The UN and the US have urged Ethiopian troops and regional Tigrayan forces to restore a humanitarian truce after fresh fighting broke out for the first time in several months. The chair of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has also called for “immediate cessation of hostilities” and urged …
Read More »Morocco: wildfires continue to wreak havoc
Morocco is affected by wildfires which reached their climax since July and another fire broke out in the city of Ifrane on Monday August 22. According to several sources, the firefighters were mobilized in large numbers to overcome these fires particularly intense, but remained powerless. Thus, while they were initially …
Read More »Two Ethiopian Airlines pilots fall asleep and miss the airport
Two Ethiopian Airlines pilots fell asleep and missed the airport as the Boeing 737-800 they were driving was en route from Khartoum, the Sudanese capital, to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, according to a report by the Aviation Herald aviation news site When the plane was supposed to begin its descent to …
Read More »“Ukraine is not ready to negotiate a ceasefire with Russia” – President Zelensky
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said at a press conference that the conditions were not met to negotiate a ceasefire with Moscow. Six months after the start of the war, peace is not on the agenda. “At the point where we are, we are not ready for a ceasefire. We have …
Read More »Cameroon: authorities close 30 gold mines for particular reason
Cameroonian authorities sealed off at least 30 gold mines in the country due to the death of more than 30 young miners in landslides in August. In this period of heavy rainfall in Cameroon, the risk of landslides is high. This is what happened a few weeks ago with the …
Read More »Nigeria: Buhari’s reaction after killing of prominent Islamic cleric
Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari condemned the killing of Sheikh Goni Aisami, a prominent Islamic cleric last weekend in the north eastern state of Yobe, local media reported. President Buhari described the attack on the cleric as an “unprovoked and cold-blooded murder”. Sheikh Aisami was reportedly shot dead by a soldier …
Read More »Tanzania: senior official sacked for posts on social media
Tanzanian government sacked Jonas Afumwisye, regional director of the Tanzania Railways Corporation, for opposing the introduction of fees for mobile money transfers on social networks. Mr Afumwisye confirmed he had received a dismissal letter and would appeal to the Civil Service Commission, the Citizen newspaper reports. The letter said he …
Read More »South Africa: Alphabet Inc launches Google Wallet as digital payments increase
Alphabet Inc launched Google Wallet in South Africa on Tuesday, as the tech giant tries to gain a foothold in the country’s rapidly growing digital payments space, Reuters agency reported. The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the shift to digital transactions and people increasingly prefer making contactless payments via their smart …
Read More »Mali: Assimi Goïta receives the head of Iranian diplomacy, the reasons
Malian military leader, Colonel Assimi Goïta received Tuesday, August 12 in the capital Bamako, the head of Iranian diplomacy, Dr. Hossein A. Abdollahian. The diplomatic relationship between Mali and Iran is at its best, as evidenced by the head of the Iranian diplomacy on Tuesday in Bamako. The diplomat discussed …
Read More »Economy: China to cancel 23 loans to 17 African countries
Chinese government announced on August 18 the cancellation of 23 loans to 17 African countries that expired at the end of 2021. During a China-Africa cooperation coordination meeting held on August 18, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi announced that his country will cancel 23 loans to 17 African countries. If …
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