters Cast Ballots in Tight Presidential Race
Voters in Zambia on Thursday braved the cold weather and flock to polling stations to cast their vote in the general elections to elect their […]
Togo, Israel Poised to Boost Ties
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday met with visiting Togolese President Faure Gnassingbé to discuss cooperation between the two countries. […]
Sudan: Talks to End Years of Conflict Resume
Talks to end years of conflict in Sudan began on Tuesday, a day after the signing of a roadmap agreement on peace and dialogue by […]
Egypt Closes 48 Forex Bureaus as Black Market Surges
Egypt’s central bank has reportedly closed 48 foreign exchange bureaus since the start of the year for trading at black market rates and other violations, […]
Mozambique: Peace Talks with Renamo Resume
Mozambique’s government on Monday resumed peace talks with the main opposition party Renamo in Maputo. Two decades after the end of Mozambique’s bloody civil war […]
Somalia Welcomes First US Ambassador in Two Decades
Somalia welcomed Stephen Schwartz as new US ambassador to the country, making the senior Foreign Service officer, the first US diplomat to the war-torn country […]
Boko Haram’s Shekau Appears in New Video, Vows to Continue Jihad
Boko Haram’s disputed leader Abubakar Shekau reiterated, in a new video, that he would make his fight against Nigeria and the entire world a “personal […]
Zambia: Ministers to Vacate Office Ahead of Elections
Zambia’s constitutional court on Monday ruled that all cabinet and provincial ministers should vacate office ahead of the country’s upcoming elections. The country is heading […]
Ethiopia: Security Forces ‘Kill’ Dozens to Suppress Wave of Protests
International human rights group, Amnesty International, on Monday accused Ethiopian security forces of shooting dead people in Oromia and Amhara regions in an attempt to […]