Africa

Almost 800 arrested over Nigerian crypto-romance scam

Nigeria's anti-graft agency said it had arrested 792 suspects in a raid on a building believed to be a hub for fraudsters who lured victims with offers of romance, then pressed them to hand over cash for phoney cryptocurrency investments. The suspects, including 148 Chinese and 40 Filipino nationals, were detained on Dec. 10 at ...

10:50 Et December 17, 2024

How a uranium mine became a pawn in the row between Niger and France

In the latest sign of a dramatic deterioration in relations, Niger's military rulers appear increasingly determined to drive France out of any significant sector in their economy - ...

19:31 Et December 8, 2024

Mpox still a health emergency, says WHO

The Mpox outbreak continues to represent a public health emergency, the World Health Organization said on Friday. The WHO first declared the emergency in August, when an outbreak of a ...

11:38 Et November 23, 2024

Senegal votes in election that will decide if president can carry out the reforms he promised

Polls opened in Senegal on Sunday for a parliamentary election that is set to determine if the country’s newly elected president can carry out ambitious reforms. More than ...

11:10 Et November 17, 2024

Botswana ruling party rejected after 58 years in power

Voters in Botswana have rejected the country’s long-serving governing party in a result that marks a political earthquake in the diamond-rich southern African nation. The Botswana Democratic Party ...

10:08 Et November 2, 2024

Mozambique opposition lawyer shot dead

The lawyer for a prominent Mozambique opposition figure has been shot dead in the capital, Maputo, along with an official from the same party. Elvino Dias was the ...

16:54 Et October 20, 2024

185 Years Since Schneider-Valée Letter: The French Document That Named 'Algeria' for the First Time

Monday, October 14, 2024, marked the 185th anniversary of a pivotal event in the history of North Africa, which is the first official adoption of the name "Algeria" ...

20:27 Et October 16, 2024

Lagos Hosts Regional Workshop to Finalize Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline Agreement

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is hosting a regional workshop in Lagos from Oct. 8 to 11 to review and validate the Host Government Agreement ...

10:48 Et October 11, 2024

Author to go on trial in France for downplaying Rwanda genocide

A French-Cameroonian writer, Charles Onana, is due to go on trial in Paris accused of complicity in contesting the 1994 Rwandan genocide. About 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed within 100 days. In a book published five years ago, Mr Onana described the idea that the Hutu government had planned a genocide in Rwanda ...

12:04 Et October 7, 2024

Tunisia's president seeks new term with one candidate in jail

Tunisia's President Kais Saied, seen as a saviour by supporters and an autocrat by critics, is running for re-election on Sunday in a vote that he is all ...

10:40 Et October 6, 2024
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