Year: 2019

Anti-riot police was out in force in the capital Monrovia to stop a major anti-government demonstration on Monday. But that was before opposition leaders announced a week-long postponement of the protest. The rally was meant to voice anger at the West African country’s deepening economic crisis, which organisers blame on president George Weah. Henry Costa, Council of Patriots chairman said… Read More

Mauritania’s ruling party is looking to shake off what political analysts see as domination attempts by former president Mohamed Ould Abdul Aziz. The ruling party in met in a special congress to elect a new leadership loyal to the new president Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani,a move seen as removing his predecessor Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz from the political scene.… Read More

Al-Qaeda affiliated insurgent group Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the weekend attack that killed 80 people in the Somali capital Mogadishu. The group’s spokesperson, Ali Dhere, confirmed the news on their radio station, Radio Andalus, multiple media sources reported on Monday, two days after the incident. The country continues to mop up events after the truck bombing at Mogadishu’s busy Ex-Control… Read More

Sudan’s President Omar Bashir may have declared a country-wide “cessation of hostilities” but in the face of continuing nationwide protests against his rule, the peace process in Darfur has “once again” come to a standstill, a senior UN official told the Security Council on Monday. Read More

Nearly eight million people, or roughly half the population, are not getting enough to eat, the UN agency said on Monday.  WFP plans to double the number of Zimbabweans that it assists, up to 4.1 million, but will require over $200 million to meet needs in the first half of 2020 alone.  “As things stand, we will run out of food by… Read More

There were elections and investitures, there were individual and sporting action where African competitors triumphed. There was a Nobel Price Laureate, a marathon record maker and in between them the pro-democracy protests that toppled Bashir and the Ethiopian air crash that left a death and pain. Africanews presents our top 12 photos for 2019. Each one highlighting a major event… Read More

A Sudanese court on Monday sentenced 27 members of the national intelligence service to death by hanging, having found them guilty of murdering a teacher in detention in February during protests that led to the overthrow of former president Omar al-Bashir. It was the first time courts have handed down convictions over crackdowns on demonstrations in the months before and… Read More