The escalating conflict in Democratic Republic of Congo will dominate an African Union summit opening Saturday, with the DRC president absent after Rwandan-backed forces seized a second major city on his territory.The 55-nation body meets in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa as Africa faces devastating conflicts in the DRC and Sudan — as well as …
Engineer turned social entrepreneur Sabri Cheriha hunches over a washing machine at a small depot in a suburb of Tunisia’s capital, the unassuming home of a startup he launched to tackle the country’s mounting electronic waste problem.Cheriha said there were currently about eight million household appliances and nine million cellphones in use across Tunisia, but …
Tunisian startup takes on e-waste challengeFri, 14 Feb 2025 20:03:15 GMT Read More »
M23 fighters and Rwandan troops entered the DR Congo provincial capital of Bukavu on Friday, security and humanitarian sources said.The fighters and their Rwandan allies entered the eastern city of around one million people, the capital of South Kivu province, meeting virtually no resistance after having seized the region’s main airport, the sources said.Congolese President …
M23 fighters on Friday pushed on towards another regional capital in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, prompting shops and businesses to close and frightened civilians to flee, as African leaders urged an immediate ceasefire in the escalating conflict.Congolese President Felix Tshishekedi slammed what he said were neighbouring Rwanda’s “expansionist ambitions” in the vast mineral-rich region, …
Fears of attack mount in Bukavu as M23 seize key airportFri, 14 Feb 2025 17:21:29 GMT Read More »
An appeals court in Ivory Coast on Friday confirmed the life jail terms for four accomplices of a 2016 jihadist attack at Grand-Bassam.The quartet’s lawyers said they would make a further appeal to the Court of Cassation after the verdicts were confirmed for aiding assailants in the March 13, 2016 massacre which left 19 dead, …
The late Namibian president Sam Nujoma, who died last week aged 95, will be laid to rest in a state funeral in March, the government said on Friday. Nujoma, a guerrilla leader, was the country’s first president after it won independence from South Africa in 1990. He will be buried on Saturday March 1 at the National …
Namibia’s independence leader to be buried next monthFri, 14 Feb 2025 15:44:53 GMT Read More »
M23 fighters on Friday seized the airport serving Bukavu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, just as African leaders gathered for crisis talks on the escalating crisis.Violence in the restive region has sparked fears of a wider conflict, as a number of neighbouring countries already have a military presence on the ground.The capture of the …
Dozens of mpox patients being treated in hospital isolation units in Goma have fled for their lives as violence engulfs the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the WHO said Friday.Meanwhile the UN refugee agency warned that hundreds of thousands of civilians were fleeing to areas beyond the reach of humanitarian aid, after shelters for displaced …
Mpox patients fleeing Goma hospitals in DRC violenceFri, 14 Feb 2025 14:24:18 GMT Read More »
US President Donald Trump inked plans Thursday for sweeping “reciprocal tariffs” that could hit both allies and competitors, in a dramatic escalation of an international trade war that economists warn could fuel inflation at home.Since taking office, Trump has announced a broad range of tariffs targeting some of America’s biggest trading partners, arguing that they …
US President Donald Trump announced plans Thursday for sweeping “reciprocal tariffs” hitting both allies and competitors, in a dramatic escalation of an international trade war that economists warn could fuel inflation at home.Speaking in the Oval Office, Trump said he had decided to impose the reciprocal duties, telling reporters that US allies were often “worse …
