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Italy’s Interior minister Matteo Piantedosi praised Tunisia’s efforts against irregular migration. The comments by the Italian minister follow Monday’s visit to the North African country. The Italian official met with his Tunisian counterpart and also had a meeting with Tunisian President Kais Saied. The leaders discussed the situation in the Mediterranean where crossings have intensified since Saied made a fiery… Read More

Floodwaters in central Somali left thousands of families displaced in Beledweyne, the city with the highest population density in the region. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported the Horn of Africa nation to have “more than 460,000 people have been affected, including nearly 219,000 people who have been displaced”, in early estimates. Rising water level in… Read More

Kenya and Somalia announced on Monday an agreement to reopen their land border at three points by July 1, officially closed since 2011 due to the insurrection of radical Islamists Shebab. The announcement was made after a meeting in Nairobi between delegations of ministers from the two countries on issues of cooperation in security, trade and movement of people. “We… Read More

The unrest in Ziguinchor, a town in southern Senegal, came one day before the expected start of Sonko’s rape trial in the country’s capital, Dakar. Sonko was charged based on a woman’s accusations that he assaulted her when she worked at a massage salon. If convicted, Sonko faces up to 10 years in prison and would be barred from running… Read More

It is one month since fighting erupted in Sudan.  The capital, Khartoum, and its estimated five million residents, are enduring shortages of food and basic supplies, and runaway inflation. Fighting continued Monday morning, with loud explosions heard across the capital and thick smoke billowing in the sky while warplanes drew anti-aircraft fire. Many had no choice but to flee the… Read More

The African Development Bank said Monday it had developed the financial tools needed to make over $3 billion in compensation payments to white farmers who lost land and other assets in Zimbabwe. The bank’s president Akinwumi Adesina, while speaking during a press conference in Harare, said the new proposal would ‘leverage capital markets’ to avoid aggravating Zimbabwe’s debt situation. He… Read More

One of Kenya’s oldest wild lions was killed by herders and the government has expressed concern as six more lions were speared at another village on Saturday, bringing to 10 the number killed last week alone. The male lion named Loonkiito was 19 years old and was described as frail by the Kenya Wildlife Service who said it wandered out… Read More

Comoros said Monday it will resume accepting its nationals returning “voluntarily” from the neighbouring French island of Mayotte, following a weeks-long standoff with Paris over the expulsion of undocumented Comorans. France said last month that it would deport thousands of undocumented Comoran migrants and started razing slums as part of a security operation in Mayotte. The so-called Operation Wuambushu (“Take… Read More

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated 27-year-old gourmet chef, Hilda Bassey Effiong, aka Hilda Baci, who made history by breaking the world record of longest hours of cooking. The Akwa Ibom State-born broke the record which was hitherto held by Indian chef Lata Tondon on Monday. Hilda, who has so far cooked for 91 hours, 06 minutes will cook for 96… Read More

The United States says it has taken steps to impose visa bans on persons who disrupted the recent general elections in Nigeria. In a statement on the US State Department website, Secretary of State Antony Binken said “the United States is committed to supporting and advancing democracy in Nigeria and around the world.” Blinken clarified that the visa ban was… Read More