Category: Africa

The governor of Ethiopia’s north-western Amhara region has asked Russia to support his administration in rebuilding public infrastructure that was destroyed in recent fighting in the area. The state-run Amhara Media Corporation reported that Yilkal Kefale met the Russian ambassador to Ethiopia, Evgeny Terekhin, on Monday and discussed the reconstruction efforts being undertaken in the […]

Thirty-four people, including two soldiers, have been killed in north-west Nigeria’s Kaduna state. The attack, which took place on Sunday, was reportedly carried out by heavily armed criminal gangs known locally as bandits. Reports suggest at least four locations came under attack in the state by assailants who also destroyed over 200 homes and burnt […]

Aid agencies have warned that Somalia is on the brink of famine. At least 4.5 million people are in need of urgent humanitarian aid in the country, which is experiencing its worst drought in a decade. Livestock are dying and the price of essential goods like food and water is spiking. The number of people […]

The Ethiopian government has denied an accusation that it is blocking aid from reaching the Tigray region, where there has been conflict for more than a year. The World Health Organisation (WHO) Director General Tedros Ghebreyesus had called on the government to end the blockade that has hampered humanitarian supplies delivery to Tigray. But Ethiopia’s […]

An influential Kenyan elder and a figurehead on traditional masculinity, Jackson Kibor, has died in a hospital where he was receiving treatment for Covid-19 related complications. Kibor was admitted to the hospital in the western Eldoret town for almost a week, according to family members quoted by local media. In 2007, Kibor was accused by […]

The UN Security Council has extended the mandate of the peacekeeping force in South Sudan for a year, amid ongoing rebel violence in parts of Africa’s youngest nation. It has been reported that Russia and China abstained from the vote. US Ambassador to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, tweeted that the renewed mandate would help strengthen […]

There has been a surge in the killing of civilians in Mali by soldiers and jihadists, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said. The rights body said at least 107 civilians – including traders, village chiefs and children – had been killed in central and south-western Mali since December. Soldiers have been blamed for at least […]

Algeria’s President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has banned the export of foodstuff that the country imports, reported the state news agency. The commodities include sugar, oil, pasta, semolina and wheat derivatives. According to a source, the president called it economic sabotage to sell commodities that the country does not produce locally. The president’s decision also bans importation […]

The Rwandan authorities are considering a proposal to impose a tax on online services, reported the New Times website quoting an official from the tax collection authority. The proposed Value Added Tax (VAT) is considered a “necessary one”, said Jean Louis Kaliningondo of the Rwandan Revenue Authority (RRA). “When you pay for services such as Netflix, […]

An inquiry committee set up by the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (Nebe) has confirmed that the chairman of the opposition Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), Dawud Ibsa, has been under house arrest since May 2021. Dawud’s residence is guarded by plain-clothes security agents who prevent visits to the chairman, said a local media report. Nebe […]