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Algeria has accused its arch-rival Morocco of killing three Algerians on a desert highway, as tensions escalate between the neighbors over contested Western Sahara. “Three Algerians were assassinated… in a barbaric strike on their trucks”, Algeria’s presidency said, in a statement quoted by the APS state news agency. It reported they had been traveling between the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott northeast… Read More

A minister in Sudan’s deposed government said on Wednesday that negotiations are ongoing to restructure the transitional government after last week’s coup. Gibril Ibrahim briefed journalists on the latest developments in the negotiations concerning government restructuring. Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok remains under house arrest but is allowed to meet with foreign envoys. Gibril Ibrahim, finance minister of the deposed government:… Read More

Residents of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia are reacting to news of a nationwide state of emergency that ordered them to prepare and defend their neighbourhoods amid fears that Tigrayan rebels were heading for the capital. The nationwide state of emergency was declared by the government on Tuesday- a measure that came after several days of reported advances by the Tigray People’s… Read More

Chad’s main rebel groups said Tuesday they were “willing” to participate in the national dialogue “under certain conditions” after meetings in Doha and Paris with the committee in charge of preparing the event. Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno, who took power in Chad following the death of his father Idriss Déby Itno, who was killed in April while fighting rebels, set… Read More

The RPG party of former president Alpha Condé held its first conference in Conakry since the junta took power in September. At the conference, the former president of the national assembly, Damaro Camara , asked for Alpha Conde’s release “given his age”. “Our only objective today is the release of President Alpha Condé, we ask the CNRD (the National Rallying… Read More

The RPG party of former president Alpha Condé held its first conference in Conakry since the junta took power in September. At the conference, the former president of the national assembly, Damaro Camara , asked for Alpha Conde’s release “given his age”. “Our only objective today is the release of President Alpha Condé, we ask the CNRD (the National Rallying… Read More

The teachers in the DRC went on strike at the start of October to protest against several issues, including salaries and the retirement age. Despite the National Teacher Union’s decision calling on teachers to suspend the strike, state teachers and public schools in North Kivu province are pressing ahead with the strike strike to express their displeasure over meagre pay.… Read More

The teachers in the DRC went on strike at the start of October to protest against several issues, including salaries and the retirement age. Despite the National Teacher Union’s decision calling on teachers to suspend the strike, state teachers and public schools in North Kivu province are pressing ahead with the strike strike to express their displeasure over meagre pay.… Read More

Last updated: 28 minutes ago Protesters took to the streets in Glasgow on Wednesday to denounce what they say is ‘greenwashing’ by companies as the climate conference continued in Scotland. The demonstration came as governments and big investors announced fresh plans to pour trillions of dollars into curbing global warming, reflecting the financial world’s growing embrace of efforts to fight… Read More

The Goncourt, the most prestigious French literary prize, was awarded on Wednesday to Mohamed Mbougar Sarr from Senegal, who at 31 years old becomes the first writer from sub-Saharan Africa to be honored by this prize. He is also one of the youngest winners. The thirty-year-old received six votes in the first round, announced Philippe Claudel, secretary general of the… Read More