Politics

Citizen movements and civil society, including Lucha, declared a two-day general strike on Monday 26 and Tuesday 27 September to denounce the authorities’ inability to deal with the M23 rebels. Organizers of the protest said the aim was to urge the authorities to react against the presence of M23 rebels …

Nigerien authorities announced temporarily suspension of oil products deliveries to Mali except for the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali (MINUSMA), Reuters reported. Niger said in a statement that it would also revoke authorizations already issued, but did not specify the reasons for the suspension. This decision echoes the tensions …

Kenyan President William Ruto on Tuesday appointed former central bank governor Njuguna Ndung’u as the new finance minister. Ndung’u, a professor of Economics, worked as the Central Bank of Kenya Governor between 2007 and 2015. He stepped down in March 2015 after serving the maximum of two four-year terms. Ndung’u, …

South African former President Jacob Zuma is not ruling out a political comeback after he was forced to resign in 2018 amid a storm of corruption allegations. The former president who was accused of placing the interests of corrupt associates ahead of those of his country, said he was approached …

Chinese authorities have given their support to Algeria after its application to join the group of emerging countries Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS). It comes after a meeting between the Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs and his Algerian counterpart, on the sidelines of the 77th General Assembly …

Nigeria’s National Human Rights Commission demanded the dismissal and prosecution of a number of police officers for torture, extrajudicial executions and unlawful detention. It comes after the committee’s investigations into police abuse against people protesting against police brutality in 2020. The panel headed by a senior judge, Sulaiman Galadima, ordered …

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Ghana said though the country has made progress in the use of contraceptives since 1988, the rate of growth is slow, at less than one per cent a year. According to the agency, among married women, the use of modern contraceptives had increased …

At least 13 people including seven children died in a shooting at a school in Izhevsk, a city of 650,000 inhabitants in central Russia, the Russian investigative committee announced on Monday, according to which the assailant committed suicide. “The unidentified suspect was wearing a black Nazi symbolism sweater and a …

Kenya’s new president, William Ruto, said in an interview that his country is ready to buy fuel from Russia, the BBC reported. Several countries have refused to engage with Moscow since the invasion of Ukraine but Mr Ruto said he’s considering all available options, the report said. “I am now …

An explosion near a mosque in the Afghan capital, Kabul, killed 14 people and injured others as worshipers finished their Friday prayers. “A bomb blast occurred on a road bordering the Wazir Akbar Khan mosque, which is frequented by senior Taliban officials,” stated Khalid Zadran. The attack killed fourteen people, …