Category: Africa

Algeria’s President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has ordered a reduction of income tax to “preserve purchasing power” as the country battles rising food prices. The government is trying to avoid social unrest and has blamed speculation for the increasing prices. It is tightening controls in markets to prevent further increase in prices. Traders found responsible for the […]

Guinea’s military leader Col Mamady Doumbouya will on Friday be sworn in as the interim president. He led the coup that ousted President Alpha Conde early last month, and recent sanctions by Ecowas against the junta mean no regional leaders are to attend Friday’s ceremony at the presidential palace. Col Doumbouya is expected to form […]

Pope Francis has urged Nigeria to guarantee the safety of all citizens in the country in the wake of deadly attacks in the north. The Pope prayed for those who had been killed and injured as a result of the insecurity, citing the attacks in Kaduna state over the weekend in which dozens of people […]

A number of civilians have been killed by a Nigerian air strike targeting suspected jihadists near Lake Chad, which straddles north-east Nigeria and three neighbouring countries. The incident comes less than two weeks after another air strike on a village that killed civilians in Nigeria’s north-east, where the military is fighting an Islamist insurgency. Details […]

Kenya’s government spokesperson Cyrus Oguna says groups of foreigners, who many said had come from Asia and had been spotted in residential areas in Nairobi, were tourists. Oguna spoke after days of speculation on local media over the noticeably increased presence in parts of the capital of visitors from Asian countries. The interior ministry said […]

Sudan’s transitional authority has reached an agreement with protesters who had blocked two crucial pipelines in the east and disrupted the flow of oil in and out of the country. The demonstrators from the Beja community have been protesting for weeks, blocking the pipeline transporting oil exports from landlocked South Sudan and another that handles […]

Two Tunisian MPs have been jailed by a military court amid concerns over human rights in the country. The two MPs are members of the Islamist Karama party. Five lawmakers have now been imprisoned since July when President Kais Saied took over governing powers. Nidal Saudi was accused of insulting airport security staff months ago. […]

Rwanda has called off high-level talks with Belgium, in the latest twist to a diplomatic row over the conviction of the man who inspired a Hollywood film about the 1994 genocide. In a statement, Rwanda said Belgium had shown “contempt” for its justice system after it criticised the 25-year prison sentence handed down to Paul […]

A court in Rwanda is due to deliver its verdict in the case of the former hotel manager who’s credited with saving hundreds of people during the genocide in 1994. Paul Rusesabagina – whose actions inspired the Hollywood movie Hotel Rwanda – has been charged with terrorism. Rusesabagina was arrested last year after a plane […]

The leaders of the two recent coups in Mali have been granted amnesty by the country’s interim parliament. Colonel Assimi Goita and other army officers involved in overthrowing President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita in August last year and interim president, Bah Ndaw, in May this year, will not face prosecution. The motion was passed by an […]