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Egypt’s President Abdel Fatah el-Sissi on Tuesday met with Italy’s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte in Cairo to discuss a political solution to the Libyan crisis. The meeting is the latest diplomatic effort to end conflict in the country, which is currently ruled by two rival leaders – General Khalifa Haftar in the east, and the United Nations (UN) backed Fayez… Read More

The African Development Bank (AFDB) will on Thursday, 30 January launch the 2020 edition of its flagship African Economic Outlook (AEO) report at its headquarters in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. Bank Group President Akinwumi Adesina will unveil the report in the presence of African ministers, diplomats and representatives of international bodies. The theme for this year’s report is: Developing Africa’s workforce… Read More

Jawar Mohammed, an influential political activist turned politician is among many Ethiopians reacting to the announcement of a date for elections slated for this year. According to him, many people have long suspected that the ruling party is by the August date seeking to leverage on incumbency to “lock out” opposition parties especially from reaching rural areas. A major concern… Read More

An accident on a busy highway in Ghana’s Western Region claimed 34 lives while several other passengers were reported injured, according to local news portal myjoyonline. The report said the incident which happened on the Cape Coast – Takoradi Highway. Two buses collided at around midnight local time in Dompoase, near Komenda. According to the police, a bus from Accra… Read More

As part of our news analysis slot on Africanews, we will be updating a media watch page that deals with major issues of media ongoings across the continent. It will cut across happenings in mainstream and across social media with also a special eye for fake news. Western Ethiopia internet cut, Sudan bans pro-Bashir press Journalists detained in Uganda and… Read More

The National Elections Board of Ethiopia, NEBE, has announced a tentative date for national elections. The outfit proposed that polls should be held August 16, 2020. A final date is expected to be announced on February 1, 2020 after the board takes into consideration inputs from the public and other stakeholders. It added that postponing elections beyond September 2020 will… Read More

A number of African leaders were present in Maputo as Mozambique’s President Filipe Nyusi was sworn in for a second and final term Wednesday after five turbulent years in office amid two armed insurgencies. Nyusi won re-election in October with 73% of the vote, while the opposition alleged irregularities. Aside the African heads of state, the president of Portugal, the… Read More

Where would we be without the transport, storage and distribution of goods? Richard Ballet, a senior member of the Congolese Shippers’ Council and author of “Logistical information processing, warehouse management”, published in 2019 by European university publishers, underlines the importance of logistics in the African economy, in particular. Read More

At the end of a recent summit on the Sahel in Pau France, French President Emmanuel Macron pledged extra troops and called on the US to maintain its military support in the region. France’s prominent role continues to be questioned particularly in Mali where protests have been held against the presence of 4500 French soldiers in the Barkhane operation. Security… Read More

The Algerian president has launched a round of meetings with several opposition figures. Abdelmadjid Tebboune made firm commitments to open up the political and media spaces and to release all prisoners of conscience. Africanews correspondent Tarik Hafid tells us more. @NyashaKMutizwa Read More