Category: Africa

Wed 09 August 2023: Just one day before an ECOWAS summit on Thursday, where heads of state from the ECOWAS will discuss the possible use of force, a former rebel leader and politician in Niger has launched a movement opposing the military government that took power in a July 26 coup. In a statement seen […]

  At least two people killed and 30 others missing after a migrant boat sinks off Italian coast of Lampedusa. File Photo (06/08/2023) Wed 09 August 2023: At least 41 people are dead after a boat accident involving migrants in the Mediterranean Sea, the Italian news agency ANSA reported on Wednesday, citing survivor accounts. Some […]

Wed 09 August 2023: The World Bank has announced it will halt new loans to Uganda over the country’s controversial anti-LGBTQ law. The Washington, DC-based lender said on Tuesday it would pause project financing pending a review of measures it introduced to protect sexual and gender minorities from discrimination and exclusion in its projects. “Uganda’s […]

Wed 09 August 2023: PRETORIA – South Africa’s foreign affairs minister Naledi Pandor has rejected the idea that Pretoria saw the BRICS (Brasil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) grouping as being anti-West. She also reiterated the importance of Western trading partners to the country. Pandor on Monday briefed the media on the state of readiness for […]

Tue 08 August 2023: Russian President Vladimir Putin and his South Africa counterpart, Cyril Ramaphosa, discussed the recent Russia-Africa summit, the upcoming BRICS meeting, trade relations and other issues during a phone conversation on Tuesday, the Kremlin said. “Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone conversation with South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa. The president of […]

Tue 08 August 2023: South Africa recorded 207 child marriages in 2021, with 188 kids taken as brides. This was revealed on Monday by Statistics South Africa to the African Union Special Rapporteur, who is currently in the country to monitor and evaluate progress on how South Africa is performing in its campaign to end child […]

Members of a military council that staged a coup in Niger attend a rally at a stadium in Niamey, Niger, August 6, 2023 Tue 08 August 2023: A senior United States diplomat has visited Niger to push coup authorities to restore democratic rule after their overthrow of President Mohamed Bazoum last month. Victoria Nuland, the […]