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The Chadian public sector has been on strike since Tuesday in response to a call by the country’s trade union for the government to reinstate bonuses and allowances cut by 50% in 2016. Barka Michel, the president of the trade union that called for the strike explains the strikers exact demands. @NyashaKMutizwa Read More

Senegal and Liverpool forward Sadio Mane was awarded the African best player 2019 at an event in the Egyptian city of Hurghada on January 7. He became the final awardee for the decade 2010 – 2019. He succeeds Liverpool teammate Mohamed Salah who was also shortlisted along with Manchester City’s Riyad Mahrez who led Algeria to AFCON glory in 2019.… Read More

At least nine people have died and 30 others have been wounded in an explosion in the Cameroonian town of Fotokol on the northern border with Nigeria, a local official said. “A young man picked up an explosive device thinking that it was a piece of iron and it exploded, killing him and eight others” said Midjiyawa Bakari, the governor… Read More

The final African best player for the last decade (2010 – 2019) will be decided tonight in Egypt’s Hurghada at the annual Confederation of African Football (CAF) Awards. All winners in the different categories will represent a special group, the final awardees for the decade. As usual, all eyes are on the African Footballer of the Year award. The CAF… Read More

The Kenyan government on Monday said it would facilitate the return of vocal opposition politician, into the country, following court orders to that effect. Despite government assurances to facilitate his return in a document from the Immigration authorities, the politician is blaming the government for playing hid-and-seek with his return. Miguna posted on Twitter Tuesday morning from Berlin that he… Read More

Former Ivory Coast rebel leader and zone commander, Colonel Issiaka Ouattara, known under the alias Wattao, died on Sunday in New York at age 53. The former war chief was one of the major players in the politico-military crisis in the country, from 2002 to 2011. Africanews correspondent Ebrin Brou is in Abidjan to gives us the reactions to Wattao’s… Read More

Mali’s armed forces say five soldiers were killed and four others were wounded when their convoy was bombed near the border with Mauritania. Four vehicles were also destroyed in the attack by extremists Monday in Alatona, according to a statement. Col. Maj. Diarran Kone said an investigation has been opened into who staged the attack. Islamic extremists took over Mali’s… Read More

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni is on a six-day march through the jungle to re-trace the route through which his guerrilla forces seized power three decades ago. Critics have dismissed this action as a bid to rally support ahead of 2021 elections. Africanews senior journalist Ronald Kato explains further. @NyashaKMutizwa Read More

Ivory Coast’s president Alassane Ouattara on Monday said he would propose “modifications” to the country’s constitution, even as he rubbished claims by the opposition that he plans to sideline opponents from this year’s presidential elections. In ceremonies to mark the New Year, Ouattara said, “In the first quarter of the year, I will put to parliament proposals for modifications to… Read More

The Tigray bloc of Ethiopia’s ruling coalition on Monday announced it would ‘legally separate’ and instead work with parties that share its ideologies. The resolution by Tigray Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF) was reached after a two-day emergency meeting held in the region’s capital Mekelle. TPLF said its relations with the federal government should be based on the rule of law,… Read More