The military rulers of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have banded together in a joint defence pact to fight jihadists and present a united political front in their declared aim to restore sovereignty.Against a backdrop of a bloody jihadist insurgency in West Africa’s Sahel region that erupted in northern Mali in 2012, later spreading to …
A Senegalese judge on Thursday ordered that jailed opposition leader Ousmane Sonko be reinstated on the electoral roll, clearing the way for him to stand in next year’s presidential election.Sonko was struck off Senegal’s electoral register after being sentenced in June to two years’ imprisonment for morally corrupting a young person. The 49-year-old political thorn in …
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Thursday he was open to toughening up his controversial plan to send migrants to Rwanda, which has divided his ruling Conservative party.The plan is Sunak’s answer to a unanimous Supreme Court ruling last month that deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda is illegal under international law.Sunak, who has been …
UK PM Sunak says open to tweaking Rwanda billThu, 14 Dec 2023 11:23:08 GMT Read More »
Slowing demand growth and rising US crude production will make it more difficult for OPEC+ to continue to prop up prices, the IEA said on Thursday.The OPEC+ cartel, led by Saudi Arabia and Russia, has been restraining production to maintain prices but the latter have recently slumped due to the weakening of the global economy …
OPEC+ cartel’s grip on oil market loosening: IEAThu, 14 Dec 2023 09:20:30 GMT Read More »
Chadians vote on Sunday on a new constitution, in a key step towards elections promised, but postponed, by the ruling junta and seen as a test of legitimacy for the Deby dynasty’s more than 30-year rule.Transitional President General Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, whose junta has governed since 2021, had promised to hand power to civilians …
Chad, which holds a constitutional referendum on Sunday as part of a process designed to end two and a half years of military rule, has been run by the Deby family dynasty for over 30 years.Here are five key facts about the central African country, which is a member of the French-backed five-country G5 Sahel …
From fossils to films: five things to know about ChadThu, 14 Dec 2023 08:10:49 GMT Read More »
Gedeon, 22, driving his auto-rickshaw through the bustling streets of DR Congo’s capital Kinshasa, said he never imagined he would end up doing the job he does.Like many young people in the deeply impoverished central African nation, he said he had high hopes that the government can deliver a better future.”I want to go back …
Ahead of DR Congo vote, youngsters crave jobsThu, 14 Dec 2023 08:10:16 GMT Read More »
The number of journalists killed in the line of duty fell this year, despite reporter deaths in Gaza in the past two months, media advocacy group Reporters Without Borders said Thursday.In the first 11 months of 2023, 45 journalists were killed carrying out their work, down from 61 last year, according to the annual report …
As Britain pushes forward with controversial plans to send migrants to Rwanda, a UK government minister voiced “amazement” Wednesday at the criticism it has drawn from the United Nations.A day after UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak won a knife-edge parliamentary vote on his latest version of the scheme, the UN refugee agency meanwhile reiterated its …
UN criticism of UK Rwanda plan incomprehensible: ministerWed, 13 Dec 2023 17:30:25 GMT Read More »
South Africa’s president on Wednesday sought to ease “tensions” between rival members of the Zulu royal family after a court ruled that the state’s recognition of King Misuzulu Zulu was “unlawful”.President Cyril Ramaphosa will appeal Monday’s Pretoria high court ruling that his move to recognise Misuzulu Zulu at an elaborate ceremony in October 2022 was …
