Colonel Malick Diaw elected head of Mali interim legislature
Mali’s interim legislature on Saturday elected Colonel Malick Diaw, a member of the military junta that toppled president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita in August, as its...
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African environment ministers support green recovery plan
Ministers of Environment from Africa on Friday agreed to support a comprehensive green recovery plan to boost economies and social systems aimed at building back...
Donald Trump withdraws American troops from Somalia
U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered the withdrawal of majority of American troops from Somalia, the Department of Defence said on Friday. In a statement,...
Lagos-Ibadan rail line to begin operation ahead commissioning in January
President Muhammadu Buhari will commission the newly constructed Lagos-Ibadan rail line by January 2021. The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, disclosed this on Thursday in...
Ousted Ivory Coast president plans to return home this month: lawyer
Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo, who was forced from power after losing elections 10 years ago, has obtained a new passport and plans to...
Bangladesh ships Rohingya refugees to remote island despite protests
More than 1,600 Rohingya refugees sailed on Friday from Bangladesh’s southern port of Chittagong for the remote island of Bhasan Char in the Bay of...
United Nations, Ethiopia reach aid pact for war-hit Tigray
Ethiopia and the United Nations reached an agreement on Wednesday to channel desperately needed humanitarian aid to a northern region where a month of war...
Somalia recalls ambassador to Kenya in row over alleged political interference
The Horn of Africa has once again experienced renewed tensions this weekend. Somalia decided to recall its ambassador to Nairobi and expel the Kenyan ambassador....
Eswatini premier transferred to South Africa for coronavirus treatment
The prime minister of Eswatini, Africa’s last absolute monarchy, has been taken to South Africa for treatment more than two weeks after he contracted Covid-19,...
Sudan, U.S. discuss arrangements to remove Sudan from terror sponsors list
Chairman of Sudan’s Sovereignty Council Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday discussed arrangements about removing Sudan from the list...