Category: Africa

From Morocco, African states call for cheaper remittance transfer costs

January 13, 2023

African diaspora is in need of urgent action to reduce the cost of remittances, an instrumental source of investment and a key factor in reducing ... Read More

Football: FIFA & CAF Chiefs in Morocco for Club World Cup Draw

January 13, 2023

FIFA President Gianni Infantino and Head of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Patrice Motsepe arrived this Friday in Morocco to attend the draw of ... Read More

CHAN: U23 Soccer Team at Airport Awaiting Official Authorization to Take Off to Constantine

January 13, 2023

The U23 national soccer team is, Friday morning, at the Rabat-Salé airport waiting for the official authorization to take off to Constantine to take part ... Read More

Somalia: President urges citizens to flush out ‘bedbugs’ at rally against al-Shabab

January 13, 2023

Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud urged citizens to help flush out members of the al-Shabaab jihadist group he describes as “bedbugs,” as hundreds of people ... Read More

Africa should not serve as arena for global contests — China’s foreign minister

January 13, 2023

Africa should not be an arena for international competition between world powers, China's new Foreign Minister Qin Gang said on Wednesday while inaugurating the new ... Read More

Ethiopia: French, German foreign ministers in Ethiopia to support Tigray peace deal

January 13, 2023

The French and German foreign ministers began a two-day visit to Addis Ababa on Thursday January 12 to support the peace agreement in Tigray, more ... Read More

Cameroon fishermen urge stop to illegal fishing to reverse EU seafood import ban

January 13, 2023

Fishermen in Cameroon are urging authorities to crack down on hundreds of illegal fishers and fish farmers operating in the Gulf of Guinea after the ... Read More

Morocco forced to cancel its participation in CHAN in Algeria

January 12, 2023

Morocco will not be able to travel to Algeria to defend its title in the African local players championship (CHAN) after its request for a ... Read More

Djibouti inks $1bn deal with Hong Kong company to build rocket launch site

January 12, 2023

Djibouti has inked a preliminary technological cooperation agreement with Chinese multinational Hong Kong Aerospace Technology to build a $1bn satellite and rocket launch site which ... Read More

Tigray rebels begin handing in heavy weapons to Ethiopian army

January 12, 2023

Rebels in the Tigray region have begun handing in their heavy weapons, a key part of an agreement signed in November last year to end ... Read More