Nigeria’s emergency management agency says it’s keeping close watch on river levels, following the decision in neighboring Cameroon to release water from the Lagdo Dam. Humanitarian affairs minister Betta Edu has recommended that frontline communities living in about a dozen states along the Benue River should begin preparing for high…
Nairobi hosts Africa Climate Week with focus on solutions
C.A.R. violence forces step back for Doctors Without Borders
Gabon’s military coup leaders name Oligui Nguema to replace Bongo
Nigeria prepares for floods due to Cameroon dam releases
Mnangagwa re-elected in Zimbabwe but opposition rejects result
President Emmerson Mnangagwa of the ruling Zanu PF party has been re-elected in Zimbabwe, receiving 52.6% of the vote in this week’s election while opposition leader Nelson Chamisa of the Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC) reached 44%, according to Saturday’s late-night results from the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission. The CCC, however,…
Zimbabwe waits on election results amid observer concerns, opposition shutdown
As yet there are no official results from this week’s presidential election in Zimbabwe, which again put President Emmerson Mnangagwa of the ruling Zanu PF party in a race against Nelson Chamisa of the Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC). The CCC says it thinks it’s running ahead in the results,…
Egypt, Ethiopia to be BRICS member states in 2024
Egypt and Ethiopia will join the BRICS group of nations, in a decision on expansion…
Wagner chief Prigozhin listed as passenger aboard downed flight: Russian agency TASS
The Russian news agency TASS reports that Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of the Wagner Group paramilitary…
HRW says Ethiopian migrant deaths may be crime against humanity
A Human Rights Watch investigation released Monday found hundreds of Ethiopian migrants and asylum seekers…
South Africa’s Ramaphosa talks foreign policy ahead of BRICS summit
President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the South African nation on Sunday evening, speaking about foreign policy…
Tenerife fires displace 26,000 as WMO calls heat the ‘new norm’
More than 26,000 people have faced evacuation as fires on Tenerife, in the Canary Islands,…