In commemoration of May day, the Nigerian government has announced the approval of a 25 percent and 35 percent salary increase for some categories of workers in the country. A statement signed by the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission (NSIWC) said the increases included government workers in the education, health and security sectors. ...
A dam collapsed in western Kenya early Monday, killing at least 45 have died while dozens remain missing after a wall of water swept through houses and cut off a major road, the interior ministry has said. The Old Kijabe Dam, located in the Mai Mahiu area of the Great Rift Valley region that is prone to flash floods, collapsed and water spilled dow...
Tens of thousands of runners took part in the Madrid Marathon on Sunday (Apr. 28). Kenyan and Ethiopian athletes were the ones who shone in both the men's and women's races. Ethiopia's started chasing a win not long after the start of the 42-kilometre course --- extending his lead consistently. However, he faltered in the last 7 kilometres --...
The United Nations Security Council on Saturday sounded the alarm over reports of an imminent attack on the last remaining city in Sudan's North Darfur region that is not under the control of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Fighting over the past year between the paramilitary group and the country's military has seen tens of thousands of peop...
Fighting has intensified in western Sudan. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has expressed grave concerns over the worsening situation in and around the city of El-Fasher located in North Darfur. The spokesperson for the UN human rights chief briefed reporters Friday (Apr. 26). "Reports indicate that both parties have launched indiscr...
Kenya Airways (KQ) has accused the Democratic Republic of Congo's army of keeping two of its workers in custody, ignoring a court's decision to set them free. The employees were arrested last Friday by DR Congo's military intelligence unit for allegedly lacking proper customs documents for valuable cargo, according to reports. Despite KQ's explanat...
Government officials in Washington met with about a dozen family members of people killed when a Boeing 737 Max crashed in Ethiopia in 2019. The families want the Justice Department to revive a criminal charge against the company. Boeing reached a settlement in 2021 that let it avoid prosecution on a charge of defrauding regulators who approv...
Talks have begun between the authorities in Niger and the US for the withdrawal of American troops stationed in two airbases in the sahelian nation. On Tuesday both parties gave confirmation amid the decision of the Nigerien government last month to end military co-operation agreement with Washington. Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder, Pentagon Press Secre...
A group of environmental activists gathered at the Muizenberg Beach in Cape Town on Monday to do a beach cleanup in celebration of Earth Day. Earth Day is a globally celebrated annual event which mobilises people to reduce plastic consumption and pollution around the world. The activists started at the Muizenberg beachfront and cleaned along ...
Dozens of volunteers gathered in Lagos on Saturday (Apr. 20) ahead of the 2024 World Earth Day. SustyVibes, a local environmental advocacy group, led volunteers to a market to pick up plastic dumped on the street and clear the gutters. World Earth Day is observed annually on the 22nd of April, but the entire month of is often called Earth Mon...
Egypt's foreign minister was hosted Saturday (Apr. 20) by his Turkish counterpart. Sameh Shoukry's visit to Istanbul was part of the preparations for Egpt's president upcoming visit to Turkey. The war in Gaza and the escalation between Israel and Iran were two issues also high on the agenda. "We have warned, since the beginning, that war in Gaza wi...
Mazowe district of Zimbabwe's Mashonaland Central province is struggling with prolonged severe drought, threatening the country's maize supply, and impacting business of its grain millers. Whenever farmer Terry Manyimo gazes upon his field, his heart is in his throat. Zimbabwe's northern Mazowe district is struggling with a prolonged severe d...
"I am deeply saddened to announce the passing on of General rancis Omondi Ogolla, the chief od the Kenyan Defense Force". With those words Kenya's president William Ruto announced the death of the country's military chief Thursday evening. "Together with him in the crash were eleven other graded military personnel. Nine who also passed on tod...
The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, on Wednesday appealed for more attention to be given to the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as he visited a camp for displaced people in Goma. Thousands of Congolese have been forced to flee their homes due to a conflict between the Congolese army and M23 rebels, lead...
Namibian police are on a hunt for 11 prisoners who broke out of a police cell in the northeastern Zambezi region. The escapees, awaiting trial for serious offenses, managed to cut through the roof of the Katima Mulilo police station and flee. Items believed to have aided the escape, such as blades and makeshift ropes, were found in the cell. ...
A landslide in southwest Congo caused by heavy rains killed at least 15 people and left as many as 60 others missing, local officials said Sunday. Seven people were found alive after the landslide Saturday near the port near the town of Idiofa. "There's a hill above the port, and the rain caused the earth on the hill to collapse," a local dep...
Electoral campaigns for the legislative and regional polls have begun in Togo. Originally scheduled to take place on April 20, campaigning started on Saturday April 13 and will last for two weeks before the vote on April 29. Although the upcoming polls will be the first regional elections in the country's history, it is the legislative electi...
The EU on Friday (Apr.12) said it would loan Egypt a little over $1 billion in short-term financial aid to help stabilise the country's economy. The sum is part of a bigger package worth 5 billion euros in loans, the statement said. The second part of the operation, still to be adopted, would provide € 4 billion over the period 2024-2027. Off...
Mali's ruling junta on Thursday banned the media from reporting on the activities of political parties and associations. A day after suspending all political activities in the country until further notice, the ruling junta on Thursday announced the ban on reporting, in a sign of a deepening crackdown. The order, issued by Mali's high authorit...
More than 10 million children in Sudan have been in an active warzone and less than five kilometres away from gunfire, shelling, and other deadly violence over the past year of war, said Save the Children. Analysis by the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project on behalf of the charity found that one in two children in Sudan are curren...
