Kenya: Ban on plastic bags takes effect
A ban on plastic bags used for commercial and household packaging has come into force in Kenya on Monday (August 28) as the government of […]
Month: August 2017
Mauritania: Police experts of the G5 Sahel countries boost cooperation
About 32 senior executives of the Sahel multinational military force known as “G5 Sahel” last week, met in Mauritania’s Capital Nouakchott to strengthen police cooperation […]
Africa, EU leaders meet in Paris in effort to halt Illegal Migration to Europe
French President Emmanuel Macron hosts this Monday (August 27) a European-African meeting that will focus on ways to address the increasing illegal migration flows to […]
Who is to Blame for Terror Upsurge in Europe?
Terror attacks have been recurrent in Europe over the past two years: Paris in November 2015, Brussels in March 2016, and this August 2017, Barcelona […]
Togo: Opposition calls for “Ghost Towns, Ghana issues travel alert
Togolese opposition parties gathered in the Combat for Political Change (CAP 2015) and the Pan-African National Party (PNP) called for “Ghost Towns” this Friday (August […]
Angola’s ruling party claims victory, elections prolonged in 3 provinces
Angola’s ruling party, the People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), won Wednesday’s election, according to provisional results from the electoral commission. The party […]
About 1.45 million Algerians visited Tunisia in 2017
About 1.45 million Algerian tourists visited Tunisia since the beginning of the year; an increase estimated at 59.8% compared to last year, data from the […]
Libya: Nine Haftar Forces Beheaded at Checkpoint
Nine soldiers of Khalifa Haftar’s army, known as the Libyan National Army (LNA), were killed in an attack by an unknown armed group in Jufra […]
Russian ambassador to Sudan found dead in Khartoum
Russia’s ambassador to Sudan, Mirgayas Shirinskiy, was found dead in the swimming pool of his Khartoum residence on Wednesday, police said. The foreign ministry in […]
Kidnaped Former Libyan Prime Minister, Ali Zeidan, Freed
Libya’s former Prime Minister Ali Zeidan, kidnapped by an armed group in war-torn Tripoli nine days ago, has been released, a relative told Reuters on […]