Explosions rocked Khartoum on Thursday, more than two months after fighting broke out between rival Sudanese generals, with each side accusing the other of attacks on civilians.Witnesses in the east of the capital reported artillery fire, while others in the northern suburbs said the force of heavy shelling from an army barracks shook the walls …

Sudan warring parties trade blame as fighting ragesThu, 22 Jun 2023 18:28:47 GMT Read More »

Copper-rich Zambia, the first African country to default on its debt during the Covid pandemic, on Thursday secured a deal from creditors to restructure its debt at a global finance summit in Paris.Here are five things to know about the southern African nation of 19.6 million inhabitants, which is a key target of China’s massive …

Five things to know about ZambiaThu, 22 Jun 2023 18:10:47 GMT Read More »

A group of wealthy nations and multilateral development banks have promised to mobilise 2.5 billion euros to help Senegal reduce its dependence on fossil fuels, President Macky Sall said Thursday.”Senegal has committed to increasing the share of electricity generated by renewable energy to 40 percent by 2030 with financing to the order of 2.5 billion …

Rich countries pledge $2.7 bn to decarbonise Senegal economyThu, 22 Jun 2023 15:42:06 GMT Read More »

Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko has filed a criminal complaint in France for “crimes against humanity” against President Macky Sall, his lawyer said, as well as requesting a probe by the International Criminal Court (ICC).Sall was in Paris on Thursday and Friday for a global climate finance summit called by President Emmanuel Macron.Sonko alleges that …

Senegal opposition leader launches French legal action against presidentThu, 22 Jun 2023 14:57:47 GMT Read More »

Algeria has forced more than 9,000 African migrants over the border into Niger creating a “critical humanitarian situation”, two United Nations bodies said in a report released Thursday.”Since the start of the year, more than 9,000 distressed migrants who were driven across the border by Algeria, found themselves blocked at Assamaka,” a remote town in …

Algeria’s migrant pushback causes ‘critical situation’ in Niger: UNThu, 22 Jun 2023 13:27:31 GMT Read More »

Ethiopia is preparing to launch the fourth filling of its mega-dam reservoir on the Blue Nile, the country’s deputy prime minister announced Thursday, despite opposition from its downstream neighbour Egypt.The massive $4.2 billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has been at the centre of a regional dispute ever since Ethiopia broke ground on the project …

Ethiopia to launch fourth filling of controversial damThu, 22 Jun 2023 13:17:06 GMT Read More »

The death of at least 23 migrants during an attempt to cross into Spain’s North African enclave of Melilla from Morocco one year ago prompted an outcry over police actions, but advocates say no-one has been held responsible.Some 2,000 migrants — many from conflict-torn Sudan — stormed the metres-high fence that seals off Melilla from …

Outrage boils year after deadly Spain-Morocco border crushThu, 22 Jun 2023 11:37:53 GMT Read More »

Copper-rich Zambia, the first African country to default on its debt during the Covid pandemic, is looking to seal a China-backed deal to restructure its debt during a two-day global finance summit Paris this week.Here are five things to know about the southern African nation of 19.6 million inhabitants, which is a key target of …

Five things to know about ZambiaThu, 22 Jun 2023 11:36:26 GMT Read More »

Noisy motorbikes pass through the streets, and in the market, customers saunter between the stands.It seems like just another day in Timbuktu — the northern Malian city whose name resonates from the Sahel’s glorious past to its jihadist-torn present.Behind the scenes, though, many people here are worried as Mali’s ruling junta tussles with the UN …

Timbuktu ponders its future after Mali and UN bustupThu, 22 Jun 2023 10:20:32 GMT Read More »

The graveyards of Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, are as bleak as they are notorious.Lying neglected between piles of rubbish and weeds are tombstones that may have been used for animal sacrifice, or graves that have been ripped open.Repelled one day by what he saw at a cemetery in Nagrin, a district in the …

Reborn graveyard is life’s achievement for Burkina manThu, 22 Jun 2023 09:51:23 GMT Read More »