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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday said he was the victim of “dirty tricks” in a damaging burglary scandal, as a rowdy opposition heckled him in parliament. Last week Ramaphosa was accused of bribing burglars to keep quiet about a February 2020 heist at his farmhouse, where they stole cash worth some $4 million. “In recent days we have… Read More

Somalia’s newly-elected president, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, used his inauguration speech on Thursday to appeal to the diaspora and international community to help stave off the famine that threatens his drought-stricken country. Aid agencies have warned of an approaching famine as cases of severe malnutrition among children shoot up in the troubled Horn of Africa nation, which is battling a record… Read More

Last updated: 49 minutes ago King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium visited the Ngobila Beach market in Kinshasa, accompanied by DRC First Lady Denise Nyakeru Tshisekedi, as part of their six-day visit, billed as a chance for reconciliation between the DRC and its former colonial master. The royal couple stopped by several loincloth stalls to chat with vendors and… Read More

After gunmen attacked a Catholic church in southwest Nigeria, killing 40 people and wounding more than 60, Owo town’s chief imam Ahmad Aladesawe has been holding his prayers in a mostly empty mosque. The rare attack in the usually more peaceful southwest has scared away worshippers, the imam said. The tragedy has prompted Aladesawe to reach out to his community… Read More

The Tunisian lawyers’ weeklong strike continues. On Wednesday, judges held a protest outside the capital’s courts when dozens of lawyers and activists gathered on the steps of the Palace of Justice in Tunis. Some shouted “Down with the coup” and others chanted, “Judicial authority, no police orders.” All protesters denounce last week’s decision by President Kais Saied to dismiss 57… Read More

Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress on Wednesday picked former Lagos governor and veteran political operator Bola Tinubu as its candidate for the 2023 election to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari. Tinubu, known as the “Godfather of Lagos” for his political clout, easily won with 1,271 votes of the ballots cast by 2,300 party delegates at primaries held on Tuesday and Wednesday… Read More

The European Union said it was ready and willing to send an election observer mission to Angola and noted the interest of the authorities and national parties. The Director-General for Africa of the European Union’s External Action Service discussed several areas of cooperation between Brussels and Luanda during a visit to the country this week.  The general elections in August… Read More

Algeria suspended Wednesday a “treaty of friendship and cooperation” concluded in 2002 with Spain. It is at the end of a meeting of the Algerian High Security Council chaired by President Tebboune, that the announcement was made. Spain regretted Algiers’ decision, adding it “considers Algeria a friend” andremained open “to develop the special relationship of cooperation between the two countries“.… Read More

Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi said he wants to “build something new and above all something that is constructive” between Congo and Belgium. Addressing a joint press conference with Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo in Kinshasa, Tshisekedi said as the seat of the European Union, Brussels was of great strategic importance to his country.  “The past is both glorious and sad,… Read More

Thousands of Senegalese demonstrated Wednesday afternoon in Dakar against the rejection of the national list of the opposition for the next legislative elections and more generally against the government, AFP journalists noted. A dense crowd largely draped in the national colors green, gold and red gathered at the Place de la Nation in a festive atmosphere of music and song… Read More