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At least 15 people were killed and thousands displaced as the M23 rebel group on Wednesday (6 March) seized a town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from government forces amid escalating violence in the country’s conflict-hit region. As the tutsi-led ‘March 23 Movement’ (M23) rebels took over the town of Nyanzale in eastern […]
Former Boko Haram fighters in Nigeria are threatening they may pick up arms again and join the insurgency out of frustration that they have been neglected by the government since they surrendered in the last two years. The Nigerian authorities promised Boko Haram fighters who surrendered that they would receive training and skills as an […]
An unknown number of people, mainly girls and women, have been abducted by the Boko Haram insurgents on Feb 6 in the Nigerian north eastern province of Gamborou Ngala. The near 200 victims are internally displaced living in a camp, said the UN as it condemned the kidnapping and urged the immediate release of the […]
The ANC which has been ruling south Africa since the end of the Apartheid regime is in tatters. Ahead of general elections in May, senior leaders are jumping from the sinking ANC ship. One of the party leaders and former senior government minister in South Africa Nathi Nhleko said, before resigning, it was “painful” to […]
Princess Lalla Asmae, youngest sister of King Mohammed VI, and the First Lady of Côte d’Ivoire, Dominique Ouattara, inaugurated, on Wednesday in Rabat, Lalla Asmae Foundation’s Hearing Diagnosis & Rehabilitation Centre and launched a newborn hearing screening program in the Rabat-Salé-Kenitra region at Moulay Youssef Hospital Centre. After cutting the inaugural ribbon, the Princess and […]
Somalia has finished the process of becoming a fully-fledged member of the East African Community (EAC) after it has ratified the accession treaty to an economic bloc that has some of Africa’s rapidly growing economies. Somalia joined Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, and South Sudan, as part of the exclusive […]
The UK government’s proposal to designate Rwanda as a safe asylum destination was rejected in The House of Lords on Monday (4 March) after the upper chamber passed no less than five amendments to the draft text, challenging Rwanda’s safety status. The failure of the bill is yet another in a string of bad news […]
Sudan reportedly rejected an Iranian offer to build a naval base in its coasts in exchange for a helicopter carrier, media reports said. Sudan rejected the offer for fear of Western retribution at a time Iran-backed Houthis wreak havoc to international trade on the Red sea, The Wall Street Journal reported. In seeking a permanent […]
Morocco’s biggest mining company Managem plans to raise 3 billion dirhams (300 million dollars) to finance its expansion plans in Morocco and Africa. The company said the capital increase will take place between March 14 and April 2 as it braces to start production at a gold project in West Africa known as Tri-K, with […]
The mining sector has helped the South African economy avoid recession with a growth of 0.1% in the fourth quarter. The rate is not enough to create jobs for the millions of the unemployed in the country which braces for elections in May. The key mining industry recorded a 2.4 percent increase in output helped […]