Source link The number of displaced people has now reached 8.5 million, the organization’s refugee agency reports More than 25 million people in Sudan are facing a humanitarian crisis as fighting continues to grip the northeast African nation, the UN Refugee Agency warned on Tuesday. Thousands of refugees are fleeing the conflict between the Sudanese […]
Source link The announcement comes even as a bill promoting Rwanda as a safe haven is still being debated in the British Parliament The first deportation flights under Britain’s controversial scheme to send thousands of asylum seekers to Rwanda will take place in the spring, the office of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced on Tuesday. […]
Source link Jacob Zuma is seeking a seat in the National Assembly after previously leading the country for more than eight years Former South African president Jacob Zuma can run for office as a lawmaker in the upcoming general election, the country’s Electoral Court has ruled, reversing an earlier verdict that had blocked him from […]
Source link Nations on the continent are keen to cooperate with Moscow on marine research, the Russian president has said Africa is keen on collaborating with Moscow to conduct research on fish and shellfish resources along its coastlines, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday. During a meeting with the head of the Federal Agency […]
Source link Washington should act with increased speed to develop supply chains for critical minerals from Africa, a USIP report says Washington could advance its policy goals in Africa through strategic investment in an effort to reduce reliance on China for supplies of critical minerals, the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) said on Tuesday. […]
Source link The southern African nation is one of many in the region that has been struggling with the water-borne disease since last year More than 100 people, including children, have died and over 20 others are missing after a ferry capsized off the northern coast of Mozambique, the southern African nation’s president, Filipe Nyusi, […]
Source link African traditional governance models can and should be incorporated into modern socio-political life In the discourse of global governance, Western democracy often stands as the epitome of political organization and representation. Yet, across the African continent, there exists a critical perspective on Western democratic models. Many Africans, informed by their rich tapestry of […]
Source link Paris is determined to be a conspirator in Morocco’s crimes against the Sahrawi people, Western Saharan authorities say France’s plan to finance projects in the disputed Sahrawi regions through the French Development Agency (AFD) is a provocative step, Western Sahara’s Information Ministry said on Saturday. Such a move represents support for Morocco’s “illegal” […]
Source link Russ Cook has completed his 352-day journey along the western coast of the continent British marathon runner Russ Cook has completed his 16,000 km journey along the western coast of Africa, having traversed 16 countries in 352 days. The 27-year-old endurance athlete, who calls himself the ‘Hardest Geezer’, began his charity challenge last […]
Source link Paul Kagame hosted an event on Sunday to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Central African nation’s genocide Rwandan President Paul Kagame has accused the international community of failing to prevent the 1994 genocide in the Central African nation, which killed more than a million people, according to official estimates. Kagame made the […]
Source link The substance, known as ‘kush’, has reportedly caused hundreds of deaths in Sierra Leone Sierra Leone has declared a “national emergency on drug abuse” amid calls from health services and local communities to stop the spread of a synthetic drug that reportedly contains human bones and has led to hundreds of deaths. The […]
Source link The move is expected to help reduce inflation, the governor of the southern African nation’s central bank has said Zimbabwe has introduced a new national currency aimed at stabilizing the economy and countering the devaluation of the local dollar in the southern African nation. Harare has also appealed to the United Nations for […]
Source link Somalia has expelled Ethiopian Ambassador Muktar Mohamed Ware as tensions between the two East African neighbors escalate over a Red Sea access agreement Addis Ababa reached earlier this year with breakaway Somaliland. The Somali Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the decision on Thursday, citing actions by the the Ethiopian government that it claims […]
Source link Dominique Martin Saatenang, a Cameroonian martial arts expert, calls Russian athletes “amazing” Securing cooperation with Russia will be a significant achievement for the African Martial Arts Festival (FADAM), Dominique Martin Saatenang, founding president of the festival’s organizing committee, told RT in an exclusive interview on Thursday. Saatenang, who trained at China’s renowned Shaolin […]
Source link Somalia is facing a grain shortage, according to an official from the Food and Agriculture Organization Russian wheat deliveries to Somalia accounted for 23% of the country’s yearly consumption over the past year, the head of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Russian branch, Oleg Kobyakov, told Sputnik in an interview published […]