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The Ethiopian government and Tigrayan forces have agreed on a permanent cessation of hostilities to end the war in the northern Tigrayan region. The announcement was made by African Union chief mediator Olusegun Obasanjo following talks between the two sides in South Africa, Wednesday (Nov 2).  In the first briefing on the peace talks in South Africa, confirmed that both sides… Read More

In Guinea, the trial of former dictator, Moussa Dadis Camara, and his co-defendants for their role in a massacre at a stadium in the capital, Conakry, continues at a special court in the city. The proceedings are being broadcast live on television and are closely followed by the media and ordinary citizens who hope it will bring some clarity about… Read More

Kenya on Wednesday deployed troops to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as part of a regional military intervention to support the Congolese regime against rebels operating in eastern DRC, Kenyan President William Ruto announced. “As neighbors, the fate of the DRC is linked to ours,” President Ruto said in Nairobi at a ceremony, noting that the regional contingent also… Read More

In Egypt, farmers working the land along the Nile River Delta are facing increasing hardship as rising sea levels cover the once fertile soil with sheets of dried salt. There are increasing concerns that this threat might spread if urgent measures are not taken to combat the rising seawater. The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has described the… Read More

Cameroonian traders living on the border with Equatorial Guinea are “suffering a lot” since the closure of Equatorial-Guinean land borders in preparation for the presidential campaign that will begin on November 3 in this small Central African country. On October 25, Vice President Teodorin Nguema Obiang justified this measure as a way ‘to prevent the infiltration of groups that may… Read More

Protesters set fire to UN vehicles in Goma on Tuesday night, protesting against the presence of the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO). The blazes started after rumours about the UN allegedly transporting rebels from the M23 group had spread among displaced people and residents in the city. Earlier on Tuesday, MONUSCO announced a “strategic and… Read More

A female elephant, believed to be Kenya’s largest tusked elephant, has died of old age in the east African country, the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) said Tuesday (November 1). Dida, known for her long tusks, was estimated to be between 60 and 65 years old. The life expectancy of elephants in the wild is estimated at around 60 years. “She… Read More

Under a patched parasol protecting him from the sun, Ismaël Alioum rummages through piles of electronic waste in search of materials to recover: in the scrap metal district of Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, informal activity is in full swing while an NGO proposes a sustainable alternative to manage this waste. In Cameroon, the processing of the tons of electronic… Read More

Research in Africa found a one-time dose of an experimental drug protected adults against malaria for at least six months, the latest approach in the fight against the mosquito-borne disease. Malaria killed more than 620,000 people in 2020 and sickened 241 million, mainly children under 5 in Africa. The World Health Organization is rolling out the first authorized malaria vaccine… Read More

Machaze is one of the poorest regions in central Mozambique and that makes this transport hub one of the most important points for those who live here. Many men often leave from Makaze in search of El Dorado in the mines and agri-fields of South Africa, Africa’s most industrialized economies. The women stay. Waiting for what their husbands bring them… Read More