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European Council President Charles Michel arrived in Tripoli Sunday, as Libya seeks to build a unity government and end a decade of chaos following a NATO-backed 2011 revolt. No details have been released of Michel’s visit, which comes as Libyan leaders try to move towards reconciliation in a UN-backed peace process. Oil-rich Libya has been torn by civil war since… Read More

Foreign ministers from Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan kicked off negotiations in Kinshasa on Sunday over Addis Ababa’s contestedGrand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile, officials said. The dispute over the giant dam, built across this treasured river, has been brewing for around a decade. President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Félix Tshisekedi — who became chairman… Read More

Angola marked this Sunday 19 years of peace and the end of long-armed conflicts. On April 4 2002, the Angolan government and the main opposition party UNITA put an end to 27 years of war, with the signing of the peace and national reconciliation agreements. A national public holiday celebrated across the country, this year the main event took place… Read More

Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo appears to be on a fast track for homecoming after being definitively acquitted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) of war crimes charges. The ruling on Wednesday ends a legal saga that had enmeshed Gbagbo, 75, for nearly a decade, opening the door to what his supporters say will be a triumphant return. A… Read More

Last updated: 02/04 – 14:33 A train partially derailed in eastern Taiwan on Friday after being hit by an unmanned vehicle that had rolled down a hill, killing 48 people. With the train still partly in a tunnel, survivors climbed out of windows and walked along the train’s roof to reach safety after the country’s deadliest railway disaster. The crash… Read More

The Catholic Church in Cameroon mourns the passing away of Christian Cardinal Tumi. His death was announced during Saturday morning Prayers by the Archbishop of Douala, Samuel Kleda. The prelate died Friday night breaking Saturday April 3, 2021 in Douala from an illness in a clinic in the economic capital. Report shows he had recently appeared quite weak during a… Read More

A procession of floats carried the mummified remains of 22 pharaohs, including Egypt’s most powerful ancient queen, through Cairo Saturday evening, in an eye-catching parade to a new resting place. Under hefty security, the mummies were driven on floats seven kilometres (four miles) across the capital from the iconic Egyptian Museum to the new National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation. Dubbed… Read More

The UN agency World Food Programme said it has suspended evacuation flights from northern Mozambique over security concerns, a day after French Energy giant Total shut its operations in the area. Deadly attacks in the town of Palma, killed dozens and displaced tens of thousands. The World Food program has been helping airlift the most vulnerable people affected by the… Read More

Ethiopia has announced that military troops from neighboring Eritrea have “started to evacuate” the conflict-hit Tigray region situated between the two African states. The G7 group of leading nations had called for their rapid withdrawal. This comes Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed finally acknowledging their presence amid mounting reports of massacres and widespread sexual violence. But residents of some Tigray… Read More

Niger’s newly elected President Mohamed Bazoum has appointed former minister Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou as prime minister to head his new cabinet, the government announced on public TV late on Saturday. Mahamadou, 66, previously served as a minister in charge of the finance and mining . He was the chief of staff to former President Mahamadou Issoufou between 2015 and 2021. Bazoum… Read More