Africa

UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed has visited areas affected by the civil war between government and allied forces and Tigray rebels in Ethiopia’s Amhara region, the BBC reports. Ms Mohammed on Sunday visited a mass grave and the state broadcaster Fana tweeted photos: #Ethiopia: #UN Deputy Secretary-General witnesses mass grave, …

The Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni has lifted an almost two-year curfew affecting motorcycle taxis popularly known in the country as boda bodas. Boda bodas have been banned from operating between 7:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. local time since March 2020, when coronavirus cases in the country began to rise. The …

At least 160 migrants attempting to reach Italy have been rescued off the Tunisian coast, the Tunisian navy said. The rescue took place off the coast near Sfax in the south-east. Most of the migrants are Tunisians and children were also among them, the navy said. Last year more than …

Senegalese President Macky Sall has declared Monday a public holiday to celebrate the national football team’s win at the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON 2021). The president, who was outside the country, cancelled the last leg of his trip to welcome back the football stars to Senegal on Monday. President …

Senegal’s Teranga Lions roared the loudest at Olympia Stadium in Cameroon to bag their first-ever Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) title after defeating Egypt’s Pharaohs 4-2 on post-match penalties on Sunday evening. Sadio Mane converted the decisive post-match penalty after a goalless extra-time to erase demons of his fourth minute …

The European Union (EU) on Friday imposed severe sanctions on Mali’s prime minister and four other members of interim President Assimi Goita’s inner circle. The travel bans and asset freezes affected five people. Among them are the senior military commanders who overthrew former Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita in August …

Four men in Nigeria have been charged with the murder a 20-year-old woman in a suspected ritual killing case that has shocked the country. But the men, aged between 18 and 20, were not asked to enter a plea during their first court appearance on Thursday in south-western Ogun state, …

Prayers are done this Friday in all mosques in Morocco in the hope of bringing rain to the drought-stricken Maghreb country, the Islamic Affairs Ministry announced. On the orders of King Mohammed VI, “the invocation of God for the request for rain” will take place in all mosques, the ministry …

The group that led protests in the uprising that toppled Sudan’s former President Omar al-Bashir said on Friday it was refusing to meet with Volker Perthes, the UN Special Representative to Sudan, Reuters agency reports. In a statement on Twitter, the Sudanese Professionals Association announces its refusal to meet Mr. …

South African laboratory Afrigen Biologics said on Thursday it had used the publicly available sequence of Moderna Inc’s COVID-19 mRNA vaccine to create its own version of the vaccine. According to the Director of the society, Petro Terblanche, the vaccine could be tested in humans before the end of this …