Special envoys from the African Union and the US have returned to Ethiopia in a bid to revive talks for a ceasefire and find ways to end the year-long conflict. Both the US’ Jeffrey Feltman and Olusegun Obasanjo, the AU’s special representative, arrived in the country on Thursday, Mr Feltman …
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The US government on Thursday has removed sanctions placed on Burundi six years ago, crediting elections, a fall in violence, and reforms by President Evariste Ndayishimiye. President Joe Biden revoked the sanctions that targeted 11 people in the East African country, mostly military and security officials including then-public security minister …
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Burundian President Évariste Ndayishimiye has dismissed Commerce Minister Capitoline Niyonizigiye, accused of “undermining government’s aspirations and orientations…and for tarnishing the image of Burundi”. Iwacu news website tweeted a photo of the minister: Capitoline Niyonizigiye, ministre du Commerce, destituée https://t.co/wWmLtBKysc pic.twitter.com/T5koPOswfD— IWACU Burundi (@iwacuinfo) November 18, 2021 Ms Niyonizigiye is the …
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As part of his official visit in Africa, the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken met Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari in the presidential palace in Abuja on Thursday. Mr Blinken and the Nigerian president discussed issues including human rights, democracy and security as well as climate change. Mr Buhari expressed …
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Sudanese authorities have restored the internet nearly a month since it was suspended after the military deposed the civilian-led transitional government. All telecommunications companies had their internet services restored on Thursday. A court had ordered the country’s three main telecom companies to restore the internet on 9 November, but the …
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Gambian President Adama Barrow threatened opponent Mamma Kandeh with legal action for playing audio recordings of exiled ex-ruler Yahya Jammeh as the country prepares for national elections on 04 December. Adama Barrow, who had already won the presidential elections in 2016, is still running for the supreme office, against five …
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The Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi has appointed Amade Miquidade, an interior minister recently sacked as the country’s high commissioner to Rwanda. Amade Miquidade was dismissed from office last week and was replaced by the country’s first woman interior minister, Arsenia Massingue, two days later. Before his dismissal, he was one …
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Fans of the Nigerian popular music group P-Square are expressing their excitement over news that the two brothers who started it nearly two decades ago and then fell out may have reconciled. The duo comprising twin brothers Peter and Paul Okoye fell out over family feuds, and went their separate …
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Outgoing prisons boss, Wycliffe Ogallo, Kamiti maximum prison warden Charles Mutembei and his deputy were arrested on Wednesday by officers from the Kenya Anti-Terrorism Police Unit (ATPU). The arrests came just hours after President Kenyatta sacked General Ogallo and replaced him with Brigadier (RTD) John Warioba, and just two days …
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Nigerian railway workers have started a three-day strike, launched by the Nigeria Union of Railway Workers (NUR), to push the government to improve their living and working conditions. The strike is likely to disrupt services in some of the busy stations, including the railway line that links the northern Kaduna …
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