Category: Africa

Uganda issues license for construction of controversial oil pipeline

January 24, 2023

Uganda has issued a license for the construction of a pipeline across the country and Tanzania to transport hydrocarbons from East Africa to international markets, ... Read More

US Treasury Secretary continues African charm offensive with visits to Senegal, Zambia

January 23, 2023

The United States continues the African charm offensive with US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen having visited Senegal and Zambia as part of a 10-day trip ... Read More

Somalia: scores killed in al-Shabab bomb attack on Mogadishu mayor’s office

January 23, 2023

Somali government forces have ended an al-Shabab siege of the Mogadishu mayor’s office and other local government facilities after the al-Qaida-linked extremists stormed the compound ... Read More

Burkina Faso gives French troops one month to leave

January 23, 2023

Burkina Faso has ordered French troops stationed in the country to leave within one month amid ongoing anti-France sentiment at home. Local media, including National ... Read More

Dozens of al-Shabab militants killed as UN study warns of Somalis being “highly traumatized”

January 21, 2023

Years of political instability, prolonged violence and humanitarian crisis have left people in Somalia highly traumatized, a new health study said, as the country’s military ... Read More

Congo: dozens of bodies found in mass graves after militia attacks in country’s east

January 21, 2023

United Nations peacekeepers made ‘gruesome discoveries’ of mass graves containing the bodies of 49 civilians in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo ... Read More

South Africa, China, Russia to hold joint naval drills in February

January 20, 2023

South Africa, China and Russia will jointly stage naval drills in February to strengthen the already flourishing relations between the three countries. The African country ... Read More

Cameroon sends troop to border with Nigeria after confrontation between separatists & Nigerian herders

January 20, 2023

The Cameroonian armed forces have deployed soldiers at the border with Nigeria after the borderline was theater of bout between Nigerian sharpers and Cameroonian separatists. ... Read More

Mali takes delivery of military hardware from Russia

January 20, 2023

Mali acquired Thursday military equipment including fighter jets and helicopters from Russia to beef up the army in the fight against terrorists. The delivery included ... Read More

AFRICOM poised to bolster ties with Gabon

January 19, 2023

General Michael Langley, the commander of the United States Africa Command has indicated his force is keen to deepen ties with Gabon and expand bilateral ... Read More