Cafes and markets are bustling, roads are being rebuilt and factories and banks are operating again.Although Ethiopia’s northernmost region of Tigray is still gripped by a humanitarian crisis, the capital Mekele is slowly crawling back to normality 19 months after a peace deal ended one of the world’s deadliest recent conflicts.”People are finally finding some …

Tigray capital slowly emerging from shadow of warTue, 04 Jun 2024 10:31:01 GMT Read More »

Nigerian union leaders on Tuesday held talks over a government offer to increase the minimum wage on the second day of a nationwide strike that has disrupted flights and closed down public offices.The stoppage called by two main unions, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC), comes as Africa’s most populous nation …

Nigeria unions in talks on second day of strikeTue, 04 Jun 2024 09:35:55 GMT Read More »

President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday announced billions of dollars in new aid and investment support for Africa, as South Korea looks to boost trade ties with the continent.Seoul is hosting delegations from 48 African countries for a major summit this week, which Yoon had told AFP would aim to secure deals on everything from …

S. Korea earmarks $24bn in aid, investment support for AfricaTue, 04 Jun 2024 05:35:27 GMT Read More »

Afghanistan produced a dominant bowling and batting performance to thrash debutants Uganda by 125 runs in the T20 World Cup in Guyana on Monday.Afghanistan openers Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran laid the foundations for the win with an opening stand of 154 in Afghanistan’s 183-5.Left-arm seamer Fazalhaq Farooqi dazzled with five wickets for just nine …

Afghanistan rout debutants Uganda in T20 World Cup openerTue, 04 Jun 2024 04:45:20 GMT Read More »

Kenyan investigators found seven more bodies on Monday as exhumations resumed in a forest where hundreds of victims of a doomsday starvation cult were buried in mass graves, police said.The remains of 436 people have now been unearthed in a remote wilderness inland from the Indian Ocean coastal town of Malindi in a grisly case …

Kenya finds seven more bodies as cult massacre exhumations resumeTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:11:14 GMT Read More »

Nigerian labour unions shut down the national power grid and disrupted flights on Monday as they launched an indefinite strike that closed schools and public offices after failing to reach a new minimum wage deal with the government.Africa’s most populous country is facing its worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation, with double-digit inflation leaving many …

Nigeria union strike shuts power grid, schools, disrupts flightsTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:05:41 GMT Read More »

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was in Guinea on Monday on the first leg of an African tour aimed at buttressing Moscow’s influence in the world’s poorest continent.Russia, which has seen relations with the West plummet after sending troops into Ukraine in 2022, has sought to boost its influence in Africa in recent years. Lavrov arrived …

Russia’s Lavrov launches Africa tour in junta-led GuineaMon, 03 Jun 2024 17:19:46 GMT Read More »

Ethiopian distance runner Selemon Barega hopes to make it two in a row at the Paris Olympics but acknowledged he faced strong competition from Ethiopian and Ugandan rivals.The 24-year-old said he wants to repeat his success at the Tokyo Games held in 2021 when he won the 10,000 metres crown.”A man makes plans, but the …

Ethiopia’s Selemon Barega aiming for second Olympic goldMon, 03 Jun 2024 13:30:03 GMT Read More »

South Africa has elected its 400-member National Assembly and for the first time in the country’s 30 years of post-apartheid democratic rule no single party holds an absolute majority.The next government will be led by a president chosen by MPs from among their number but the incumbent, President Cyril Ramaphosa of the African National Congress, …

South African vote: What happens now?Mon, 03 Jun 2024 10:46:58 GMT Read More »

Feebly shaded by trees in the blistering heat, desperate civilians throng a displacement camp in tents and ramshackle shelters after fleeing jihadist violence in northeastern Burkina Faso.Abandoning their homes and farms as the militants swooped, thousands have run for their lives to these camps near the town of Dori, where little hope awaits them.Humanitarians call …

Jihadist bloodshed fills Burkina displacement campsMon, 03 Jun 2024 06:43:40 GMT Read More »