Category: Africa

The Rwandan authorities have denied widely shared claims on social media that President Paul Kagame had order the deportation of 18 Chinese nationals. A tweet falsely claiming this was shared more than 5,000 times. BREAKING NEWS: President of Rwanda General @PaulKagame has ordered for immediate deportation of 18 Chinese nationals, "the 18 investors were found […]

The UK’s Court of Appeal is set to decide later whether to allow the first flight to depart to Rwanda on Tuesday with asylum seekers. Last week campaigners and migrants failed to win an injunction against the government in the high court in London. It’s uncertain how many people will be on board. The British […]

Senegal President Macky Sall, who is the current AU chairperson, has urged Ukraine to remove mines from the port of Odessa to ease grain exports. Sall said this in an interview with French media outlets, RFI and France 24. He added that he had received assurances from President Vladimir Putin that Russia would not attack […]

Sudan’s former main ruling civilian coalition has begun informal talks with the military mediated by the United States and Saudi Arabia. The dialogue is meant to end the long-standing political deadlock that followed the military coup last October. The coalition, known as the Forces of Freedom and Change (FFC) is among many pro-democracy groups that […]

Security has been beefed up in the Somali capital and around the Aden Adde Airport, ahead of Thursday’s inauguration of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. Main roads in Mogadishu were closed on Wednesday with police deployed in large numbers and armoured vehicles on the streets leading to the presidential palace. Overnight the city was put under […]

The West African regional bloc Ecowas says it regrets the Mali junta’s decision to fix the length of the transition to civilian rule to two years, given negotiations are ongoing. It said its mediator would continue talks with the Malian authorities “with a view of reaching a mutually acceptable transitional agreement that will ensure Ecowas’ […]

The Codeco rebel group in the Democratic Republic of Congo says it is ending insurgency after peace talks with the government, the army has announced. Codeco, whose full name is Congo Economic Development Cooperative, is one of the deadliest militia groups operating in eastern DR Congo. It was blamed for last month’s slaughter of around […]

Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has said “there’s no doubt” that Rwanda supported M23 rebels in clashes in the east of his country that have displaced tens of thousands. Rwanda has consistently denied accusations of backing the rebels. On Monday, there was renewed fighting between the Congolese army and the rebels in Rutshuru […]

Nigeria has given the state-run Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) the greenlight to implement a deal on construction of a gas pipeline to Europe through Morocco. There have been reports of surging demands for African energy supplies from the EU that is seeking to wean itself of dependence on Russian oil and gas. “This gas […]

Cameroonian soldiers have freed a kidnapped senator of the ruling party, plus several other hostages, in an operation in the country’s English-speaking North-West region, said the army. Senator Elizabeth Regina Mundi was kidnapped along with her driver last month in Bamenda. The separatist group, Ambazonian Defence Forces (ADF), said it carried out the abduction. The […]