Politics

Rwanda is about to enter the closed stable of African natural gas producing countries as authorities announced the country’s plan to produce gas from Lake Kivu from the beginning of 2024. Rwanda has just launched the construction of a methane gas extraction and compression plant for transformation into natural gas …

Angolan Electoral Commission has declared President João Lourenço and his Marxist People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA party) the winners of last week’s national elections. The election commission gave MPLA a 51.17% majority after all votes were counted while its longtime opponent, the National Union for the Total …

Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer called on the European Union on Sunday to “decouple the price of electricity from that of gas” to bring it down, and affirms that this subject is on the table for an upcoming emergency meeting. After six months of war in Ukraine, energy prices in Europe …

Sudanese journalists created the country’s first independent professional union in decades, local media reported. It is a first in Sudan for decades as journalists have come together to create a union. They elected as president a journalist working for the French news agency, AFP. The union has an 1,164 members, …

A man was killed by a lion in the zoo of Accra, Ghana’s capital, after having entered the enclosure of the felines, the government agency in charge of the protection of wild animals said on Monday. “Around noon today, Accra Zoo authorities on routine patrol spotted a middle-aged man who …

João Lourenço, successor to late President José Eduardo dos Santos, is set to be re-elected for a new term and his party, the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), won the legislative elections with 51% of the vote. He won the election without “fanfare or trumpet” as the …

Sudan’s military leader, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, on Thursday announced a major reshuffling of the country’s military leadership, amid political and economic turmoil, Reuters agency reported. The change includes the military’s land forces, operations, and supply heads as well as it’s general inspector. A change to the air force leadership …

Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, European Union has never concealed its support for Ukraine and has even taken sanctions against Russia, which for its part is supported by China. The first European sanctions took place on the eve of the entry of Russian troops in Ukraine. Since …

A toxic gin concoction killed 14 people in north-western Uganda and left others blind, Daily Monitor newspaper reported citing a medical source. All the victims are believed to have consumed a locally manufactured spirit called City 5 Pineapple Flavoured Gin over the weekend in Madi-Okollo district. “These people have now …

The National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) visited the 49 Ivorian soldiers arrested in Bamako on July 10 and was able to observe the state in which they are being held. For the past two weeks, the 49 Ivorian soldiers arrested in Bamako, Mali, have been held in custody. Charged with …