DRC: exiled opposition leader, Katumbi backs anti-Kabila protests
Self-exiled opposition leader of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Moise Katumbi last weekend backed calls for protests, inviting Congolese to hit the streets against incumbent […]
Month: July 2017
Senegal: voters prevented from casting their ballots in parliamentary election
Hundreds of Senegalese voters were prevented from casting their ballots in parliamentary elections on Sunday, after a tense campaign between rival coalitions, local media reports. […]
Somalia: Heavy toll for African Union peacekeepers in an ambush
Clashes between al Shabaab fighters and Somali government troops backed by African Union peacekeepers killed 24 people on Sunday, Reuters reports. The al Shabaab ambushed, […]
Throne Day: Morocco’s King Rebukes Public Administration
For the second time in less than two years, King Mohammed VI berated the poor management, the inadequate performance and the sluggish service of the […]
The press is already free – Gambian president to journalists
Gambian president Adama Barrow on Thursday met with journalists in the tiny West African nation to better engage the media after decades of crackdown by […]
Italy to send naval mission off Libya to stop migrant boats
The Italian government has sent a mission plan to the parliament to deploy several ships in Libyan waters by the end of August, Reuters reported […]
Cargo train derails in Cameroon, kills one
Train has killed in Cameroon again, months after another passenger train crashed in the Central African nation killing 80 people and injuring over 600 others. […]
Name your successor! – Wife urges 93 year-old Mugabe
Grace Mugabe, Zimbabwean iron First Lady has challenged her husband Robert to name his preferred successor to end deepening political divisions in the southern African […]
Morocco’s King Urges International Community to Compel Israel to Cease Provocations in Al Quds
King Mohammed VI of Morocco, in his quality as Chairman of the Al-Quds Committee, sent a letter to the UN Secretary General António Guterres in […]
Liberia: U.N. calls for ‘credible and transparent’ 2017 polls
The United Nations (U.N.) Security Council on Wednesday called on stakeholders in Liberia to uphold peace during the general elections in the country later this […]