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Sudanese authorities on Friday agreed to grant special status to two conflict regions in a preliminary agreement that also called for formation of a unified national army. Signed in neighbouring South Sudan, the agreement was between a coalition of nine rebel groups and the government after weeks of talks is a key step towards a final peace deal. The peace… Read More

The commission on state capture inquiries in South Africa has requested an extension to December to complete its work. Deputy Chief Justice Ray Zondo addressed the media Thursday regarding the scope of work done. “From our side as the Commission, we are going on with our work, if before we finish our work they are brought back, we will… Read More

Russian President Vladimir Putin has called on world leaders to join discussions for peace on Libya and other unsettled issues. At the World Holocaust Forum in Jerusalem Thursday, Putin said the year 2020 is important and symbolic. “We face a lot of tasks. One of the tasks, Libya, we have discussed recently in Berlin on the initiative of German Federal… Read More

Synthia, a 30-year-old mother of 2, was involved in a traffic accident in 2018 while on her way to work on her motorcycle. The accident led to her being hospitalized for several months at the Traumatology Department of Doctors Without Borders in Bangui for free. “It was September 23, 2018 at 4:45 p.m. I was about to leave for work… Read More

Until earlier this week, Bilal Worku was a senior journalist with Ethiopia’s state broadcaster, EBC. He announced his departure whiles supposed to be on official duty citing principally crippling working conditions. Worku was on the team that accompanied deputy Prime Minister Demeke Mekonnen to the UK-Africa summit which took place in London. He failed to return home as scheduled and… Read More

A South African military court this week withdrew charges against a female officer, Major Fatima Isaacs who refused to remove her headscarf under her military beret. The decision was taken during a brief appearance by the Major in the military court at the Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town on Wednesday. Her representative, Nazeema Mohammed, confirmed that the case… Read More

Gathering heads of state, ministers and energy innovators together in the UAE capital, Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week ran from January 11-18. Since it was established in 2008, the event has looked to accelerate domestic and global sustainable development. At the opening of the forum, the UAE’s Minister of State highlighted the country’s investments in energy projects and its projections for… Read More

Isabel responds to corruption charges Daughter of ex-Angolan president and Africa’s richest woman, Isabel dos Santos, says she plans to sue the Angolan government after she was slapped this week with a series of corruption-related charges. In a statement published on Thursday, she dismissed the charges of “money laundering, influence peddling, harmful management… forgery of documents, among other economic… Read More

Hundreds of mainly opposition supporters protested in the streets of the Lesotho capital Maseru, demanding that the Prime Minister Thomas Thabane resigns. This comes as the leader is questioned by police over the 2017 murder of his estranged wife. Thabane last week agreed to resign after mediation efforts by South African envoy, Jeff Radebe. Thabane was interviewed at his office… Read More

Somalia has again been ranked the world’s most corrupt country, according to the just released 2019 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) released by Transparency International, TI. Somalia was bottom of the standings with 9 / 180 (score / rank) Other African countries that ranked at the bottom of the list were: South Sudan (12 / 179), Sudan (16 / 173), Equatorial… Read More