Category: Africa

Mon 09 August 2021: Women played an important role in the fight for South Africa’s freedom by opposing unjust laws and mobilizing protest marches, according to 69-year-old Suraya “Bibi” Khan. “Women played various active roles. Some were mobilizers, activists, and others joined the armed struggle against the oppressive regime,” the community worker, who grew up […]

Sun 08 August 2021: Rwandan forces deployed last month to help Mozambique’s army battle rebels said on Sunday they have recaptured control of the key northern port of Mocimboa da Praia from the armed group. “The port city of Mocimboa da Praia, a major stronghold of the insurgency for more than two years has been […]

Sun 08 August 2021: On Sunday, Libyan officials excavated ten dead bodies from a mass grave in Tarhuna, a city south of Tripoli, Anadolu Agency reported. According to Lutfi Tawfiq, director of the General Authority for Research and Identification of Missing Persons, the mass burial was discovered on Saturday in a large agricultural region known as Mashrou’ Alrabet in the city. He said the grave is the second to have been discovered in the city in the past 10 days. In March, the authority said it has lists of […]

Sat 07 August 2021: Turkey’s president on Saturday received the visiting prime minister of Libya. Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Libya’s Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh had a one-on-one closed-door meeting at the Vahdettin Mansion in Istanbul that lasted for an hour-and-a-half. Later, they are due to attend a meeting of the countries’ delegations, according to Turkey’s Communications […]

Sat 07 August 2021: A senior official from Tunisia’s moderate Islamist party Ennahdha has been placed under house arrest over an alleged abuse of authority. Anouar Maarouf became the most prominent member of the party to be targeted since President Kais Saied dismissed the prime minister and suspended parliament on July 25 in what Ennahdha […]

Fri 06 August 2021: Newly appointed Ministers and Deputy Ministers were sworn-in on Friday, at the Union Buildings, in Pretoria. President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday night announced changes to his Cabinet, as part of improving the capacity of government. Among other changes announced by the President is the separation of the Ministry of Human Settlements from […]

Fri 06 August 2021: Tunisia’s President, Kais Saied, stated on Thursday that there was “no turning back” from his decision to shut down parliament and assume executive power, which his critics have branded a coup. In a video released by his office, Saied also dismissed demands for negotiations over the issue, stating that “there is […]

Fri 06 August 2021: The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) has confirmed that former President Jacob Zuma has been admitted to an outside hospital for medical observation. “As a former President, the healthcare needs of Mr Zuma require the involvement of the South African Military Health Services. This been the case since his admission at […]