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Muslims in Egypt on Wednesday began their Eid al-Adha celebrations in Cairo with mosque prayers and other festivities. The holiday, known as the feast of sacrifice, commemorates what Muslims believe was Prophet Ibrahim’s willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail as a test of his faith. Tight rows of men and women performed the ritual prayers, an important part of the… Read More

Muslims gathered for Eid-al-Adha prayers in Port Sudan on Wednesday as fighting raged on in Khartoum and West Darfur. RSF paramilitary commander General Mohamed Hamdan Daglo announced on Monday a two-day unilateral truce in advance of the Muslim holiday. Daglo expressed hope the holiday would provide an opportunity for reconciliation among the Sudanese people, acknowledging the challenging humanitarian conditions caused… Read More

Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio was re-elected to serve a second term with 56.17 percent of the vote, the head of the electoral commission said Tuesday, prompting the runner-up to “categorically reject” the result. Bio’s main challenger Samura Kamara, who came second with 41.16 percent of the vote according to final results announced in Freetown, branded the result “not… Read More

The president of the African Union considered today that the deterioration of the situation in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRCongo) “destabilizes the country” and defended efforts to make the country “a source of happiness and not of conflict”. Azali Assoumani, who was speaking at the opening of the Quadripartite Summit of Heads of State and Government… Read More

London’s controversial plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda will cost nearly 200,000 euros per person, the British government acknowledged on Tuesday. The Conservative government has made controlling legal and illegal immigration, which was already a Brexit promise, one of its priorities. In particular, he promised to stop the small boats of asylum seekers arriving by the English Channel. In… Read More

Germany’s foreign minister Annalena Baerbock was in Pretoria on Tuesday to meet with her South African counterpart Naledi Pandor for the German-South African Binational Commission. Key issues expected to be discussed at the talks centred around energy security, climate change and geopolitical issues affecting Africa and Europe, including Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.  South Africa has faced criticism for its neutral… Read More

Hunger has killed at least 700 people in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region in recent weeks after the United States and the United Nations paused food aid, local officials and researchers say. The U.N. and the U.S. first suspended food aid to Tigray in March after the discovery of a scheme to steal donated wheat intended for needy people. They extended… Read More

The Security Council on Tuesday adopted a resolution to extend the authorization for the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) for six months, till Dec. 31, 2023. In April 2022, the Security Council approved the replacement of Amisom (African Union Mission in Somalia), created in 2007, by Atmis (African Transitional Mission in Somalia), also led by the AU but… Read More

The conflict in Sudan is taking an ethnic turn in Darfur, the UN said on Tuesday, at a time when the number of people who have fled the fighting abroad exceeds 560,000 and the number of displaced persons in the country is close to two million. “560,000 people in just over two months is a huge number,” Raouf Mazou, UNHCR… Read More

Sierra Leone This Story is breaking, please check back for updates Incumbent President Julius Maada Bio declared winner of country’s presidential elections. Bio on Tuesday was re-elected for a second term with 56.17% of the vote, according to the head of the electoral commission. Details later… Sourced from Africanews Read More