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Eswatini has added two more solar photovoltaic plants to its sustainable energy portfolio, a statement from the Natural resources and energy ministry said. The Lavusima solar PV plant, which is near completion will guarantee a capacity of 10 megawatts at the point of connection. With a cost of nearly $19 million, the project is expected to generate about 13.75 megawatts… Read More

The former Prime Minister and President of the Republic of Mauritius, Sir Anerood Jugnauth has died at the age of 91. He is the country’s longest-serving prime minister with more than 18 years of tenure. He was considered the father of the Mauritian economic miracle of the 1980s. Jugnauth held the post of Prime Minister between 1982 and 1995, then… Read More

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Thursday on a visit to Tripoli that Madrid wanted to support Libya’s political process, in the latest trip to the country by a high-level European official. Libya is seeking to extricate itself from a decade of chaos and conflict that followed the toppling of dictator Moamer Kadhafi in the 2011 NATO-backed uprising. A flurry… Read More

Facing criticism after a deadly attack by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels, the military governor of Ituri province Lieutenant-General Jonny Luboya, has said security will be restored in the Ituri region quickly. At least 50 people were killed in two overnight attacks on Sunday in the deeply troubled region, according to military officials. “We had to evaluate the situation,… Read More

The Tunisian national football team began their training ahead of their friendly match with the Leopards of the Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday, June 5 and Mali on June 11. The north African country is intending to use the match to boost their performance in the qualifiers of the Qatar 2022 World Cup. The qualifiers are set to begin… Read More

Algerians are set to boycott the June 12th legislatives elections, as voters struggle to find their People’s National Assembly representatives, in the middle of a political, social and economic crisis. In capital city Algiers, where 34 seats will have to be filled, the majority of information panels remain empty. The elections were supposed to be held in 2022, but were… Read More

On Tuesday, the African Union announced the suspension of Mali and threatened to slap sanctions on the West African country following a military coup last week. The AU “decides … to immediately suspend the Republic of Mali from participation in all activities of the African Union, its organs and institutions, until normal constitutional order has been restored in the country”,… Read More

Relatives of students recently kidnapped by bandits in Nigeria demand answers from authorities and their children’s return. 14 university students and staff were abducted in Kaduna Saturday, 150 students on Sunday in the government area of Rafi. The worst case this year saw 279 girls taken in Jangebe in February. Many local school staff and parents are pleading for help.… Read More

Ivory Coast’s former president Laurent Gbagbo is not likely to return during political tensions, say several of his close associates. That despite Gbagbo’s party, the Ivorian Popular Front (FPI), announcing on Monday he would return on June 17. Gbagbo is a highly controversial figure in Ivory Coast, where he was forced out a decade ago after a civil war that… Read More

Self-taught Ivorian-Burkinabé tailor now turned top designer on the international fashion scene Pathe’O has dressed some of Africa’s wealthiest and most powerful. His extensive portfolio sees influential clientele — including anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela, Moroccan King Mohamed VI, President of Rwanda Paul Kagame and the continent’s most affluent man Aliko Dangote. Pathe’O is African fashion! Bintou Bayo, a Togolese bank… Read More