Africa

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s army (FARDC) says it has suspended its spokesperson after he made discriminatory comments about the country’s Tutsi community.

Somalia’s Ambassador to Türkiye, Fathudin Ali Mohamed Ospite, has expressed deep appreciation to the Turkish Government, as well as to partner nations, for their continued solidarity with Somalia.

Axis International Ltd is seeking $28.9 billion from Guinea at a World Bank tribunal after the West African country revoked its permit to operate a bauxite mine there earlier this year, the United Arab Emirates-based company said on Monday.

Côte d’Ivoire’s ruling party has won more than 77% of the seats in parliament, two months after the re-election of Alassane Ouattara as president, according to results announced on Monday.

Zimbabwe will add 400 megawatts to its power grid, a fifth of the country’s current electricity demand, under a $455 million upgrade of its Hwange coal-fired power plant, the head of state-owned power utility ZESA said.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty on Monday called for an emergency session of the African Union Peace and Security Council to reject Israel’s recognition of Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland.

Former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua suffered “minor injuries” in a fatal car accident that killed two people on Monday, Nigerian police said.

Traumatised civilians left in Sudan’s Al Fasher after its capture by paramilitary forces are living without water or sanitation, UN aid coordinator Denise Brown told AFP on Monday.

South Africa has warned that Israel’s decision to recognise Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland as an independent state is a “direct threat” to peace in the Horn of Africa.

Israel engagement with Somaliland was not only a strategic misstep but a politically reckless move, which instead of advancing its international recognition, risks alienating it.