Politics

UN Secretary General António Guterres is expected in north-east Nigeria, to meet families affected by the Islamist insurgency, local media reported. Mr Guterres is travelling from neighbouring Niger, another country that has been under sustained attacks from jihadist militants, the BBC reports. He is pushing for robust African peace initiatives …

Malian authorities declared they are breaking all defense agreements with France as diplomatic relations between the two countries have deteriorated. They cited multiple violations of Malian sovereignty by French troops and noted a “profound deterioration of the military co-operation with France for some time now”. In a statement by military …

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has urged his deputy William Ruto to step down as relations between the two deteriorate ahead of general elections due in August. President Kenyatta accused Deputy Ruto of not doing enough to help the country deal with the struggling economy, and said he shouldn’t criticize the …

A High court in Sudan reversed a decision dissolving Islamic Call Organization, an organizing and financing arm for the regime that helped to finance Islamist groups including Hamas, Reuters agency reported. This is one more step towards the rehabilitation of the allies of the old regime. Analysts say it is …

In a televised Eid address, Tunisian President Kais Saied announced that he was considering rewriting his country’s constitution. The president said a committee would be established to redraft the existing framework and would conclude its work within days. He did not specify how the constitution would be changed, but said …

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 …