Africa

Rwandan President Paul Kagame and his counterpart Felix Tshisekedi are to meet in Angola as diplomatic relations between the two countries deteriorate. The presidents expected in the Angolan capital, Luanda, will meet on Wednesday and try to resolve the crisis in eastern DR Congo, the Angolan presidency said in a …

Authorities in Nigeria’s central state of Niger have suspended all mining activities in the region amid mounting cases of kidnappings. It comes days after gunmen launched a devastating attack on a mining site, kidnapping at least four Chinese miners and killing over 20 members of the Nigerian security forces, the …

A haul of heroin hidden inside packs of baby food has been intercepted at Lagos’ main airport, according to police. Three suspects have been arrested in connection with smuggling 23kg (50lb) of the drug on a South African Airways from Johannesburg, said National Drug Law Enforcement Agency spokesman Femi Babafemi …

Heads of state of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) lifted tough sanctions imposed on Mali following two coups in the West African country. Ecowas leaders met in the Ghanaian capital, Accra and accepted a proposal by Malian military leaders to hold elections and return to civilian rule …

Sadok Belaid, head of the constitutional project drawn up by President Kais Saied rejects the president’s plan, saying it is dangerous for the country. Belaid, who oversaw Tunisia’s draft new constitution, said some chapters could pave the way for dictatorial rule. Tasked by President Kais Saied with overhauling Tunisia’s constitution, …

The Central African Republic government is launching its cryptocurrency hub it named Sango, nearly three months after adopting Bitcoin as one of its official currencies. President Faustin Archange Touadéra launched the hub on Sunday in a live announcement on social networks. The name “Sango” is in one of the country’s …

Two women died in shark attack while swimming in the Egyptian Red Sea, the country’s Ministry of Environment said on Sunday. Authorities discovered the body of a Romanian tourist in her 40s hours after an attack that left a 68-year-old Austrian woman dead, two sources told Reuters According to the …

Six people have been sentenced to death in the Nigerian Muslim state of Bauchi and neighboring Plateau state, in two separate cases. In the mainly Muslim state of Bauchi, an upper Sharia court sentenced three men to death by stoning after they were found guilty of homosexual acts against children. …

Tunisian President Kais Saied released details of the new constitutional draft that would significantly expand his powers, local media reported. Written by a commission whose members he himself appointed, the draft Constitution is cut, unsurprisingly, for Kaïs Saïed. Under the proposals, most political power would be exercised by the president. …

Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, tempered comments he made last week following the deaths of at least 23 migrants on the border between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla, the BBC reported. He told a Spanish online newspaper (La Sexta) that he had not seen pictures of corpses at …