Category: Africa

President of the Sudan Congress Party on Monday criticized reinstated Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, describing him as “prime minister of the coup”. Generals deposed the country’s transitional civilian government, along with Hamdok, in late October and arrested more than a hundred officials. Mass protests followed the coup, and the generals eventually reinstated Hamdok under military oversight amid international pressure. “It is sad that despite Dr. Hamdok describing what happened as a coup, a political agreement was signed and the preamble of it says that this agreement is based on…

Last updated: 55 minutes ago Thick grey dust hangs in the air and vast chasms are gouged into the land in the Indian coal hub of Singrauli, where giant machines scoop up dirty fuel to power the country’s growth while worsening its pollution blight. The open-cast mines of Singrauli epitomise the economic and environmental dilemma faced by the world’s second-most populous nation, which led the opposition to phasing out coal at this month’s COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. India’s resistance on the issue is driven by its desire to distribute…

In Morocco, the suspension of all incoming flights from this Tuesday has come into effect. The suspension comes in response to the new Omicron variant and will be in place for two weeks. For many, like Charleroi resident Mohamed Bekkaoui, it meant a last minute scramble to travel on Monday night . “We are going to Charleroi. We already had tickets to travel on Sunday, but yesterday at 8 p.m., my son asked me to go to Rabat urgently. That’s what we did. Luckily we found transport” he said. Another…

In Goma, provincial capital of North Kivu in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the 3rd edition of the national championship of wheelchair basketball was held on Sunday, November 28, at the Paralympic Stadium omnisports by the provincial authorities. The sporting activity was on the theme: together for the social inclusion of people with disabilities through sports and decent work”. “The fact of practicing sport will give a certain open-mindedness to our friends in situation of handicap. The fact that they are here today, for example, with these…

China’s president pledged to offer Africa one billion Covid vaccine doses on Monday, with the continent struggling to acquire enough jabs to immunize against the disease. In a speech made via video link to a China-Africa summit near Senegal’s capital Dakar, President Xi Jinping said his country would donate 600 million doses directly. Further 400 million doses would come from other sources, such as investments in production sites, which are sorely lacking across much of Africa. Xi’s promise comes as part of a forum between China and African states with…

Last updated: 10 hours ago Scores of protesters closed major roads in different parts of Lebanon on Monday to express anger against the country’s political class amid a worsening economic crisis and harsh living conditions. The road closures with burning tires were seen mainly in the capital Beirut, the northern city of Tripoli, the southern port city of Sidon and the eastern Bekaa valley. Lebanon’s economic crisis deteriorated in recent weeks with the Lebanese pound hitting new lows of 25,800 to the U.S. dollar, eradicating purchase power of most the…

Botswana’s government on Monday lost a legal attempt to overturn a landmark ruling that decriminalized homosexuality. The country’s High Court in 2019 ruled in favor of campaigners seeking to strike down jail sentences for same-sex relationships, declaring the punishment to be unconstitutional. But the government sought to revoke the ruling, arguing that the courts had no jurisdiction in this matter. “Since the appellant’s grounds of appeal have been unsuccessful… the appeal must fall,” Botswana’s Court of Appeal ruled on Monday. It had started hearing the case in October. Homosexuality had…