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Lesotho´s ruling party on Thursday described the country’s Prime Minister Thomas Thabane as a ‘threat to the nation’, and asked him to resign over alleged links to the 2017 murder of his wife. In court documents seen this week, the country’s police chief accused Thabane of involvement in the killing of Lipolelo Thabane on the outskirts of the capital Maseru… Read More

Tourism is the latest sector that Senegalese-American singer and songwriter Akon has identified as a potential area of investment on the African continent. Best known for his R&B hits such as “Locked Up” and “Smack That,” the singer whose real name is Aliaume Thiam has over the years championed different projects notably Lighting Africa that aims to provide electricity to… Read More

The stalemate over Ethiopia’s ambitious construction of a dam on the Nile river has persisted even after four rounds of talks between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan. A final round of talks was held in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa this week and ended on Thursday without an agreement. The two days of negotiations of top officials from the three countries were… Read More

The gas sector is doing well in Nigeria, the country announces a production of 30 million tons per year over the next few years. Africa could supply up to 20% of the world’s natural gas needs by 2025. This is according to the latest report of the African Energy Chamber on Africa’s Energy Outlook for 2020. Discoveries in several countries… Read More

In Calabria, southern Italy, a team from a hospital in Cosence has specialized in treating migrants who have endured the hell of the Libyan camps. The camp is known for torture and violence. Ibrahim, 25, left Gambia in 2013, before being detained in Libya for many months. ‘‘The second place the Tuaregs who abducted us were holding people was Talanda.… 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

A Camtouch pen, a new stylus from a Ukrainian company with the same name has been unveiled at the going CES show in Las Vegas. It comes with a smart projector that projects the movements of the stylus onto any surface as writing or drawing. It can be used on walls, windows, ceilings and roads. “Camtouch is a hand-held device… Read More

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is on an official visit to Equatorial Guinea as at Thursday morning, state-run FANA broadcasting corporate reported. Abiy was received by his host President Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, with the two parties expected to sign cooperation deals aimed at boosting existing bilateral relations. Ethiopians in the oil-rich Central African country lined up along major roads to… Read More

A blow and a surprise to the British royal family. Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle announced Wednesday that they were stepping back as senior members of the Royal Family. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex say they will balance their time between the UK and North America. They’re perfectly at liberty to move away. But I think it’s… Read More

Air France is probing circumstances under which an individual managed to stowaway on a flight between the Ivorian capital Abidjan and the French capital Paris. The carrier confirmed that the body of the deceased was found in the landing gear compartment of a plane at the Charles de Gaulle international airport in Paris. “Air France confirms that the lifeless body… Read More