Wed 19 February 2020: The second invasion of desert locusts is likely to hit East Africa within a few weeks, environmental experts warned Tuesday. The insects were currently laying eggs along their migration path through several East African nations, which would likely hatch between March and April and pose a serious threat to the coming […]
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Tue 18 February 2020: Chief Public Prosecutor in Morocco Mohamed Abdel Nabawi warned his judges not to be affected by social media claims related to fighting corruption. He stressed that the Public Prosecution’s duty to address corruption crimes and protect public or private funds, “shall not be affected by discussions taking place on social media.” […]
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Mon 17 February 2020: South Sudan’s opposition leader Riek Machar on Sunday rejected a peace offer by President Salva Kiir, which includes plans to reduce the number of states to 10 and to create three administrative areas in the country. On Saturday, Kiir proposed to divide the country into original 10 states — a major […]
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Sun 16 February 2020: Bodies mostly of victims from 1972 massacre, says official More than 6,000 bodies in six mass graves were discovered in Burundi, authorities said Saturday. It is the largest discovery since excavations were launched last month to find victims of ethnic violence. “During the first phase of the excavation work near the […]
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Sat 15 February 2020: The Egyptian Foreign Ministry announced on Friday the final agreement regarding the filling of the Renaissance Dam, Anadolu Agency reported. In a statement, the Egyptian Agriculture Ministry revealed that the tripartite talks on the filling and operating of the dam were completed in Washington, under the auspices the US secretary of treasury, Steven Mnuchin, and in the […]
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Fri 14 February 2020: Around 300 soldiers enter the town, the former stronghold of separatist Tuareg rebels Mali’s military has redeployed in the northern town of Kidal six years after being driven out of the former rebel stronghold. Around 300 Malian troops entered the town escorted by peacekeepers from the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization […]
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Thu 13 February 2020: Malawi’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday threw out an application by President Peter Mutharika and the country’s electoral commission to suspend a landmark judgement that annulled last May’s presidential elections. The court last week overturned the results that saw Mutharika narrowly re-elected, citing widespread irregularities – especially the “massive” use of correction fluid on […]
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Tue 11 February 2020: (AFP) Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has for the first time acknowledged contacts with jihadist insurgents, an option the government has long rejected. “The number of deaths in the Sahel is becoming exponential and it’s time that certain paths be explored,” he said in an interview with French media due to […]
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Mon 10 February 2020: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for Sudan to be removed from the US list of state sponsors of terrorism, as Khartoum slowly returns to the international fold. “It is time to remove Sudan from the list of state supporters of terrorism, and to mobilise massive international support to enable Sudan to overcome […]
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Sun 09 February 2020: South Africa aims to free up over a billion dollars in stalled weapons sales, including to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, by amending a document at the heart of an export row, a senior arms control official told Reuters. Local defence firms have lobbied the government for months to change […]
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