Morocco, Syria to reopen embassies after Assad fall
Morocco and Syria have announced they would reopen embassies in each other’s capital as the countries seek to restore diplomatic relations.
18 May, 2025
Suicide bomber kills 11 people in Somali capital Mogadishu
At least 11 people have been killed and 20 others wounded after a suicide bomber blew himself outside a military camp in Somali capital Mogadishu on Sunday.
18 May, 2025
Hope emerges for Tripoli’s liberation from militias: Libya PM
Hamid Dbeibeh, the prime minister of Libya’s Government of National Unity, says the recent developments in the country’s capital Tripoli have raised hopes that the city would be freed from militias.
18 May, 2025
Kenyan opposition lawyer Martha Karua faces deportation from Tanzania
Martha Karua, a Kenyan lawyer who represents opposition figures on trial in neighbouring countries, was arrested in Tanzania on Sunday and her deportation plot finalised, she said on X network.
18 May, 2025
DRC’s coltan miners dig for world’s tech as peace eludes country
Libya’s latest clashes explained: What this round of violence could signal
M23 rebels in DR Congo send busloads of ‘illegal immigrants’ to Rwanda
US working on plan to expel one million Palestinians from Gaza to Libya – report
Manhunt under way in South Africa for gunmen who killed eight in bar
17 May, 2025
Ministers resign as Libyan protesters call on PM to step down
Calls for Dbeibah to resign increased after two rival armed groups clashed in the capital this week in the heaviest fighting in years.
16 May, 2025
Opposition leader barred from running calls for ‘credible’ Côte d’Ivoire vote
Tidjane Thiam, who has been outside the country for nearly two months, was struck off the electoral list by an Abidjan court last month.
16 May, 2025
Second Zambian opposition lawmaker jailed for hate speech
Maureen Mabonga has been sentenced to eight months in prison for ‘seditious practices’ that included inciting ‘national uprising’ on ethnic grounds.
16 May, 2025
Nigerian Biafra separatist charged in Finland with inciting terrorism
The charges against Simon Ekpa were related to hiss efforts to establish Nigeria’s Biafra region as an independent state, Finland’s National Prosecution Authority said.
16 May, 2025
Musk’s Grok bot posts on ‘white genocide’ in South Africa were ‘unauthorized’
Grok kept posting publicly about “white genocide” in response to users of Musk’s social media platform X who asked it a variety of questions, most having nothing to do with South Africa.
16 May, 2025
Guinea military government retakes 51 mines after revoking licences
Guinea-Conakry is home to the world’s largest reserves of bauxite, the main ore used to produce aluminium.
16 May, 2025
Changing national currencies should not be controversial
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16 May, 2025
Chad’s former Prime Minister Masra ‘abducted’
Succes Masra, who leads the opposition in Chad, was taken to unknown place, his party says.
16 May, 2025
Gabon’s ousted President Bongo flies to Angola with family
Ali Bongo was initially placed under house arrest after the coup though officials later said he was free to move as he wished.
16 May, 2025
Turkish foreign minister, US, Russian, Ukrainian delegations to meet in Istanbul on May 16
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan is set to join US, Russian, and Ukrainian delegations in Istanbul for talks aimed at ending the war in Ukraine, according to Turkish foreign ministry sources.
