Ties with Africa a ‘Priority’, says Putin
President Vladimir Putin said Monday that deepening ties between Russia and Africa was a key goal for the Kremlin, as Moscow seeks to expand its influence on the continent. He…
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Tear gas, arrests as Kenya opposition stages protests
Kenyan riot police fired tear gas and water cannon against demonstrators and veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga’s convoy on Monday, as clashes flared during anti-government protests over the spiralling cost…
Nine Chinese nationals killed in Central African Republic, President Xi reacts
Nine Chinese mine workers were killed in an attack in the Central African Republic, sparking a rare call on Monday from China’s President Xi Jinping for the perpetrators to be…
Senegal repatriates 76 nationals from Tunisia and Libya
Senegal has repatriated 76 of its citizens from Tunisia and Libya, the government said Friday, the latest country to do so after a tirade by the Tunisian president about sub-Saharan…
Elections: West African elders call for peaceful, credible polls
The West Africa Elders Forum (WAEF) has called for peaceful, free and fair polling as Nigerians get ready for Saturday’s governorship and state assembly elections. The Forum also urged the…
Ghana mourns player Christian Atsu killed in Turkey earthquake
Ghanaians gathered outside the country’s parliament building in Accra on Friday for the state funeral of national soccer team winger Christian Atsu, who died during the earthquake in southern Turkey…
Mystery illness kills five, Tanzania begins probe
Tanzania has dispatched a team of health experts to investigate a mysterious disease that has claimed the lives of five people, the government said. The illness was detected in “a…
Niger says it killed ’30 Jihadists’, arrests 960
Jihadist-hit Niger last week killed about 30 members of the Boko Haram group and detained 960 followers, most of them women and children, who had fled neighbouring Nigeria, official sources…
ADF rebels kill 17 in East DR Congo
Suspected ADF militants on Sunday killed at least 17 people in eastern DR Congo, local officials, only days after the Islamist-aligned group conducted another massacre in the troubled region. The…
South African President names electricity minister in cabinet reshuffle
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa named a new minister to tackle a debilitating electricity crisis in a mini-cabinet shake-up a year ahead of the next general election. Ramaphosa last month…