Politics

Cameroonians mourn one of Africa’s most important kings, who died Monday in Paris after reigning for 29 years over the kingdom of Bamoun, in northwestern Cameroon. El-Hadj Ibrahim Mbombo Njoya, 84-year-old, was a politician and served as a government minister and an overseas ambassador several times between 1960 and 1990 …

Army officials in Nigeria say 17 members of the security forces and two civilians have been killed in series of attacks by criminal gangs in the north-west of the country. According to the authorities, the gunmen raided five towns and set fire to a number of military camps in the …

Filsan Ahmed, the Ethiopian minister in charge of women, children and youth has resigned, citing reasons of a personal nature that weigh heavily on her personal conscience. On Twitter, Filsan Ahmed announced that she has resigned and that she took the decision after discussing “national and international issues” with Prime …

Billboards with large portraits of Liberian President George Weah are being lined up on the streets of the capital Monrovia, ahead of his 55th birthday on 1 October. The billboards being erected by the Monrovia City Council are currently all over central Monrovia and other parts of the city. It’s …

A major security device was deployed this Sunday in the Tunisian capital, in anticipation of the organization of two demonstrations. The first is held in protest against the exceptional measures of President Kaïs Saïed, while the second supports his approach. According to information from the Anadolu agency, the anti-Saïed demonstration …

The Rwandan President Paul Kagame has visited the Rwandan troops which are backing the Mozambican forces to fight terrorists in the country. Paul Kagame has offered to keep Rwandan forces in Cabo Delgado if they’ll be needed as internally displaced people are resettled, BBC News reports. Rwandan forces have made …

The South African former President Jacob Zuma is back home after he was discharged from hospital, local media report, where he is expected to serve the rest of his jail term for contempt of court. He spent his first night at his Nkandla home in KwaZulu-Natal after his release from …

They are more than 70 people to be arrested in Burkina Faso in connection with money laundering and the funding of armed groups. The detainees are accused of being involved with fuel trafficking in areas where jihadist groups are active. Read also: “Britain’s non-recognition of Africa-administered vaccines is regrettable”, AU …

The Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has told the United Nation’s General Assembly that his government remains committed to fulfilling its human rights obligations in accordance with Uganda’s constitution and international law amid growing concerns of human rights abuses in the country. Mr Museveni who addressed the 76th Session of the …

Nigerian police say they have arrested three people suspected of being behind the kidnapping of more than 100 students in Kaduna state. According to police spokesperson Frank Mba, those arrested are among 50 suspects believed to be members of different gangs operating in north-west and central Nigeria. Armed men on …