President Faure Gnassingbe Togo’s ruling party won a crushing majority in legislative elections, authorities said, allowing the longtime leader to extend his rule under a contested constitutional reform.Gnassingbe’s Union for the Republic party (UNIR) won 108 of 113 seats in the vote held last Monday, according to provisional results announced by the national electoral commission …
In Chad, one of the world’s poorest and youngest countries, a new generation of first-time voters will elect a president on Monday with a mixture of hope, worry and disillusionment.According to United Nations figures, people aged between 10 and 24 make up one third of inhabitants in the central African country, which has been ruled …
Hope and disillusionment among Chad’s first-time votersSun, 05 May 2024 05:41:24 GMT Read More »
When Togo’s lawmakers passed a new constitution last month, opposition leaders quickly rejected the reform as another ploy by President Faure Gnassingbe to extend his family’s more than five-decade grip on power.The amended constitution created a new role of president of the council of ministers, a position critics say is tailor-made for Gnassingbe to avoid …
Togo leader Gnassingbe follows father’s political playbookSun, 05 May 2024 01:41:44 GMT Read More »
When Mohamed Lafi vanished at sea one fateful night, it marked yet another tragedy for a Tunisian town struggling with the exodus of its youth.Mohamed’s disappearance adds to the deepening despair in El Hencha, situated just 150 kilometres (90 miles) from the Italian island of Lampedusa.His sister, Ines, stayed behind, confronting the harsh reality that …
Tunisian town gripped by youth exodusSun, 05 May 2024 01:17:36 GMT Read More »
Beaches were deserted and many shops closed on Saturday as heavy rains and winds from a tropical cyclone buffeted coastal areas of Tanzania and Kenya. Both countries have gone on alert for Tropical Cyclone Hidaya, after weeks of torrential rains and floods that have wreaked havoc in many parts of East Africa and claimed more than …
Cyclone bears down on flood-hit Kenya, TanzaniaSat, 04 May 2024 15:23:18 GMT Read More »
The United States has accused Rwanda of involvement in a deadly attack on a camp for displaced people in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a claim dismissed as “absurd” by Kigali on Saturday.At least nine people were killed in blasts on Friday in the camp on the outskirts of the city of Goma, local …
Coastal regions of Kenya and Tanzania were buffeted by heavy rains and high winds from a tropical cyclone on Saturday, adding to the chaos caused by deadly floods that have ravaged the region.More than 400 people have lost their lives across East Africa and tens of thousands have been uprooted from their homes in recent …
Flood-hit Kenya and Tanzania buffeted by tropical cycloneSat, 04 May 2024 09:39:40 GMT Read More »
French prosecutors said Saturday they were investigating oil giant TotalEnergies for possible involuntary manslaughter in connection with a 2021 jihadist attack in Mozambique that killed hundreds.The probe follows a legal complaint brought by victims’ families and attack survivors, accusing the French energy company, which was developing a major liquefied gas project in the region, of …
France probes TotalEnergies over 2021 Mozambique attackSat, 04 May 2024 09:31:49 GMT Read More »
Kenya and Tanzania were on alert on Saturday for a cyclone heading towards their Indian Ocean coastlines, threatening to pile on more misery after deadly floods that have ravaged the region.About 400 people have lost their lives in East Africa and tens of thousands have been uprooted from their homes in recent weeks as torrential …
Flood-hit Kenya and Tanzania on alert as cyclone nearsSat, 04 May 2024 06:57:00 GMT Read More »
A military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s war-torn east on Friday handed a death sentence to eight soldiers, including five officers, for desertion and cowardice when fighting M23 rebels.Prosecutors had sought the death penalty against 11 soldiers on trial in the same case, but the Goma court acquitted three of them, ruling that …
Eight DR Congo troops handed desertion death sentenceFri, 03 May 2024 18:58:19 GMT Read More »
