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The main opposition coalition in Tunisia called on the government on Monday to reveal the reasons for President Kais Saied’s “absence” from the political scene in recent days. The National Salvation Front (FSN) added that it had been informed of “health problems”.  Since March 22nd that the president has not carried out any public activities. “The National Salvation Front was informed… Read More

A falling local currency, salary arrears payments and war spending have pushed up prices in impoverished Democratic Republic of Congo, leaving locals struggling to afford basics. Since the new year, the Congolese franc has depreciated about 15 percent against the US dollar, according to official figures and money changers, hitting the poorest hardest. Several people interviewed by AFP said that… Read More

Africa’s travel market is open and booming. This is a sentiment expressed by an estimated 600 exhibitors at this year’s World Travel Market Africa in Cape Town, South Africa. This after the industry sustained serious damage due to Covid-19.  The meeting saw a 35% increase compared to last year,  said Carol Weaving, Director of Reed Exhibition Africa.  “This year we have 577… Read More

A group of independent UN experts accused several South Sudanese officials on Monday of responsibility in a series of atrocities committed against civilians. After gaining independence from Sudan in 2011, South Sudan, the world’s youngest state, descended into a civil war between arch-enemies Riek Machar and Salva Kiir that left nearly 400,000 dead and millions displaced between 2013 and 2018… Read More

Malawi is looking for a new head coach after the Football Association announced it was not renewing the contract with Mario Marinica. Behind the decision is last week’s defeat 4-0 to Egypt which leaves the Flames with little chance of reaching next year’s Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast. Malawi finished third in Group D with three points, behind Guinea… Read More

East African regional forces have announced that are now in control of Bunagana, a strategic town in eastern DRC previously held by M23 rebels for more than nine months. The spokesman for the Ugandan contingent of the regional force, Captain Kato Ahmad Hassan, confirmed that the M23 rebels had been cooperative during the transition process. The rebels’ departure from Bunagana… Read More

The military junta in power in Burkina Faso expelled on Saturday evening the correspondents of two major French daily newspapers, Le Monde and Liberation, a new sign of the deterioration of press freedom and relations with France in this country bruised by jihadist violence. These expulsions of Sophie Douce from Le Monde and Agnès Faivre from Liberation, who arrived in… Read More

The Sahel’s many crises are becoming increasingly difficult for journalists to cover freely, especially now that the military has taken over in some countries, Reporters Without Borders said in a report released on Monday. The Sahelian strip that crosses the continent from west to east threatens to become “Africa’s largest information blackout zone,” RSF said in the gloomy report. The… Read More

Pretoria could be forced to arrest the Russian president in respect of its obligations vis-à-vis international justice, in particular the Rome Statute. The government of Cyril Ramaphosa does not hide its concern. Since the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant on March 17 against Russian President Vladimir Putin for alleged war crimes in Ukraine, all eyes have been… Read More

Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga announced Sunday he was calling off a protest on Monday and would embark on dialogue with the government after two weeks of chaotic street demonstrations. Three people have died and properties and businesses been looted since anti-government protests erupted on March 20, alarming neighbours and allies of a country seen as a stable democracy in… Read More