Year: 2022
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Guinea
Guinean Security Forces Injure At Least 5 Anti-Government Protesters In Firing
Guinean security forces on Thursday fired at anti-government protesters in Conarky, injuring at least five of them, an opposition coalition…
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Uganda
Africa CDC: Uganda’s Ebola Outbreak Still A Manageable Risk At Current Stage
Africa CDC, Africa’s top public health body, on Thursday said there is a risk that Uganda’s Ebola outbreak could spread…
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Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso’s Coup Leader Traore To Be Sworn In As Interim President On Friday
Burkina Faso’s young army captain who led the latest coup, Ibrahim Traore, will get sworn-in as the country’s new interim…
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Chad
Chad’s President Declares State Of Emergency Amid Worsening Flood Situation
Chad’s President Mahamat Idriss Deby on Wednesday declared a state of emergency in the central African country over flooding that…
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Ethiopia
WHO Chief Warns Ghebreyesus Urgent Action Needed To Avert Genocide In Ethiopia
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday condemned the dire situation in Ethiopia’s conflict-torn Tigray…
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Mali
Mali’s Foreign Minister Accuses France Of Violating Airspace, Supporting Militants
Mali’s Foreign Affairs Minister Abdoulaye Diop on Tuesday said that the country’s military government would resort to self-defense if France…
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Somalia
UNICEF Warns Thousands Of Malnourished Children At Risk Of Dying In Somalia
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday warned thousands of severely malnourished boys and girls in severe drought-hit Somalia…
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Ethiopia
Ethiopian Military Gains Control Of Three Town From Rebel Tigrayan Forces
The Ethiopian military on Tuesday announced it has successfully taken control of three towns from rebel forces in the embattled…
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Nigeria
Nigeria’s Government: Death Toll From Worst-Ever Flooding Crosses 600 Mark
Nigeria’s ministry of humanitarian affairs on Sunday said over 600 people have lost their lives in the worst flooding the…
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Ethiopia
Ethiopia’s Rebel Leaders In Tigray Ready To Abide Ceasefire Following AU’s Plea
Ethiopia’s rebel leaders in the embattled Tigray region have announced they would respect a ceasefire as fighting intensified in the…
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Uganda
Ugandan President Announces Raft Of Measures To Control Current Ebola Outbreak
The Ugandan government on Saturday announced a raft of measures to stop the spread of Ebola in the country, reported…
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Chad
Chad’s Interim President Names Ex-rebels As Ministers In New Unity Government
Chad’s military leader and interim president Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno has named several former rebels to ministerial posts in the…
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Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso’s National Forum Declares Ibrahim Traore As Transitional President
Burkina Faso’s national forum on Friday unanimously declared coup leader Captain Ibrahim Traoré as the country’s transitional president, reported The…
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Uganda
Ugandan Health Minister Says Capital Kampala Remains Ebola-Free Despite Death
Ugandan health authorities on Friday said the country’s capital Kampala remains Ebola-free despite a 45-year-old man dying from the virus…
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Burkina Faso
National Meeting Begin In Burkina Faso To Appoint New Transitional President
A national meeting has begun in Burkina Faso on Friday to appoint a transitional president who will serve the country…
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Nigeria
Nigeria’s Lecturers’ Union ASUU Suspend Prolonged Strike After Eight Long Months
Nigeria’s Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Friday announced that it has decided to suspend a prolonged strike which…
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Malawi
Malawi’s Authorities Appeal To WHO For More Vaccines To Battle Cholera Outbreak
Malawi’s health authorities have made an appeal to the World Health Organization (WHO) for more Cholera vaccines as the water-borne…
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Uganda
Ugandan President’s Son Asks Kenyan President To Forgive Him Over Kenya Invasion Tweets
Ugandan Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni’s son General Muhoozi Kainerugaba has apologised to Kenya’s President William Ruto over his tweets about…
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Health
WHO Working With Uganda To Stop Spread Of Ebola In Neighboring Nations
The World Health Organization (WHO) chief on Wednesday said the organization is working with Ugandan health authorities to prevent a…
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Chad
Chad’s Interim President Mahamat Deby Appoints Saleh Kebzabo As New Prime Minister
Chad’s military leader and interim president Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno on Wednesday appointed veteran Chadian politician and former opposition figure…
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Mali
Mali’s Junta Leader Assimi Goita Receives A Draft Of A New Constitution
Mali’s junta leader Colonel Assimi Goita on Tuesday received a draft of a new constitution, an important part of the…
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Lesotho
Lesotho’s RFP Party Forms Alliance With Two More Parties After Poll Breakthrough
Lesotho’s diamond millionaire, whose newly formed party Revolution for Prosperity (RFP) won the most seats in last week’s election but…
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Chad
Chad’s Prime Minister Albert Padacke Resigns To Pave Way For New Government
Chad’s Prime Minister Albert Pahimi Padacke on Tuesday resigned to pave the way for a new government after the Central…
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Sudan
Sudan’s Political Crisis Getting Closer To Settlement, Says Tripartite Mechanism
Sudan’s political crisis is getting closer to a satisfactory settlement, a tripartite mechanism tasked with facilitating intra-Sudanese dialogue announced on…
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Ethiopia
Ethiopian President Zewde Reiterates Call For Negotiation To End Ongoing Civil War
Ethiopian President Sahle-work Zewde on Monday reiterated calls for negotiations and other means of peaceful resolution to put an end…
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