Category: Africa

French President Emmanuel Macron meets with his Ivorian counterpart President Alassane Ouattara at the Presidential Palace in Abidjan on Dec. 21, 2019. Sun 22 December 2019: Eight West African countries Saturday agreed to change the name of their common currency to Eco and severed the CFA franc’s links to former colonial ruler France. The CFA […]

Sat 21 December 2019: The United States on Friday lifted fast-changing Sudan from a blacklist for religious freedom violations as it issued warnings to Nigeria, Cuba and Nicaragua. Sudan was the only nation removed from the State Department’s annual list of “countries of particular concern,” which are subject to sanctions if they do not better […]

Thu 19 December 2019: (REUTERS) Desert locusts are destroying tens of thousands of hectares of crops and grazing land in Somalia in the worst invasion in 25 years, the United Nations food agency said on Wednesday, and the infestation is likely to spread further. The locusts have damaged about 70,000 hectares of land in Somalia […]

Mon 16 December 2019: At least 27 artisan miners were killed when a gold mine collapsed in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, authorities said Sunday. Friday’s accident occurred at the Ndiyo gold quarry, around 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Watsa, the main town in the Watsa territory of Upper-Uele province, according to Dieudonné Apasa, mining […]

Sun 15 December 2019: Botswana’s government has revoked the licenses of two professional hunters who shot dead a research elephant and then destroyed its collar to try to hide the evidence. In a statement late on Saturday, the environment and tourism ministry said that professional hunters Michael Lee Potter and Kevin Sharp had surrendered their […]

Sat 14 December 2019: JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s government on Friday asked industry for the cheapest and quickest options to ease a power crunch, as cabinet held an emergency meeting to try and resolve a crisis threatening growth in Africa’s most industrialised economy. President Cyril Ramaphosa called the meeting after struggling state utility Eskom […]

Fri 13 December 2019: The death toll from Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo climbed to 2,209 from 2,150 reported in October, the African Union (AU) said Thursday. From October to Dec. 8, the number of casualties rose by 59, according to a latest AU report on the status of the virus. The report […]

Thu 12 December 2019: At least 71 people were killed and 12 others were wounded in a terror attack on a Niger military camp in the western Tillaberi region near the Mali border, a security source said on Wednesday. Niger’s Defense Ministry confirmed the figures later in the day, adding that some people are also […]

Tue 10 December 2019: Miss South Africa was crowned Miss Universe on Sunday in Atlanta after a lavish ceremony filled with glitter and heartfelt speeches about female empowerment. Zozibini Tunzi, 26, finished first ahead of the Puerto Rican and Mexican finalists in a flashy televised event, hosted by American comic turned TV personality Steve Harvey. […]

Mon 09 December 2019: Qatar’s emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani left Doha on Monday for the Rwandan capital Kigali, one day before the opening of the Gulf summit in Saudi Arabia. The Gulf country’s ruler will attend a ceremony to present an international anti-corruption excellence award in his name in Kigali, according to the […]