Africa

Burundian President Évariste Ndayishimiye has dismissed Commerce Minister Capitoline Niyonizigiye, accused of “undermining government’s aspirations and orientations…and for tarnishing the image of Burundi”. Iwacu news website tweeted a photo of the minister: Capitoline Niyonizigiye, ministre du Commerce, destituée https://t.co/wWmLtBKysc pic.twitter.com/T5koPOswfD— IWACU Burundi (@iwacuinfo) November 18, 2021 Ms Niyonizigiye is the …

As part of his official visit in Africa, the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken met Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari in the presidential palace in Abuja on Thursday. Mr Blinken and the Nigerian president discussed issues including human rights, democracy and security as well as climate change. Mr Buhari expressed …

Sudanese authorities have restored the internet nearly a month since it was suspended after the military deposed the civilian-led transitional government. All telecommunications companies had their internet services restored on Thursday. A court had ordered the country’s three main telecom companies to restore the internet on 9 November, but the …

Gambian President Adama Barrow threatened opponent Mamma Kandeh with legal action for playing audio recordings of exiled ex-ruler Yahya Jammeh as the country prepares for national elections on 04 December. Adama Barrow, who had already won the presidential elections in 2016, is still running for the supreme office, against five …

The Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi has appointed Amade Miquidade, an interior minister recently sacked as the country’s high commissioner to Rwanda. Amade Miquidade was dismissed from office last week and was replaced by the country’s first woman interior minister, Arsenia Massingue, two days later. Before his dismissal, he was one …

Fans of the Nigerian popular music group P-Square are expressing their excitement over news that the two brothers who started it nearly two decades ago and then fell out may have reconciled. The duo comprising twin brothers Peter and Paul Okoye fell out over family feuds, and went their separate …

Outgoing prisons boss, Wycliffe Ogallo, Kamiti maximum prison warden Charles Mutembei and his deputy were arrested on Wednesday by officers from the Kenya Anti-Terrorism Police Unit (ATPU). The arrests came just hours after President Kenyatta sacked General Ogallo and replaced him with Brigadier (RTD) John Warioba, and just two days …

Nigerian railway workers have started a three-day strike, launched by the Nigeria Union of Railway Workers (NUR), to push the government to improve their living and working conditions. The strike is likely to disrupt services in some of the busy stations, including the railway line that links the northern Kaduna …

At least 21 people were killed Tuesday night during an attack led by gunmen on motorbikes in the north-western Nigerian state of Sokoto on several villages in Sabon Birni area. The state’s police spokesperson, Sanusi Abubakar, confirmed the killings but said they were still gathering details. According to villagers, the …

Doctors in Sudan have accused the security forces for shooting dead fourteen people who were demonstrating against the recent military takeover. Thousands of Sudanese were in the streets to denounce the military coup and call for civilian rule. Doctors in the capital Khartoum say tear gas has been fired inside …