Africa

Seventeen people died on Tuesday in a collision involving a goods truck and a 70-seater coach on the Duékoué-Daloa road in western Ivory Coast, the Ivorian Ministry of Transport announced. The provisional toll is seventeen (17) killed and several injured taken care of by the emergency services, before being evacuated …

The Théâtre de l’Opéra de Tunis (Cité de la Culture) hosted the opening ceremony of the 10th Journées Musicales de Carthage (JMC) on Saturday evening. This tenth edition, under the direction of artist Dorsaf Hamdani, runs from January 18 to 24, 2025. The opening ceremony featured the Italian group Ars …

Three people, including a young child, were confirmed dead when a passenger boat from Port Harcourt to Bonny in Rivers State, Nigeria, capsized on Sunday evening. According to reports, the incident was caused by a storm at an area called Yellow Platform near Bonny Island. The boat was said to …

At least 98 people have died following the explosion of a tanker truck in north-central Nigeria, according to reports. The blast happened in the early hours of Saturday near the Suleja area of Niger state after individuals attempted to transfer gasoline from a crashed oil tanker into another truck using …

Togo is considering the possibility of joining the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), as indicated by the Togolese Minister of Foreign Affairs. Asked about potential membership of the Sahel States Alliance, Minister Robert Dussey said, “It’s the decision of the President of the Republic”, adding that he believes “it’s not …

The World Health Organization has announced nine suspected cases, including eight deaths, of Marburg virus disease in the Kagera region, in the northwest of the country. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the risk of spread in Tanzania is high, following the discovery of several cases of Marburg virus …

A few days after sanctioning the paramilitary leader, the United States announced sanctions against the head of the Sudanese army, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, on Thursday January 16,while regretting that Washington’s efforts had failed to bring an end to the conflict ravaging this East African country. “Taken together, these sanctions …

A total of 31,404 migrants were expelled by Algeria to Niger last year, a figure that is well up on the 26,000 migrants in 2023, according to the annual report by the NGO Alarme Phone Sahara. The organization also denounces the inhumane conditions in which expulsions take place. Migrants are …

A 36-year-old farmer was killed after murdering his six-year-old son at Antwirifo in the Dormaa Central Municipality of the Bono Region, Ghana. Residents of Antwirifo in the Dormaa Central Municipality are in shock following the tragic incident. According to reports,” the man asked his wife to cook rice for him. …

Three Chinese citizens were sentenced to 7 years in prison and ordered to pay $600,000 in fines for illegally exploiting mineral resources in Congo, according to reports. The ruling marks the first time foreign mineral brokers have been convicted for unauthorized mineral exploitation in the DRC without authorization from Congolese …