Politics

At least six soldiers died in a rebel attack on a military outpost in southeastern Central African Republic, a local official and a hospital director said on Friday. According to a local government official, members of an alliance of armed groups known as the Coalition of Patriots for Change (CPC) …

Several African Presidents and other world dignitaries are in Kenya to pay their last respects to former President Mwai Kibaki, who died last week at the age of 90. The South African Cyril Ramaphosa, as well as the South Sudanese Salva Kiir and the Ethiopian Sahle-Work Zewde confirmed their presence. …

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made a fresh request to address African Union (AU) heads of state, African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki said. In a tweet, Mr Faki said he received the request during a call with Ukraine’s foreign minister. I received a call from #Ukraine foreign minister @DymytroKuleba. He …

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has warned diplomats against any possible interference in the upcoming elections scheduled for February 2023. He issued the warning on Thursday, during an Iftar dinner with the diplomatic corps at the president’s residence in the capital, Abuja. “As Nigeria goes through this trajectory, I urge our …

Authorities in the Chinese city of Beijing have closed most schools following the detection of new cases of covid-19 which continues to wreak havoc in the country. After Shanghai, Beijing, the Chinese capital, which is on high alert against the “Omicron” variant. Since the beginning of the week, 22 million …

Somali lawmakers elected Sheikh Adan Mohamed Nur as the new president on Thursday, in a vote delayed due to disagreements over who would be in charge of security at the polling place. Sheikh Adan Mohamed Nur was declared winner in a vote overseen by Abdisalan Liban Dhabancad, parliament’s interim speaker. …

Authorities in the Central African Republic adopted the Bitcoin cryptocurrency as an official currency on Wednesday, Reuters reported, citing the presidency. The country then becomes the first in Africa and only the second in the world to do so. Despite rich reserves of gold and diamonds, Central African Republic is …

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has sent a powerful message to rebel groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo, urging them to lay down their arms and work with the government “to foster peace and stability”. The representatives of armed groups are meeting in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, for direct talks with …

Prominent Sudanese politician and former Cabinet minister, Khalid Omer Yousif, was released on bail on Tuesday, a lawyer on his defense team said. Mr Yousif and other politicians were arrested in February after a coup by the military leaders who shared power with the civilian coalition they are part of, …

Mali has accused the French army of “spying” after it used a drone to film footage, which purported to show soldiers burying bodies near a military base that was recently returned by France. The military-dominated government in Mali said the images were false, and intended to accuse the Malian military …