Category: Africa

Ethiopian troops have killed top officials of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) in an operation, according to an announcement on Thursday. Those killed include TPLF spokesperson Sekoture Getachew and Daniela Assefa, former Head of Tigray finance bureau. Zeray Asgedom, the former head of Ethiopian Broadcasting Authority, and Abebe Asgedom were also killed during the […]

As Uganda counts down the days to its general election, attacks against members of the press by security forces are on the rise. Journalists, especially those covering opposition candidates and anti-government protests have been arrested, beaten or had their equipment confiscated or destroyed by the police. One press freedom watchdog says it has documented over […]

Somalia’s police spokesperson, Sadiq Adan Ali Dodishe, on Tuesday survived a roadside bombing in the capital, Mogadishu, reported a privately-owned Radio Dalsan website. “A land mine had been buried in the side of the road, and it targeted a vehicle the Somali police spokesman was in as it passed near the 21 October road in […]

Rwanda has banned public and private transport between districts and the capital, Kigali, after the rate of coronavirus infections reached alarming levels, said health officials. Domestic and international tourists can still travel across the country, but must carry proof of negative Covid-19 test results, said the prime minister’s office in a statement. December was the […]

Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo has announced dates for reopening of schools across the country amid fears of a second coronavirus wave in the west African country. Schools were shut in March last year after the country reported its first case of the virus. Since then more than 55,000 cases have been confirmed, with 54,005 recoveries […]

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, continues to be hospitalised in Germany with Covid-19. Early this month, Algerians questioned if Tebboune was fit to resume duty after rumours of his deteriorating health surfaced. According to media reports, the president was hospitalised in Germany on October 28 and was pushing forward with the remainder of his recovery process […]

Addis Ababa – Reuters news agency has condemned the arrest of its cameraman Kumerra Gemechu in Ethiopia, saying no reason has been given for his detention. His family said police handcuffed and took him away from their home in the capital, Addis Ababa, on Thursday, and seized his phone and computer. Police have not yet […]

Kampala – Uganda suspected all campaigning for January’s presidential polling in the capital and 10 populous districts on Saturday, citing coronaviruss risks, but critics said the real reason was the opposition’s popularity in the areas. The east African country is scheduled to hold a presidential election on January 14. “The Independent Electoral Commission has suspended […]

Abuja – A union representing lecturers in Nigeria has announced the suspension of a nine-month strike that has crippled learning at public universities. Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, the national president of the Academic staff Union of Universities said that the union decided to suspend the strike after “concrete agreements” were reached with the federal government on […]

The US has announced charges against a Libyan suspected of making the bomb that blew up Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988. Abu Agila Mohammad Masud has been charged with terrorism-related crimes, Attorney General William Barr said on Monday, 32 years on from the atrocity. The deadly bomb attack on the Boeing […]