Politics

Former Guinean President Alpha Condé left the country on Monday to travel abroad for a medical check-up, a source close to him said and confirmed by a government official. The military leaders in December said the ex-president would be allowed to travel on medical grounds but could not remain abroad …

Chadian leader Mahamat Idriss Déby has thanked Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani for agreeing to hold peace talks between government and rebel groups. President Déby, who heads Chad’s Transitional Military Council, said that a delegation from Chad was currently in Doha to meet Qatari officials to prepare for …

Somali government spokesperson Mohamed Ibrahim Moalimuu was injured on Sunday in an explosion at a road junction in the capital Mogadishu, police and the national news agency reported. The explosion was set off by a suicide bomber, reports said. The al Qaeda-linked Islamist militant group Al-Shabaab, in comments on its …

The United Nations’ peacekeeping mission in Mali ( MINUSMA) has suspended its flights amid discussions over sanctions that have shut air and land borders to the West African country. “MINUSMA has to temporarily suspend all flights. We are in discussion with our Malian partners on the new mechanism for approving …

The new US special envoy to the Horn of Africa, David Satterfield is expected in Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Ethiopia, the State Department said on Friday, calling on Addis Ababa to help end conflict in the country. The new diplomat will visit the countries with Assistant Secretary Molly Phee. “They …

Unnamed government sources in the UK say plans are being drawn up to send hundreds of migrants to countries such as Ghana and Rwanda for processing and resettlement, the BBC reports quoting The UK Times newspaper. According to The Times, this is one of the populist policies being drawn up …

Former Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita alias IBK died on Sunday following a short illness at the age of 76, his family announced. “President IBK died this morning at 9:00 a.m. (GMT and local) at his home” in the capital, where he lived in retirement, away from public life, a …

The vice president of Democratic Republic of Congo’s parliament Jean-Marc Kabund resigned on Friday over what he described as bullying, humiliation and torture. Kabund, a top ally of President Felix Tshisekedi, quit two days after CCTV footage shared on social media appeared to show members of Tshisekedi’s Republican Guard raiding …

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has left powers in the hands of Vice President Dr Constantino Chiwenga for three weeks, the country’s information ministry said on Friday. This is as the president begins his annual leave on Friday, the ministry has tweeted: HE President @edmnangagwa started his annual leave on 13 …

UN Secretary General António Guterres called on interim Malian President Assimi Goïta to hold elections for the restoration of civilian rule within an acceptable timeline. According to Mr Guterres, it’s “absolutely essential for Mali’s military leaders to announce an acceptable timeline for civilian elections.” He said he was working with …