A year after seizing power, Gabon’s General Brice Oligui Nguema appears to have his sights set beyond events starting Thursday to mark the coup’s anniversary and firmly on elections next year.The Central African nation’s new strongman, who deposed president Ali Bongo Ondimba to end the Bongo dynasty’s 55-year rule, has promised to hand power back to …
Mauritania and Spain agreed Wednesday to cooperate to manage migrant flows, during a visit by Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to the West African country as his government faces an upsurge in migrant arrivals.The two countries expressed “their commitment to work together to promote safe, orderly and regular migration” and guarantee “the fair and humane …
Mauritania and Spain pledge cooperation on migrationWed, 28 Aug 2024 11:02:27 GMT Read More »
Victor Osimhen and Ademola Lookman, who are both locked in possible transfer talks away from their Italian clubs, have been called up for next month’s 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Benin and Rwanda.There were also recalls Wednesday for William Ekong, Ola Aina and Taiwo Awoniyi.The Super Eagles open their qualifying campaign for the …
Nigeria pick Osimhen and Lookman for Africa Cup qualifiersWed, 28 Aug 2024 10:32:22 GMT Read More »
Ethiopia said it has more than doubled electricity production from its controversial mega-dam on the Blue Nile after two more turbines started operations.The multi-billion-dollar Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), long a source of tensions with downstream nations Egypt and Sudan, is now generating 1,550 megawatts of electricity, GERD said in a post on X late …
Ethiopia says mega-dam doubles electricity outputWed, 28 Aug 2024 10:05:28 GMT Read More »
One year after a bloodless military coup that overthrew Gabon’s president Ali Bongo Ondimba ending 55 years of family rule, the fate of the former dynasty remains in limbo.Bongo had ruled the oil-rich West African nation since 2009 when he was overthrown by military leaders on August 30, 2023, moments after being proclaimed the winner …
A year since coup, Gabon’s ousted ruling family in limboWed, 28 Aug 2024 05:27:12 GMT Read More »
Spain’s Canary Islands on Wednesday mark 30 years since two young men from Western Sahara arrived on their shores — the first in an ever-growing procession of migrants from Africa.Since then, over 200,000 migrants have landed on the Atlantic archipelago off the northwest coast of Africa after travelling hundreds of kilometres on packed, rickety boats in …
Canary Islands mark 30 years of migrant influxWed, 28 Aug 2024 01:57:21 GMT Read More »
Families of Burkina Faso civilians killed in a massacre have accused the army of exposing them to their jihadist killers by making them leave their village to dig a trench.Armed men carried out the attack in the village of Barsalogho in north-central Burkina Faso on Saturday, killing dozens of civilians and security personnel, local sources …
Gerard walks despondently around his small pharmacy in the centre of Burundi’s main city Bujumbura, surveying the many empty shelves.”Patients are dying due to a lack of access to certain treatments,” says the pharmacist, who is in his 60s.One of the world’s most impoverished nations, Burundi is plagued by crippling shortages of basic necessities — …
‘Life is impossible’: Burundians battle crippling shortagesTue, 27 Aug 2024 03:29:20 GMT Read More »
At least 132 people have died in war-torn Sudan as a result of flooding and heavy rains this year, the health ministry said Monday.The country has experienced an intense rainy season since last month, with intermittent torrential flooding mainly in the country’s north and east. “The total number of affected states is 10, while the number …
At least 132 killed in Sudan flooding: health ministryMon, 26 Aug 2024 19:24:25 GMT Read More »
