Africa

Mozambique opposition lawyer shot dead

The lawyer for a prominent Mozambique opposition figure has been shot dead in the capital, Maputo, along with an official from the same party. Elvino Dias was the attorney for Venâncio Mondlane, who ran for president of Mozambique representing political party Podemos in an election 10 days ago. Dias died with fellow Podemos official Paulo ...

16:54 Et October 20, 2024

185 Years Since Schneider-Valée Letter: The French Document That Named 'Algeria' for the First Time

Monday, October 14, 2024, marked the 185th anniversary of a pivotal event in the history of North Africa, which is the first official adoption of the name "Algeria" ...

20:27 Et October 16, 2024

Lagos Hosts Regional Workshop to Finalize Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline Agreement

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is hosting a regional workshop in Lagos from Oct. 8 to 11 to review and validate the Host Government Agreement ...

10:48 Et October 11, 2024

Author to go on trial in France for downplaying Rwanda genocide

A French-Cameroonian writer, Charles Onana, is due to go on trial in Paris accused of complicity in contesting the 1994 Rwandan genocide. About 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus ...

12:04 Et October 7, 2024

Tunisia's president seeks new term with one candidate in jail

Tunisia's President Kais Saied, seen as a saviour by supporters and an autocrat by critics, is running for re-election on Sunday in a vote that he is all ...

10:40 Et October 6, 2024

Tunisia votes Sunday in its third presidential election since the Arab Spring

With his major opponents imprisoned or left off the ballot, Tunisian President Kais Saied faces few obstacles to winning reelection on Sunday, five years after riding anti-establishment backlash to a first term. ...

09:59 Et October 5, 2024

FAAPA Holds 9th Executive Committee Meeting in Abidjan

The Atlantic Federation of African Press Agencies (FAAPA) held the 9th Executive Committee meeting on Thursday in Abidjan, in the presence of Côte d'Ivoire’s Minister of Communication, Media ...

11:34 Et October 4, 2024

With World Bank Support: OCP Africa, Mali Commit to Implementing Tailored Solutions for Sustainable Agriculture

OCP Africa, a subsidiary of the OCP Group, a global leader in plant nutrition solutions and phosphate fertilizers, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Mali’s Ministry of ...

17:00 Et October 3, 2024

African Solutions to African Problems Should not be Pretext for Non-Action, Says Morocco’s FM

Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates Nasser Bourita took part, on the sidelines of the 79th UN General Assembly in New York, in the Global Counterterrorism Forum 14th Ministerial Plenary Meeting (GCTF), dedicated to the security challenges linked to the evolution of the terrorism threat in Africa. Speaking during this meeting, Bourita ...

20:00 Et September 28, 2024

Geneva: African NGO Condemns Human Rights Violations and Child Abuse in Algeria's Tindouf Camps

During the General Debate at the 57th Session of the Human Rights Council, the African Network for Development, Governance, and Human Rights (RADHAG), through the voice of Mahmud ...

14:00 Et September 20, 2024
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