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Rebels in the Ethiopian region of Tigray have set up a team of negotiators to discuss peace, a spokesman for the rebels announced Monday. This comes almost a month after federal authorities named a team of seven negotiators for possible peace talks. On July 14, the day after the first meeting of its own negotiating committee, the Ethiopian federal government… Read More

Kenya’s outgoing Deputy President William Ruto said he is confident in winning the elections and believes the east African state is a “democratic nation” and that the election will not be tampered with. “I know there are notions that oh you see if you put the current President and the current leader of the opposition on one side it becomes… Read More

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi visited Algeria on Monday to sign several agreements, including an energy deal to boost gas supplies and reduce his country’s reliance on Russian gas. Draghi was received by Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, ahead of the two leaders chairing a ministerial meeting at which several deals are expected to be signed. “Tomorrow, an important agreement between… Read More

The 13th Petersberg Climate Dialogue began this Monday at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Berlin, during which ministers and delegations from several countries recalled the urgency to move to the implementation of all the previous resolutions made during the last meeting in order to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees. The Petersberg Climate Dialogue will pave the way for… Read More

The Nigeria Labour Congress announced Sunday, plans to start a two-day nationwide protest on July 26, in solidarity with the striking members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other unions in the public universities. In a statement shared onlline, the NLC says the strike’s aim is “to get our children back to school” and support the “union… Read More

World Athletics Championships kicked off Friday, July 15 in the United states, in Eugene, in Hayward Field at the University of Oregon. African athletes have already shone on the internatioal stage. Marathon and 10,0000 metres are the two medal-winning disciplines for athletes from the continent. Here are the 3 African countries which have so far won medals: Ethiopia 30 yearl-old Tamirat… Read More

Last updated: 10 minutes ago Thousands of people gather for a laughter yoga session on Indonesia’s resort island of Bali to heal themselves with giggles and pray for world peace. “I’m a housewife, there are a lot of problems at home, be it with my husband, my mother, or other members of the family so this yoga is very very… Read More

The death toll from days of tribal clashes in a southern Sudanese province climbed to at least 65 people, a senior health official said Sunday. The fighting between the Hausa and Birta ethnic groups in the Blue Nile province also injured around 150 others, said Gamal Nasser al-Sayed, the province’s health minister. He told The Associated Press that most of… Read More

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has paid tribute to the long-serving deputy secretary-general of his ruling African National Congress party Jessie Duarte, who died Sunday after a long battle with cancer. Duarte, 68, was elected to the leading position in the ANC in 2012 and had been serving until she went on medical leave in November last year. “Although our… Read More

Flash floods triggered by seasonal torrential rains in Sudan’s western Darfur region killed at least seven people, including children, according to the U.N. and an aid group on Sunday. Heavy rains started late Friday in the Kass locality in South Darfur province, according to the General Coordination for Refugees and Displaced in Darfur. The group said the dead included a… Read More