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Sudanese protesters tried to march onto parliament on Thursday but were intercepted by security forces who fired tear gas and water hoses at the crowds. The protesters are marching against last month’s deal between Sudan’s coup leaders and the main pro-democracy group to establish a civilian-led transitional government following the 2021 military takeover. “We are against a settlement. Our protests… Read More

At least 145 passengers are missing after a motorized boat overloaded with goods and animals sank overnight in a river in the northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), authorities said on Thursday. About 55 people survived the disaster, authorities said. The boat was heading for neighbouring Republic of Congo when it capsized on the Lulonga River on Tuesday night near… Read More

Hollywood stars gathered in Los Angeles on Tuesday evening for the launch of culture clash comedy “You People”. Eddie Murphy and Julia Louis-Dreyfus star in this new comedy that follows an interfaith couple who bring up their families together sparking some potentially explosive situations. “It’s a fine line, it’s a fine line that’s written, you know, from our showrunners and… Read More

Kenya is planning to monitor its flourishing mobile money industry in a bid to catch tax cheats and also limit its borrowing to boost its finances and collections by 17%. President William Ruto’s government has been trapped by an indebted economy battled by high public debts ramped up by borrowing to build infrastructure by the previous leadership. The Kenya Revenue… Read More

Aboard canoes, motorboats and kayaks fashioned from papyrus stems, the faithful converged on a lake in central Ethiopia to celebrate the Orthodox holiday of Epiphany, known locally as “Timkat”. Lake Ziway, 120 kilometres (75 miles) south of Addis Ababa, is at the heart of annual celebrations in this region to mark the baptism of Christ, one of the holiest days… Read More

Uganda on Wednesday issued a final tender to company controlled by TotalEnergies to construct a $3.5 billion oil pipeline through to Tanzania. The final approval will provide a way forward to the construction of the pipeline that will be used to transport the country’s crude to international. The signature follows a Monday approval by the Uganda’s cabinet allowing the construction… Read More

The speaker of Zimbabwe’s parliament on Thursday handed over a pre-election report to President Emmerson Mnangagwa, as the southern African country counts down months before its generation election. It is constitutional tradition in Zimbabwe for the President to receive a briefing from parliament ahead of an election. On Friday, Mnangagwa is expected to hand over the report to the electoral… Read More

It has been nearly a year since European leaders and their African counterparts converged in Brussels for a summit billed as the beginning of a ‘renewed partnership’ between the two continents. The summit’s final declaration dubbed ‘the Joint Vision for 2030’ promised among other things to invest in Africa $25 billion per year over the next seven years, 450 million… Read More

The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) published on Wednesday evening the names of the companies it selected, following a call for tenders, to operate three gas blocks in Lake Kivu, in the east of the country. These are Symbion Power & Red, for the so-called “Makelele” block, Winds Exploration and Production LLC ( Idjwi block ) and… Read More

The Egyptian Bar Association announced Thursday an “indefinite” strike to protest the imprisonment of six colleagues for a brawl with clerks earlier this month. “We immediately suspend all our activities, we will stop appearing in court and participating in the investigations of the prosecution from January 19 and for an unlimited period,” the lawyers announced on their union’s website. On… Read More