The city of Goma and its inhabitants in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are still under threat from the M23 rebels, who are only 20 kilometers to the north, in Kibumba. But in the meantime, life goes on...
The International Monetary Fund and South Sudan have reached a staff-level agreement for the release of about $112.7 million in emergency financing.
"This emergency financing under the new Food Shock Window will help South Sudan address food insecurity, support social...
He mowed down an anti-apartheid leader, Chris Hani, with four bullets at close range: the courts decided on Monday to grant Janusz Walus parole after almost 30 years in prison.
"The Ministry of Justice and Correctional Services is ordered to...
Equatorial Guinea's President has taken the lead in Sunday’s presidential election.
The Interior Minister unveiled the provisional results Monday (Nov 21).
In this race for a sixth seven-year term, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo has so far obtained 44.2 % of the...
The Malian junta announced Monday evening that it would ban the activities of all non-governmental organizations financed or supported by France, including those operating in the humanitarian field.
This decision is likely to affect many NGOs that France has continued...
The Moroccan opponent Mohamed Ziane, former president of the Rabat Bar and Minister of Human Rights between 1995 and 1996, was arrested and imprisoned Monday evening after being sentenced on appeal to three years in prison, a judicial source...
Ivory Coast and Ghana, the world's two largest cocoa producers, noted Monday "efforts" by some manufacturers to better pay producers, after giving them an ultimatum earlier this month.
In a joint statement, the national cocoa management bodies of the two...
The Ministerial Session of the Accra Initiative (AI) ended in Accra yesterday after further deliberations on the need for joint actions by member States to address cross border security issues.
The conference brought together Ministers of Security and Defence of...
African leaders must invest in efficient and zero-carbon transport and energy systems, and technologies to minimise air pollution, Mr Desmond Appiah, the Ghana Country – Lead, Clean Air Fund (CAF), has said.
According to him, transport and energy systems powered...
Preliminary election results released by Equatorial Guinea’s government on Monday showed the ruling party winning over 99 percent of votes counted so far in presidential, legislative, and municipal elections held on Sunday, November 20.
The tiny oil-producing Central African state...