Mali's interim president Bah Ndaw on Sunday named former Malian foreign minister Moctar Ouane prime minister, opening the way for the country's neighbours to lift sanctions imposed after its August military coup. A civilian premier was the precondition for Ecowas (Economic Community Of West African States) to lift sanctions it...
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Long-awaited Peace Deal in Sudan to Be Signed on 3 October
Key Sudanese parties are set to sign the final peace deal in Juba early next month to cement an initial agreement inked in August, the mediation team confirmed on Thursday. Mr Ruben Malek, the South Sudanese deputy minister of Defense and Veteran Affairs, who is also part of the mediation...
Mnangagwa Decries “Unilateral Illegal Sanctions” in UN Address
Zimbabwe's leader on Thursday appealed at the United Nations for support to end Western sanctions, saying that they set back development goals. In an address to the UN General Assembly, President Emmerson Mnangagwa pointed to a recent UN report that found a negative impact from sanctions on Zimbabwe as a...
Major Set Back in Gambia After New Constitution Rejected
There was an outpouring of anger and consternation on Tuesday after Gambia’s parliament voted to reject a draft constitution, setting back progress on over two years of work. The new constitution in the making is set to replace the 1997 constitution, enacted by former President Yahya Jammeh, which pro-democracy campaigners...
South Africans Vow to Support Semenya, Campaign Against Swiss Court’s Ruling
South African rights groups have vowed to petition the United Nations and African Union over the latest ruling that the country's Olympic 800-metre champion Caster Semenya cannot compete unless she takes hormone-suppressing drugs. Switzerland's Supreme Court last week dismissed Semenya's appeal against a decision by the Court of Arbitration for...
Three Egyptian Police and Four Prisoners Dead In Prison Break
Egypt held military funerals Thursday for three policemen killed as they prevented four convicts on death row from escaping a notorious Cairo prison. The four men convicted to hang on terror charges were shot dead by security forces in the rare escape bid from the heavily-fortified Tora prison complex, the...
Swahili To Be Taught in Botswana’s Schools As Part of Long-Term Economic Strategy
Botswana aims to introduce Swahili language in the southern African country's local schools, a senior official said Tuesday. At a language teaching workshop in Francistown, Botswana's second-largest city, Fidelis Molao, Botswana's Minister of Basic Education, said that Swahili language will be introduced in schools in future. Swahili is a Bantu...
Boko Haram Terrorists Kill Eight Nigerian Soldiers
At least seven soldiers and their commander have been killed in an ambush by Boko Haram terrorists in Nigeria’s northeast, the epicentre of the group’s insurgency. The Nigerian Army on September 21 confirmed the killing of Col Dahiru U Bako, the commander of 25 Task Force Brigade in Damboa in...
Civilian Appointed President by Mali Junta
The Malian junta that seized power in a military coup in August has granted the country’s interim presidency to a civilian, part of conditions set by regional bloc Ecowas. The National Committee for the Salvation of the People (CNSP), led by Col Assimi Goita, announced on Monday that it was...
South Africa’s Strict Lockdown to Be Eased
South Africa, which had one of the world's earliest and strictest lockdowns, has announced a further easing of anti-coronavirus measures. From 20 September an overnight curfew will be reduced, gatherings will be allowed at 50% of a venue's capacity, and restrictions on the sale of alcohol will be eased. "We...