By Maxwell Akalaare Adombila ACCRA (Reuters) – A Ghanaian court has sentenced a Chinese national to prison for illegal gold mining in the West African nation, her lawyer said on Monday, ending a case that started in 2017 and shed light on Chinese involvement in the activity. The court in the capital Accra sentenced Aisha …
Ghana court jails Chinese national over illegal gold mining Read More »
NIAMEY (Reuters) – Niger’s ruling junta has revoked the country’s military partnership with the European Union, the foreign ministry said on Monday, withdrawing its permission for an EU programme set up to bolster the security forces. The EUCAP Sahel Niger civilian mission was launched in 2012 to help the security forces fight militants and other …
Niger revokes military accord with European Union – ministry Read More »
By Alberto Dabo BISSAU (Reuters) -Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo dissolved parliament in a decree on Monday that accused the government of passivity in the face of violence last week that he said was an attempted coup. His move left the unstable West African nation without a lawmaking body for the second time since he …
Guinea Bissau president dissolves parliament after clashes Read More »
By Garba Muhammad KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Civilians were killed in Nigeria’s northern Kaduna state following a military drone attack targeting insurgents and bandits on Sunday night, the state governor, a religious leader and witnesses said on Monday. Nigeria’s military, which is backed by the United States, Britain and other non-Western allies in a long …
Civilians killed in Nigerian drone attack in north – officials, witnesses Read More »
LUSAKA (Reuters) – Rescue workers in Zambia were still searching on Monday for at least 25 informal miners buried alive three days ago by a mudslide at an open-pit copper mine, Mines Minister Paul Kabuswe said. The miners at Seseli Mine in Chingola, about 400 km (250 miles) northwest of the capital Lusaka, were trapped …
Zambia digs for at least 25 miners buried in open-pit mudslide Read More »
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – At least 20 people have been killed by floods after heavy rain in the Manyara region of northern Tanzania, the ministry of health said on Sunday. Severe flooding caused by the El Nino weather phenomenon has killed hundreds of people in Kenya and Somalia in recent weeks. The rains have …
Floods kill more than 20 people in northern Tanzania -government Read More »
By Djaffar Al Katanty GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Scores of Kenyan troops flew out of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday, marking the start of the withdrawal of a regional force after Kinshasa did not renew its mandate to help fight M23 rebels. Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi has repeatedly criticised the …
BISSAU (Reuters) -Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo said on Saturday that gunfire and clashes that had erupted in the capital of the West African nation on Friday were an attempted coup. “I can assure you that the events of December 1, 2023, are yet another attempted coup and those responsible will suffer serious consequences,” Embalo …
Guinea-Bissau President Embalo says a coup was foiled on Friday Read More »
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – The government of Ethiopia’s largest region, Oromiya, on Saturday accused the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) rebel group of killing “many civilians” in attacks that followed the failure of peace talks in Tanzania. At least 36 people were killed when unidentified attackers struck three villages in Oromiya’s Shirka district on Nov. 24 …
Ethiopia’s Oromiya region accuses OLA rebels of killing ‘many’ people Read More »
ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) -Madagascar’s incumbent resident, Andry Rajoelina, was declared the winner on Friday of the Nov. 16 election by the country’s High Constitutional Court, which handed him a third term after dismissing various challenges to provisional results. “Andry Rajoelina is elected as the president of the republic of Madagascar and is taking his functions as …
Madagascar leader wins presidential vote, constitutional court says Read More »
