Lusaka (AFP) - Zambian President Edgar Lungu invoked a state of emergency on Wednesday after a series of apparent arson attacks, in a move likely to trigger fresh accusations of government authoritarianism. Several fires, including one that burnt down the main market in the capital Lusaka on Tuesday, were described by Lungu as premeditated acts ...
Addis Ababa (AFP) - The African Union's new chair Moussa Faki Mahamat on Wednesday questioned US commitment to fighting terrorism on the continent after it blocked efforts to get UN funding for an anti-jihadist force in the Sahel. This is a specific case of a certain number of African states taking the initiative to create a dedicated force to ...
Abidjan, C ocirc;te d rsquo;Ivoire, 5 July 2017 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has called for the empowerment of small and medium operators in the textiles, apparel and accessories sectors as a deliberate job creation strategy. The AfDB made the call at the recently concluded Small Business Indaba held on 26 June 2017 in Gauteng, S ...
Nairobi (AFP) - A female Tanzanian MP has been arrested for allegedly insulting President John Magufuli, who is seen as increasingly authoritarian and unwilling to brook any dissent. The outspoken lawmaker, Halima Mdee, 39, from the main opposition Chadema party, was arrested on Tuesday, a day after she held a press conference slamming Magufuli ...
Accra (AFP) - Five bodies were spotted in an illegal goldmine that collapsed in Ghana, a government official said Wednesday, as the search for at least 17 miners entered its fourth day. The abandoned mine in Prestea-Nsuta, in the country's Western Region, caved in on Sunday afternoon when the miners were resurfacing and just one body has been re ...
Paris (AFP) - French prosecutors said Wednesday they were seeking a three-year jail term and a 30 million euro ($34 million) fine for Equatorial Guinea's Vice President Teodorin Obiang, on trial in absentia for embezzlement. The 48-year-old son of President Teodoro Obiang Nguema is charged with using money plundered from his country's state coff ...
Libreville (AFP) - Heavy gunfire in Zemio. Impossible to go out. They have cut the phones and we can't go out -- it's just too dangerous. So I am posting on Facebook. The sense of fear and urgency is palpable as Jean-Alain Zembi, a priest in Zemio, a southeastern parish in the Central African Republic (CAR), sends a stream of messages to his F ...
Cotonou (AFP) - President Patrice Talon of Benin has returned from a medical checkup in Paris following two operations in France, according to a member of his entourage. The 59-year-old head of state, who left for the French capital last week, returned to the country's economic hub of Cotonou on Tuesday evening. The post-operative checkup was ...
Rome (AFP) - Privately-run aid organisations rescuing migrants off Libya have slammed the idea of creating a code of conduct for them to follow, saying European ministers tackling the crisis are bungling their response. Italy, France and Germany held a working dinner on Sunday to prepare the ground for a six-point plan to address the biggest m ...
Guingouine (CÃ te d'Ivoire) (AFP) - Leaving behind chic gowns and catwalks to stomp in the mud in heavy work boots, Guinean former fashion model Tiguidanke Camara has made herself west Africa's first woman mine owner. In the small forest village of Guingouine, in the west of Ivory Coast, Camara runs a team of 10 geologists and labourers who are ...
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