Politics

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will make a state visit to Britain, Buckingham Palace said on Monday. It is President Ramaphosa’s first such visit to the UK since King Charles succeeded his late mother Queen Elizabeth last month. “President Ramaphosa and his wife, Tshepo Motsepe, have accepted an invitation from …

Somali government announced that a co-founder and senior al-Shabab militant, Abdullahi Nadir, was killed on Saturday in the southern Middle Jubba region. The Somali information ministry said that Nadir was the head of al-Shabab’s religious propagation unit and was the subject of a $3m (£2.7m) US bounty. It added that …

Burkina Faso’s security forces announced on national television the overthrow of military leader Lt. Col. Paul-Henri Damiba, months after the latter overthrew former President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré. Ibrahim Traore, the new coup leader cited Lt Col “Damiba’s inability to deal with an Islamist insurgency” as the reason. He also …

The United States has just made a solemn appeal to China and India, asking them to increase pressure on Russia not to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine. Vladimir Putin ratifies this Friday the annexation of the 4 Ukrainian regions to Russia following the referendums organized by the pro-Russian authorities. This …

Queen Elizabeth II died of “old age”, according to her death certificate, which has been released by the National Records of Scotland. The certificate records the Queen died at 15:10 on 8 September in Balmoral Castle, at the age of 96. Princess Anne is recorded as the person providing the …

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday his country was formally applying for fast-track membership of the NATO military alliance. “We are taking our decisive step by signing Ukraine’s application for accelerated accession to NATO,” Zelensky said in a video on Telegram. He added that Kyiv was ready for talks …

A Chinese national, who allegedly slashed the throat of his Ghanaian employee at Kweikuma in the Sekondi-Takoradi municipality of the Western Region, has been arrested, local media reported. The suspect, identified as Xue Hue, is expected to make a court appearance today, September 30, 2022, to face justice. The victim, …

Many reports from local media in Burkina Faso and regional experts are pointing to a coup attempt. Heavy gunfire was reported near the main military camp in the capital Ouagadougou, and the state broadcaster, La Radiodiffusion Télévision du Burkina, has suspended transmission. There has been confusion amid the gunfire at …

Kenyan new President William Ruto instructed the finance ministry on Thursday to cut 300 billion shillings ($2.5 billion) from annual government spending this year, to bring the country “back to sanity”. President Ruto appointed his cabinet on Tuesday, naming former central bank governor Njuguna Ndung’u as finance minister to navigate …

Former Zambian president Edgar Lungu said he is ready to face the law as his former government officials and family members, have been subjects of investigation for crimes allegedly committed when he was president. He was particularly displeased that state investigators on Thursday went to a piece of land that …