Politics

Rwandan President Paul Kagame says his country will no longer offer refuge to people fleeing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Decades of instability in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo have forced scores of refugees across the border into Rwanda. “This is not Rwanda’s problem,” said …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec), in charge of elections in Nigeria, has warned that it could cancel the general elections if nothing is done to tackle insecurity in the country. The elections are due to be held on 25 February. The body’s chairman Mahmood Yakubu said the commission was …

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to hold a meeting with the National Coronavirus Command Council on Tuesday to discuss the new variant detected in the country this week, local media reported. The new Covid subvariant, known as XBB.1.5, is an offshoot of the globally dominant Omicron Covid variant …

Deemed “non-cooperative” in the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, Cameroon has received a “red card” from the European Commission. Imports of seafood caught in Cameroonian waters or by vessels flying the Cameroonian flag are banned from entering European Union member states. Along with St. Vincent and the Grenadines, …

Burkina Faso no longer benefits from the U.S. law allowing African countries to export to the United States without paying customs duties as a result of the country’s current socio-political situation. Burkina Faso has just been excluded from AGOA. Following the January 2022 coup, the United States had already terminated …

In power since March 2021, Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has just lifted the ban on political meetings that had paralyzed the opposition since 2016. “You are all free to criticize the government,” said the president, who says she is ready to defend democracy and fundamental freedoms. This decision appears …

The Sudanese mineral resources company has announced the production of over 18 tons of gold in 2022 as it as the highest productivity in the history of the mineral sector in Sudan. The 18 tons and 637 kilograms of gold produced in 2022 originated from the production of the organized …

At least nine people were killed and several others injured in simultaneous car bomb attacks in a central Somali town, according to reports. “The blasts occurred near a restaurant not far from a district administration building in Mahas,” according to witnesses. “I saw the dead bodies of nine civilians including …

Joe Biden would be the first U.S. president to visit since Barack Obama went in July 2015 to Kenya and Ethiopia as he planned to visit sub-Saharan Africa. “We’re all going to be seeing you and you’re going to see a lot of us,” Biden told a summit of African leaders. “Some of …

The US President Joe Biden’s message at the Business Forum that brought together political leaders and businessmen in Washington was Africans can count on the United States. Joe Biden listed many of the deals that have been concluded and recalled the major lines of investment for the development of the …