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A military tribunal in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital Kinshasa on Friday sentenced six men to life in prison for murdering Italy’s ambassador in 2021. Public prosecutors had originally sought the death penalty for the six accused calling them members of a “criminal gang”. Luca Attanasio was among three people shot dead on February […]

Nigeria has received $800 million from the World Bank to expand its national social program as it prepares to phase out costly petrol subsidies in June. Africa’s largest economy has allocated 3.36 trillion nairas ($7.3 billion) for petrol subsidies, which will be in effect until mid-2023. However, there are no provisions for the expense beyond […]

South Africa’s government has revoked a national “state of disaster” declared in February to manage a crippling electricity crisis. On February 9, President Cyril Ramaphosa invoked disaster regulations to fight the crisis that included daily rolling power cuts by state utility Eskom due to frequent breakdowns at its ageing coal-fired power stations and years of […]

The government of Zimbabwe has broken the silence around allegations of gold smuggling and money laundering exposed in an Al-Jazeera documentary last month, saying on Tuesday that it will launch an inquiry into the claims. Gold Mafia, a four-part series by the Al Jazeera Investigative Unit (I-Unit), shows among others one of Zimbabwe’s highest-ranking diplomats […]

A convoy of African Union peacekeepers has been hit by an explosion in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, on Monday. Reports suggest that at least three civilians who were in the vicinity lost their lives. According to a local security officer the explosion was caused by a landmine planted near the road. Troops from the African Union […]

Tunisian President Kais Saied appeared in a video posted Monday on his official Facebook page, dismissing “mad” reports over his health following almost two weeks with no public engagements. The North African country’s main opposition coalition had pressed the government earlier to explain Saied’s public “absence”, saying it had information that he was sick. “These […]

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has sent a cable of congratulation to President Macky Sall of Senegal on the anniversary of his country’s Independence Day. Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques expressed his best felicitations and wished the president constant good health and happiness and the government and people of the Republic […]

A first batch of South Sudanese soldiers arrived in Goma, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday, April 2. The group of at least 45 soldiers is joining a regional military force in the region wracked by the M23 rebellion. The seven-nation East African Community (EAC) military force was created last […]

It’s a revenge thriller where a mother turns into a ruthless vigilante, tracking down and drowning a soldier who has killed her baby, in an explosion of violence and jubilation. What might sound like the plot of the latest flick by Quentin Tarantino or another Hollywood auteur is actually the fruit of a partnership between […]

More than 100 migrants and asylum seekers gathered outside a United Nations building in Tunis on Wednesday demanding they be repatriated or transferred to another country because of the harassment they say they have suffered in Tunisia. Most of those gathered were from Sudan and claimed to have been persecuted by Tunisians since president Kais […]

Award winning singer-songwriter Angélique Kidjo won the 2023 Polar Music Prize. Island Records founder Chris Blackwell and composer Arvo Pärt have also won the Swedish music award. They “made such a global impact with their music,” Marie Ledin, the managing director of the annual prize, said in announcing the winners Tuesday, March 28. The award […]

The Amnesty International in its 2022 annual report has disclosed that insecurity, hunger, abuse of human rights undermine countries in Africa. The report titled “Amnesty International Report 2022/23: The State of the World’s Human Rights” revealed the effects of conflicts in many countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. It added that the rights of millions of people to […]

Kenyan police fired tear gas and water cannon at protesters and opposition leader Raila Odinga’s convoy on Monday as he pressed ahead with an anti-government rally despite a ban. The protesters defied a warning by the Inspector General of Police Japhet Koome that the demonstrations in Nairobi and the western city of Kisumu, an Odinga […]

Sudan’s military chief, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, reaffirmed that the army would be placed under the authority of a new civilian-led government as talks on military reforms began on Sunday as part of a lengthy transition to civilian rule. According to Al-Burhan, the process of security and military reform is a long and complicated one […]

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said on Sunday that the United States will increase investment in Africa and help spur economic growth as she began a week long tour of the continent aimed at offering a counter to the influence of rival China. China has invested heavily in Africa in recent decades, including in infrastructure […]

US Vice President, Kamala Harris, starts this Saturday a week-long trip to Africa in what is being seen as the latest attempt at counterbalancing China’s influence. Vice President Harris is expected to visit Ghana, Tanzania and Zambia as she focuses on economic development, climate change, food security and a rising youth population. Harris plans to […]

Tanzanian authorities said Thursday that the pilots of a Precision Air plane that crashed into Lake Victoria in November killing 19 people had ignored automatic alerts about the plane’s dangerous position. Nineteen people were killed on 6 November when the plane, with 43 people on board, plunged into the waters of Africa’s largest lake, triggering […]

Senegal’s President Macky Sall has asked the government on Wednesday to take measures to “preserve public order” after protests over the trial of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko left at least one person dead. Violence has flared in several cities since Sonko’s defamation trial opened on March 16, a case that could make him ineligible to […]

The first major UN conference on water in 45 years got under way on Wednesday in New York with an urgent call to manage the precious resource. In his speech, UN’s secretary-general, António Guterres, stressed the importance of water as key to development. Water is a human right — and a common development denominator to […]