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Egypt’s annual urban consumer inflation rate in March rose to 32.7% year-on-year, from 31.9% in February, according to data from the country’s statistics agency. Month -on-month, urban inflation slowed to 2.7% in March from 6.5% in February. Egypt has seen surging inflation since 2022 precipitated by currency devaluations, a dollar shortage and difficulties getting imports into the country. The north… Read More

German humanitarian organisation Sea-Watch reconnaissance aircraft Sea Bird 2 on Sunday filmed a boat in distress in the central Mediterranean with hundreds of people on board. A tweet posted by Sea Watch says on Easter Sunday their reconnaissance aircraft found 19 boats in distress in the Mediterranean. On Sunday night, Alarm Phone had received a call from a boat with… Read More

Around 1700 migrants have reached the island of Lampedusa in the last 48 hours, causing the local reception point to become overcrowded. The tiny Sicilian island lies only about 150 kilometres (90 miles) from the Tunisian coast. Footage from Sky Italia captured on Sunday showed dozens of migrants aboard an Italian Coast Guard vessel being helped off the boat and… Read More

At least seven large electricity pylons collapsed onto a highway near the South African capital of Pretoria, causing a multiple-vehicle crash, city authorities and emergency services said Monday. Two people were “moderately” injured in the car crash, treated at the scene and taken to the hospital, the private Promed paramedic service said. The pylon collapses had caused high-voltage cables to… Read More

Cameroon is looking to rejoin the US’s trade initiative for Africa, as the country works to boost export revenues amid falling foreign exchange earnings. Cameroon’s economy minister Alamine Ousmane Mey said his country has started talks with Washington for admission back into Africa Growth and Opportunities Act (AGOA), which grants African countries tariff-free access to the U.S. market. The fallout from… Read More

The United Kingdom government has announced its decision to halt the recruitment of health workers from Nigeria, placing the country on the red list of nations not to be targeted for recruitment. The move comes after the World Health Organisation (WHO) identified Nigeria as one of 55 countries with significant health workforce challenges, in a report released a month ago. … Read More

China on Monday urged the United States to earnestly shoulder its responsibilities and make greater efforts to address debt issues in African countries. Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Wang Wenbin made the call at a press conference in Beijing when responding to accusations from some U.S. and World Bank officials that China is an obstacle in African debt relief. “China attaches… Read More

A South African convicted murderer who faked his death to escape from prison has been arrested in Tanzania following a two-week manhunt, police have announced. South African officials are to extradite Thabo Bester, 35, dubbed the “Facebook Rapist” as he used the social media platform to lure at least two women he was convicted of raping. He was also found… Read More

The German ambassador to Chad, declared persona non grata for “discourteous behaviour”, left the country on Saturday evening, Chadian Foreign Minister Mahamat Saleh Annadif told AFP on Sunday. On Friday, the government of Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno had asked the diplomat to leave the country within 48 hours, for “non-compliance with diplomatic practices”. “The German ambassador to Chad, Jan Christian… Read More

Followers of the Kimbanguist church in Goma took to the streets on Thursday, playing music and singing to celebrate Kimbangu’s day after the Congolese president declared it an official holiday in memory and recognition of the fight of Simon Kimbangu. Born at the end of the 19 century, while Congo was still a Belgium colony, the Baptist mission catechist was… Read More