Africa

Libya's oil, gas revenues top 4 bln USD in November, December

Libya's revenues of oil and gas exports in November and December reached record high, exceeding 4 billion U.S. dollars, the country's state-owned National Oil Corporation (NOC) said on Friday. "... the net revenues for the months of November and December of the year 2021, for sales of crude oil, gas, condensate, petroleum and petrochemical products ...

19:00 Et January 15, 2022

Tunisians protest against president, as journalists complain of police abuse

Tunisian police sprayed water cannons into crowds and beat back protesters withbatons as they dispersed more than 1,000 demonstrators trying to reach central Tunis on Friday, while journalists ...

12:31 Et January 15, 2022

Nigeria records 3,598 cholera deaths in 2021

A total of 3,598 people in Nigeria died from a cholera outbreak in 2021, an official from the Federal Ministry of Water Resources said Thursday.  Emmanuel Awe said ...

13:30 Et January 14, 2022

Somali army says kills 25 Shabab militants

The Somali National Army (SNA) said on Monday that its elite forces killed 25 Shabab militants and wounded several others in intense fighting on Sunday in the southern ...

19:00 Et January 10, 2022

Nigeria attacks: Hundreds reported killed as bandits target villages

At least 200 people in Nigeria's north-western Zamfara state have been killed in a wave of vicious attacks by armed militants, residents say. The attacks are believed to ...

18:30 Et January 9, 2022

Ex-Tunisian president calls for civil disobedience to topple Saied

Former Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki has called for civil disobedience in the North African nation to topple incumbent President Kais Saied. In a statement posted on his Facebook ...

12:12 Et January 9, 2022

Tunisian judiciary refers 19 people to trial for ‘electoral crimes’

The Tunisian judiciary on Wednesday referred 19 people to trial for "election violations," including the head of the Ennahda movement, Rachid Ghannouchi, and former President Moncef Marzouki.   According ...

13:30 Et January 6, 2022

Congolese president calls for local manufacturing of COVID-19 vaccines in Africa

The Republic of the Congo President Denis Sassou Nguesso on Tuesday called for the international community to support Africa for local manufacturing of COVID-19 vaccines. "For the well-being ...

19:30 Et January 5, 2022

Sudan’s PM announces resignation amid political deadlock

Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok announced his resignation Sunday amid political deadlock and widespread pro-democracy protests following a military coup that derailed the country’s fragile transition to democratic rule. Hamdok, a former U.N. official seen as the civilian face of Sudan’s transitional government, had been reinstated as prime minister in November as part of an ...

15:00 Et January 3, 2022

Fire burns South Africa’s Parliament building in Cape Town

Firefighters battled a blaze at South Africa’s national Parliament complex on Sunday that sent a dark plume of smoke and flames into the air above the center of ...

15:30 Et January 2, 2022
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