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Chad’s prime minister resigned on Tuesday, the day after General Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno announced the appointment of a “government of national unity”, N’Djamena said, after extending his two-year term as president for a period of “transition”. Albert Pahimi Padacké presented his resignation and that of his government during an audience with the head of state, who accepted them, according… Read More

The Tunisian navy announced the rescue of 194 illegal migrants intercepted at sea while crossing the Mediterranean heading to Europe. According to Tuesday’s announcement, the rescue involved nine different operations during two days. Most migrants are Tunisian and 76 originated from sub-Saharan African countries, including 42 women and eight children. On Monday, eight bodies of migrants, probably Tunisians who had… Read More

Last updated: 31 minutes ago The march included members of different Indigenous groups, including the Mapuche, the country’s largest, with people peacefully marching, playing music and dancing. At one point during the event, police attempted to disperse a group with tear gas and water cannons. A heavy police presence was present. More about Sourced from Africanews Read More

The leader of Lesotho’s Revolution for Prosperity (RFP) party, who scored an unprecedented result in nationwide elections last week, announced that he would be heading a three-party coalition government. The announcement by diamond millionaire, Sam Matekane, confounded expectations that the southern African mountain kingdom would remain politically gridlocked after last Friday’s ballot. Founded just six months ago, the Revolution for Prosperity… Read More

Tunisians have been hit with soaring food prices and shortages of basic staples in recent weeks, threatening to turn simmering discontent in the North African country – the cradle of the Arab Spring protests – into larger turmoil. Sugar, vegetable oil, rice and even bottled water periodically disappear from supermarkets and grocery stores. People stand in line for hours for… Read More

Heatwaves will become so extreme in certain regions of the world within decades that human life there will be unsustainable, the United Nations and the Red Cross said Monday. Heatwaves are predicted to “exceed human physiological and social limits” in the Sahel, the Horn of Africa and south and southwest Asia, with extreme events triggering “large-scale suffering and loss of… Read More

The Palma area in Mozambique has been a base for the militant group Al-Shabaab for the past several months. The arrival of Rwandan forces in August 2021, however, has brought relative security to the area, enabling most people to return home. Only last week, the United Nations warned that the conflict had not subsided. But the Rwandan forces displayed confidence… Read More

A former Liberian rebel is on trial in Paris on charges of crimes against humanity, torture and acts of barbarism during the West African country’s civil war in the 1990s. Kunti Kamara, 47, is notably accused of “complicity in massive and systematic torture and inhumane acts” against the civilian population committed in Liberia’s Lofa county in 1993-1994, as one of… Read More

A new government has been set up in Chad, where General Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno was sworn in on Monday as president of a two-year transitional period ahead of “democratic” elections and has promised to quickly appoint a “national unity government”, 18 months after taking power at the head of a military junta. A laborious National Sovereign and Inclusive Dialogue… Read More

Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy is grappling with rising food prices that’s affecting the living standards of people. According to the World Bank, inflation was likely to push an additional one million Nigerians into poverty by the end of 2022. Various groups have come up with initiatives to help indigent families. One of such initiatives is the Lagos food Bank Initiative… Read More