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February 07, 2024
Ghana's Ruling Party Candidate for President Kicks Off His Campaign

ACCRA - Ghana's Vice President Mahamadu Bawumia said he was ready to lead the nation in a campaign launch speech on Wednesday, pledging to revive the battered economy, fight graft, and boost the private sector if elected president in December.
February 07, 2024
Ghana LGBTQ+ Activists See Church Blessings as Distant Luxury When Community is Unsafe

In a country where religious leaders openly condemn homosexuality, and gay sex is punishable with jail time, a Ghanaian LGBTQ+ couple say they fear more for their lives and safety than whether a church will bless their clandestine same-sex union.
February 07, 2024
Zimbabwe Abolishes Death Penalty

HARARE - Zimbabwe's cabinet on Tuesday agreed to abolish the death penalty following months of debate in parliament, choosing instead to impose lengthy prison sentences for the worst offences.
February 07, 2024
Zimbabwe Boosts Grain Production With No Till Farming

HARARE - Zimbabwe expects to harvest 2.28 million metric tons of maize this year, enough to meet its annual consumption, due to the promotion of farming practices aimed at reducing the impact of climate change, such as no till farming and water harvesting.
February 07, 2024
South Africa Inspired by Morocco Victory Ahead of AFCON Semifinals

BOUAKE — Hugo Broos, the coach for South Africa’s Bafana Bafana, on Tuesday addressed a press conference where he said his team will draw inspiration from their quarterfinals win against Morocco’s Atlas Lions, as they prepare for their Africa Cup of Nations semifinals clash against Nigeria’s Super Eagles.
February 06, 2024
Hamas Gives Positive Response to Cease-fire Plan, says Qatar

DOHA, Qatar — Key mediator Qatar says Hamas’ response to the latest plan for a cease-fire in Gaza and the release of hostages was “generally positive.” But in its own statement, the militant group reiterated its demand for an end to the war, something Israel has thus far ruled out.
February 06, 2024
Former Egyptian Presidential Candidate Convicted of Forgery

CAIRO - Former Egyptian presidential candidate Ahmed Tantawy was found guilty on Tuesday of forging election documents and ordered to pay a fine, four security and judiciary sources said.
February 06, 2024
10 Dead After Somalia Blasts, Mogadishu Residents Say

MOGADISHU — Several blasts at a popular open-air market in Somalia's capital Mogadishu killed at least 10 people and left many others injured on Tuesday, residents said.
February 06, 2024
Nigeria May Play AFCON Semifinal Without Osimhen, Officials Say

ABIDJAN— Nigerian football officials on Tuesday said they doubt that Victor Osimhen, the 2023 CAF African Footballer of the Year, will play in the semifinals of the 2023 Africa Cup Nations due to a stomach complaint.
February 05, 2024
Rising Costs and Decreasing Demand Threaten South Africa's Platinum Mines

CAPE TOWN - Restructuring of South Africa's platinum group metals (PGM) industry in response to rising costs and falling prices could result in between 4,000 and 7,000 job cuts, the country's Minerals Council said on Monday.
February 05, 2024
Sudanese Paramilitary Group Brings Down Nationwide Telecoms Network, Say Sources

CAIRO — Communications were down for most Sudanese on Monday in what two telecoms sector sources and the army-aligned state news agency said was a deliberate move by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces who are battling the military.
February 05, 2024
US Development Finance Agency Boosts DRC Funding

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA — The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, DFC, said it was scaling up financing and guarantees for mining projects in Democratic Republic of Congo, to help de-risk and unlock private sector investment in the world's top cobalt producer.
February 04, 2024
Weekend Clashes in Abyei Region Leave 40 Dead

JUBA - About 40 people, many of them civilians, have been killed in violence in a disputed area on South Sudan's border with Sudan over the weekend and hundreds have sought refuge in a U.N. peacekeepers' compound, a government official said on Monday.
February 04, 2024
Kidnapped Students and Teachers Freed in Nigeria

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria - Six Nigerian students and three teachers kidnapped by gunmen while returning from a school trip last week were freed on Sunday but their driver had been killed, the state government said.
February 04, 2024
DRC Security Agents Abduct Seven Activists, Says Youth Group

KINSHASA - Suspected agents of the National Intelligence Agency (ANR) abducted seven youth activists at a peaceful rally in Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday, a youth group said.
February 02, 2024
Fighting Between South Sudan Herders Kills 39

JUBA — Fighting between herders from two neighboring states in central South Sudan has killed at least 39 people, officials said, blaming the violence on protracted land disputes.
February 02, 2024
People Are Dying of Starvation in Sudan, WFP Reports

DUBAI — The U.N. World Food Programme, WFP, on Friday said it was receiving reports of people dying of starvation in Sudan and that the number of hungry people has doubled over the past year as ongoing conflict in the nation has cut off civilians from aid.
February 02, 2024
IMF, Egypt Agree on Key Policy Components of Policy Reform Program

CAIRO — The International Monetary Fund said on Thursday it had agreed with Egypt on the key policy components of an economic reform program, in a further sign that a final deal to augment the country's $3 billion loan is nearing completion.
February 02, 2024
Kenya Gas Truck Explosion Kills 3 People, Injures 300

NAIROBI — A gas truck exploded in Kenya's capital Nairobi, sending a huge fireball into the night sky and causing a blaze that killed at least three people and injured 300, authorities and first responders said on Friday.
February 01, 2024
Algeria Drafts UN Security Council Resolution Demanding Israel, Hamas Cease-Fire

UNITED NATIONS — Algeria has drafted a U.N. Security Council resolution to demand an immediate humanitarian cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, a move that the United States - a council veto power - opposes because it says it would only benefit the Palestinian militant group.

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