Africa

European Union said on Thursday it would provide additional support to an African military mission in Mozambique, as Islamist attacks threaten gas projects meant to reduce the bloc’s reliance on Russian energy, Reuters reported. The EU is hunting alternative sources of energy since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine and Mozambique has …

Nigerian Customs Service intercepted 7,000 donkey penises, which were heading for Hong Kong at Murtala Muhammed Airport, local media reported quoting Sambo Dangaladima, the customs controller at the airport. “The animal parts were packed in 16 sacks found in the animal export section,” said Sambo Dangaladima. He said the smell …

British police announced the arrest of a 40-year-old man for alleged war crimes he committed during Liberia’s civil wars which began in 1989 and ended in 2007. He was arrested during a raid on a home in the city of Newcastle on suspicion of committing offences contrary to the International …

German soldiers from the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (Minusma) resumed reconnaissance operations outside Gao on Tuesday. German troops are present in Gao, where they help protect the airport, and conduct reconnaissance flights to ensure the safety of their patrols. But in recent weeks, relations between Mali …

The African Union Peace and Security Council has called on illegal holders of small arms and light weapons to hand them over to national authorities without prosecution, with the aim of ending wars in Africa by 2030. “By 2030, we must succeed in silencing the guns on the continent. This message …

Burundi’s president Évariste Ndayishimiye has sacked Prime Minister Alain Guillaume Bunyoni days after he claimed unnamed “powerful people” were plotting a coup against him, media reported. In a unanimous vote in parliament on Wednesday morning, all 113 ruling MPs voted in favour of President Évariste Ndayishimiye’s proposal to dismiss Mr …

Burkina Faso’s transitional president, Lt. Col. Damiba, met with former leader Blaise Compaoré in Abidjan, the Ivorian economic capital, as part of his visit to the country led by Alassane Ouattara. After being received by the Ivorian head of state Alassane Ouattara on Monday, September 5, Colonel Damiba took advantage …

Cameroonian authorities have granted the Chinese mining giant Sinosteel Corporation, the very first license to exploit an iron deposit, indicates a document signed by President Paul Biya. According to the document, the Chinese firm will have to pay the State FCFA 22.9 billion in annual revenues. Cameroon is paving the …

At least 15 people, mostly women and children, have died in Uganda after heavy rains caused landslides in Kasese in the west of the country. A spokesperson for the Uganda Red Cross says the landslides in Rukoki injured six people. The floodwaters also washed away some houses and an as …

A Moroccan parliamentary group has proposed a bill that would see women granted paid menstrual leave days. If made law, the country would be the second in Africa, after Zambia, to grant women menstrual leave. In what would be a first for the Middle East-North Africa region, the proposal by …