UN seeks aid for Sudan refugees fleeing to Libya, Uganda
The U.N. refugee agency said on Tuesday it is expanding its Sudan aid plan to Libya and Uganda, after a…
Development banks get ratings boost on climate clauses and hybrid bonds
The World Bank and other top development banks got a double boost on Tuesday as Fitch said debt payment freezes…
Central African Republic’s children are world’s most deprived, UNICEF says
The Central African Republic’s three million children are the world’s most deprived, with widespread malnutrition, inadequate healthcare access and instability…
How Burkina Faso’s junta is conscripting critics to fight Islamist rebels
Arouna Loure, a vocal critic of Burkina Faso’s ruling military junta, received a conscription order on Sept. 7 last year…
Sierra Leone outlaws child marriage with new bill
newsSierra Leone officially banned child marriage on Tuesday with President Julius Maada Bio signing into law a bill to end…
2 aid workers killed in the latest violent attack in eastern Congo’s conflict
Two staff members of the foreign aid group Tearfund were killed when their convoy was attacked in eastern Congo, the…
Tunisia to hold presidential election on October 6
Tunisia is set to conduct a presidential election on October 6, as confirmed by President Kais Saied’s office on Tuesday.…
Tear gas fired at anti-government protesters in Kenya
Kenyan police have fired tear gas in the capital, Nairobi, and the coastal city of Mombasa to disperse anti-government protests.In…
Child marriage ban welcomed in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone has brought in a new law banning child marriage with much fanfare at a ceremony organised by First…
The hidden dangers of Zimbabwe’s informal savings clubs
It was two days before Christmas in the low-income neighbourhood of Mabvuku in Zimbabwe’s capital Harare. Music played, people chatted…
Mauritania re-elects President Ghazouani for a second term
Incumbent Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani has won Mauritania’s presidential election, securing a second term, according to the country’s Independent…
South Africa’s Ramaphosa names new cabinet as deadlock broken
South Africa’s president has announced the formation of a new cabinet over a month after elections stripped his African National…
Turkey mediates between Somalia and Ethiopia
Turkey mediated talks between Somalia and Ethiopia on Monday to ease diplomatic tensions between the two African neighbors, according to…
2 Algerian journalists arrested for publishing video showing women protesting
Algerian authorities have arrested two journalists for publishing a video showing businesswomen protesting how they were treated at a government-sponsored…
Cape Town seeks extra time to decide on extension of nuclear plant operations
Cape Town has asked the nuclear regulator for extra time to decide on Koeberg power plant’s request to operate for…
Kenya: Ruto says borrowing only way to plug deficit
Kenyan President William Ruto has said that the country will resort to more borrowing to plug a growing budget deficit…
Israel conscription rule stokes ultra-Orthodox fury
When Israel’s ultra-Orthodox or Haredi Jewish community gathers in force you realise just how large it is.Thousands of men and…
Cairo hosts Egypt-EU investment conference
The Cairo meeting attended by President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi and EU commission Chief Ursula von der Leyen culminated in the…
Mauritanian president comfortably wins re-election
Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani has been re-elected as head of state following Saturday’s national vote, winning comfortably in the…
A World Cup final where history beckons either way
History beckons in Barbados. If India win the T20 World Cup final on Saturday it will secure their first world…