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Britain’s foreign secretary was in the Sudanese capital Thursday to discuss bilateral relations and tensions along the border with Ethiopia, Sudan’s state news agency reported. Dominic Raab, who arrived in Khartoum late Wednesday, met with Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, head of Sudan’s ruling sovereign council, Sudan’s prime minister, Abdalla Hamdok, and acting foreign minister Omar Qamar al-Din, said SUNA. Raab was… Read More

Abuse of Power in the Thick of a Pandemic Residents in Lubumbashi, the economic capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo are denouncing an increase in chronic insecurity supposedly brought on by the curfew decreed on December 18 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Rape on private Property Several women allege they have been sexually assaulted in their homes during… Read More

Prayers for the Afflicted and the Healthcare Workers Religious groups of all faiths and backgrounds have been assembling for joint prayers outside hospitals in Cape Town over the past week. They gather to express a spiritual show of support for and solidarity with coronavirus patients and healthcare workers — as South Africa contends with the second wave of the COVID-19… Read More

Security forces in Mali dispersed a protest in Bamako Wednesday as they fired tear gas at dozens of protesters during an unauthorized march against the French military’s role in the country. Earlier, Bamako’s city hall had banned the protest against the French military, citing covid-19 restrictions. Protesters on motorbike convoys managed their way through police roadblocks. The protesters, who were… Read More

Algerians have called on France to acknowledge the crimes it committed in the Algerian war of 1954-1962. The French president Emmanuel Macron will take symbolic acts to appease memories of the war in a bid to reconcile the two countries, a statement from the Elysée palace said Wednesday. But according to the statement, Macron will not honor a request for… Read More

A flagship project of the Gabonese government to streamline the economy is now at the centre of controversy. The Ogooué mineral company, also known as Comilog, which is today the world’s second largest producer of manganese, is being blamed for lack of steering development among the local community around. Locals in and around Moanda town have pointed out vivid inequalities… Read More

Hundreds of heavy duty trucks have remained stuck on roads in Nigeria’s economic capital Lagos, as they wait to get access into the Tin Can Island port. The congestion, which is almost crippling operations at the Lagos TinCan port, has compelled some shipping lines to divert Nigeria-bound cargoes to neighboring ports in Cotonou and Cote D’ Ivoire according to Nigerian… Read More

Head of the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo held Wednesday her last press conference in Kinshasa as she prepares to hand over the baton at the end of her three years as the head of the UN mission. “Today, even if the conflict persists, it is still contained in three eastern provinces,” said the head of… Read More

The match day two of three in group A took place Wednesday with the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon hitting the grounds with their main contenders, the Eagles of Mali. Cameroon who took a slight possession over Mali strike in their only goal at the 6th minute through a superb header from their defender Salomon Charles Banga. The Eagles of Mali… Read More

It is yet another death of a senior government person from COVID in Africa. Zimbabwe’s foreign minister, Sibusiso Moyo, on Wednesday died at a local hospital. Government spokesman George Charamba, attributed the minister’s cause of death to Covid. Moyo was the army officer who went on state television on November 15, 2017 to announce the military’s takeover of power from… Read More