Colonial deal and oil factor in Kenya-Somalia border row
<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">< 1</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> It looks like the Kenya and Somalia border issue is throwing...
7 killed as thousands demand civilian rule in Sudan
<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">2</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> Huge crowds marched on Sudan’s defense ministry on Sunday demanding the ruling...
Libyan fighters seize U.S. and Chinese missiles from Haftar’s forces
<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">2</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> Forces allied to Libya’s internationally recognized government based in Tripoli captured sophisticated...
Glencore’s Congo tragedy highlights security conundrum for miners
<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">3</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> The deaths of 43 illegal miners at a Glencore facility in Congo...
Italian police arrest migrant-rescue ship captain after docking
<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">2</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> Italian police arrested on Saturday the German captain of a migrant-rescue ship...
Cameroon opposition leader released after abduction
<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">< 1</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> The leader of one of Cameroon’s main opposition parties was released...
Ethiopia airs voice of alleged coup leader killed in crackdown
<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">2</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> Ethiopia has released a recording of the state militia commander it says...
Sudan security forces ‘carry out raid’ ahead of mass protest
<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">< 1</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> Sudan’s main opposition group says security forces raided its office and...
Rescue ship’s captain accuses European states of abandoning migrants
<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">2</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> The captain of rescue ship Sea-Watch 3 said on Thursday European states...
Nigerian man dies after hunger strike in Japan detention center
<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">2</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> A Nigerian man died in a Japanese immigration detention center this week,...
Ethiopia’s ethnic militias in the spotlight after failed coup
<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">2</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> A foiled coup in the Ethiopian state of Amhara that left five...
Senegal President’s brother resigns after allegations of energy fraud
<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">2</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> The brother of Senegal’s President Macky Sall has resigned from his government...
China says Africa projects should be sustainable, denounces criticism
<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">2</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> Chinese development projects in Africa must be sustainable, the government’s top diplomat...
Meet the ‘animals’ competing for the Africa Cup of Nations
<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">2</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> The Africa Cup of Nations is under way in Egypt, with 24...
Mauritania opposition challenges ruling party victory
<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">< 1</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> Mauritania’s ruling party candidate has won the first democratic transition of...
Ethiopian, African Union mediation needs to be unified – Sudan military council
<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">2</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> Sudan’s ruling military council said on Sunday that Ethiopia and the African...
Ethiopia’s army chief, three others killed in failed regional coup
<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">4</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> Ethiopia’s army chief of staff and the head of the northern state...
Ramaphosa: We’re still living with the ‘devastating’ impact of Natives Land Act
<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">2</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> President Cyril Ramaphosa, whose administration will most likely be defined by how...
Ethiopian coup mastermind on the run as gov’t says it is conducting manhunt
<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">2</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> The masterminds of Ethiopia’s Saturday coup attempt are on the ran as...
Mauritania’s Ghazouani wins majority in presidential vote: CENI
<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">2</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> Government candidate Mohamed Ould Ghazouani wins 51.9 percent with nearly all votes...
Armed robbers steal 500 loaves of bread in Zimbabwe
<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">< 1</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> A gang of armed robbers stole 500 loaves of bread during...
Butchers : Janjaweed and Mathiang Anyoor
<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">5</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> The massacre in cold blood that took place in front of the...
Militants killed while attacking Kenya police base
<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">< 1</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> Three suspected al-Shabab militants have been killed after they attacked a...
Letter To President Kiir: Ongoing corruption at the pre-transitional committee
<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">4</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> According to the Revitalised Peace agreement on the resolution of Conflict in...
Field Masrshal Haftar Says Tripoli Operation Will Not Stop
<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">3</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> Libyan National Army (LNA) commander Khalifa Haftar vowed on Thursday that the...
Nigerian Girl, 18, Found Dead In Ghana-must-go Bag
<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">2</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> An 18-year old girl identified as Favour Ogheneyenrowho kidnapped by suspected ritualist...
South Africa judiciary is about to be captured
<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">2</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> The EFF leader has accused politicians including Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin...
African countries: Nigeria,Ghana,Ethiopia and Kenya paying 30 times more for drugs
<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">< 1</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> A new report argues that cheaper medicines are vital for quality...
Amnesty International urges fair Egyptian inquiry into Mursi’s death
<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">< 1</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> Amnesty International urged Egyptian authorities on Monday to investigate the death...
Former Egyptian president Mursi buried in Cairo, son says
<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">< 1</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> Former Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi has been buried alongside other senior...
Boko Haram Triple suicide attack kills at least 30 in Nigeria
<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">< 1</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> At least 30 people have been killed in a triple suicide...
Chad opposition leader arrested in France on crime against humanity charges
<span class="rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time">< 1</span> <span class="rt-label rt-postfix">minutes</span></span> France has arrested a Chadian rebel leader along with two other...