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Ethiopia has accused Eritrea of joining forces with a hardline opposition faction in preparing to launch a war, according to a letter from the foreign affairs ministry obtained by AFP on Wednesday.The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), which dominated Ethiopian politics for some 30 years, has been banned from political activity. Relations have been extremely strained …

Ethiopia accuses Eritrea of ‘actively’ preparing for warWed, 08 Oct 2025 08:45:51 GMT Read More »

President Andry Rajoelina’s appointment of an army general as new prime minister was met with little enthusiasm in Madagascar Tuesday, as protesters gathered again ahead of a looming deadline set by the youth-led movement for a national strike. Rajoelina named Major General Ruphin Fortunat Dimbisoa Zafisambo as head of government late Monday in a bid to …

New prime minister inspires little hope in protest-hit MadagascarTue, 07 Oct 2025 19:23:19 GMT Read More »

Yann Anoko fondly remembers the days when tourists would flock to his hotel in southwestern Cameroon, before the English-speaking region’s decade-long separatist conflict put paid to the boom.Where visitors once used to throng Limbe’s spectacular beaches of black volcanic sand, holidaymakers have become scarce since fighters from the country’s anglophone minority mounted a revolt in …

Cameroon hotels long for tourists spooked by conflictTue, 07 Oct 2025 10:33:54 GMT Read More »

From explosive drones to inflatable decoy vehicles, Tuareg rebels in Mali have increasingly turned to tactics learnt from Ukrainian intelligence to strike the west African country’s army and its Russian allies.The tactics are reshaping the balance in the conflict between Mali’s junta government and the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA), a pro-independence armed coalition of predominantly …

From Donbas to the desert: Mali Tuaregs borrow Ukraine’s war tacticsTue, 07 Oct 2025 05:39:45 GMT Read More »

UNESCO executives voted Monday to make an Egyptian ex-antiquities minister the UN culture body’s next leader, as it grapples with accusations of anti-Israel bias that prompted the United States to say it would quit the organisation.The board voted to appoint Khaled el-Enany, Egypt’s former antiquities and tourism minister, to replace French director-general Audrey Azoulay after …

UNESCO board backs Egyptian for chief after US rowTue, 07 Oct 2025 05:16:53 GMT Read More »

Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina on Monday appointed an army general as prime minister, hoping to quell surging protests against his leadership that have plunged the country into crisis.In the latest in days of youth-led marches, security forces dispersed hundreds of demonstrators with tear gas in Madagascar’s capital Antananarivo, injuring at least one, AFP reporters saw.Sparked …

Madagascar president taps general for PM in bid to defuse protestsMon, 06 Oct 2025 19:57:05 GMT Read More »

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday convicted a feared Sudanese militia chief for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during brutal attacks in Darfur.The ICC found Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, also known by the nom de guerre Ali Kushayb, guilty of multiple crimes including rape, murder and torture carried out between August 2003 …

ICC finds Sudan militia chief guilty of crimes against humanityMon, 06 Oct 2025 14:36:33 GMT Read More »

Hundreds of people demonstrated in Madagascar’s capital, Antananarivo, on Monday — the 12th day of a youth-led protest movement that has plunged the country into political crisis.Near-daily protests that started on September 25 against persistent water and power cuts in the Indian Ocean island have grown into an anti-government movement calling for President Andry Rajoelina to …

Hundreds stage fresh anti-government protests in MadagascarMon, 06 Oct 2025 12:54:43 GMT Read More »

Ghana stars Antoine Semenyo, Mohammed Kudus and Inaki Williams warmed up for crucial 2026 World Cup qualifiers by scoring in the top European leagues at the weekend.Semenyo struck twice as Bournemouth beat Fulham and Kudus was the match-winner for Tottenham Hotspur at Leeds United in the Premier League. Williams converted a penalty to claim his first …

African players in Europe: Ghana trio score before World Cup tiesMon, 06 Oct 2025 09:36:41 GMT Read More »

While a peace deal is proving slow to take effect on the ground, the M23 armed group is consolidating its political and economic hold on the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).It has set about recruiting officials and imposing taxes, as well as training judges, soldiers and police in a bid to create parallel administrative structures …

In DR Congo, M23 militia takes root as diplomacy stallsMon, 06 Oct 2025 05:30:53 GMT Read More »