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Libya’s rival prime minister, Fathi Bashagha, has said he has no immediate plans to rule from Tripoli after his attempted move there last week sparked clashes and fears of a return to widespread civil strife. Bashagha said his government would work from its headquarters in Sirte, a city on the Mediterranean coast about halfway between the country’s east and west. Rival… Read More

Eleven new born babies died in Tivaouane’s public hospital after a blaze broke out late Wednesday in the neonatal unit. President Macky Sall decreeded a three-day national mourning. He is expected in the city Saturday. In western Senegal, grieving families continue to come to the Mame Abdou Aziz Sy Dabakh Hospital in Tivaouane for answers. Eleven new born babies died… Read More

President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and his host Sergio Mattarella met at the Quirinale Palace in Rome, before a meeting with Prime Minister Mario Draghi. Rome is looking for more energy supply from Algiers as it prepares to cut dependence on Russian gas. “We are grateful for Algeria’s efforts to strengthen this collaboration, as we have seen in recent months. Our energy… Read More

The executive council of the African Union met in Malabo Thursday, ahead of two summits (Friday and Satruday) set to tackle the humanitarian & political crisis the continent faces. African Union leaders started to gather in Equatorial Guinea , ahead of two extraordinary summits scheduled on Friday and Saturday. In an address, in Malabo on Thursday, the AU Commission Chairperson… Read More

As Europe takes action to reduce imports of Russian gas, the continent’s leaders have been looking to Africa as an alternative energy supplier. New deals have been signed with Algeria, Angola, Congo, Nigeria, and others are thought to be on the way. This week, while welcoming German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Senegalese President Macky Sall said his country was “ready to work”… Read More

South Africa will need to spend $250 billion over the next three decades closing down its coal-fired power plants and replacing them with green energy, according to a report released on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum said on Thursday. $125 billion of the total investment, is needed to ramp up wind and solar power projects as the country… Read More

The fire which started on Wednesday on the docks of the Sudanese port of Suakin, a commercial crossroads of East Africa on the Red Sea, has been brought under control, its director told AFP on Thursday, indicating that an investigation has yet to determine the causes and the losses. “Thanks to the intervention of the civil defense forces and port… Read More

Last updated: 1 hour ago After being suspended for two years due to COVID-19 hundreds of clowns dressed in colorful costumes, wigs and face paint marched through the streets of central Lima on Wednesday to celebrate Peruvian Clown Day. One band of merry-makers carried the ashes of one of their fellow clown, Jorge Contreras – known as “Copetin” – who… Read More

Zimbabwe, home to a quarter of Africa’s elephants and one of the few growing populations of the large land mammal in the world, is trying to find allies to legalise the international trade in ivory, which has been banned for more than 30 years. The country invited representatives of 15 countries to a conference on the subject this week in… Read More

The Gambian government said Wednesday it will prosecute former dictator Yahya Jammeh for murder, rape, torture and other alleged crimes committed under his more than 20-year rule. The Ministry of Justice said it accepted all but two of the 265 recommendations made by a commission that probed alleged crimes committed by the state under the despotic former leader from July… Read More