Politics

African Union chairman, Senegalese President Macky Sall has urged Ukraine to remove mines from the port of Odessa to ease grain exports. Mr Sall said this in an interview with French media outlets, RFI and France 24. He added that he had received assurances from President Vladimir Putin that Russia …

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has suspended with immediate effect the head of the country’s anti-corruption agency, Busisiwe Mkhwebane, accused of political bias. In 2019, the country’s highest court ruled that Ms Mkhwebane lied under oath and had acted in bad faith while carrying out some of her investigations. A …

The Eswatini army said those who participated in pro-democracy protests last July will not be enrolled in the military in the ongoing recruitment, the Times of Swaziland website has reported. “It would be wrong to recruit people who would then turn guns against army officers,” a senior army officer is …

Security has been tightened in the Somali capital, Mogadishu and around Aden Adde airport ahead of the inauguration of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Thursday. Main roads in Mogadishu were closed on Wednesday with police deployed in large numbers and armoured vehicles on the streets leading to the presidential palace. …

Three Tanzanian soldiers fighting with the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Monusco) have been injured in clashes against the M23 rebels. The UN force said the three were evacuated to Goma city for treatment after being injured in an attack on one of their positions in Rutshuru …

Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) party on Wednesday appointed former Lagos State Governor Bola Tinubu as its candidate to run for president in elections scheduled for February 2023. President Muhammadu Buhari, who cannot run again because he has served two terms, did not publicly endorse any of the 23 …

Protesters in Tunisia have gathered outside the Palace of Justice in the capital, Tunis, to denounce the defamation of sacked female judges, the BBC reported They are among 57 judges dismissed by President Kais Saied last week after he accused them of corruption and protecting terrorists. Those dismissed have since …

Belgian King Philippe, who is in the Democratic Republic of Congo for a historic visit, said he will initiate the return of items looted during the reign of his ancestor – King Leopold II. King Philippe, Queen Mathilde and members of the Belgian government are on a week-long visit to …

If famine is to be avoided in Somalia the world must first “widen its gaze from the war in Ukraine”, says the UN’s children’s agency Unicef. “An explosion of child death is about to happen in the Horn of Africa,” Unicef Deputy Regional Director Rania Dagash has warned. There were …

South African government announced the arrest of the Gupta brothers on Monday in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at the request of South African justice. South Africa said on Monday the United Arab Emirates had arrested Rajesh Gupta and Atul Gupta, brothers who face charges of political corruption under former …