Africa

Morocco’s Flag Carrier Announces Launch of Casablanca-Abuja Direct Route

The national airline Royal Air Maroc (RAM) announced, at a ceremony held recently in Abuja, the launch of a direct route linking Casablanca and the Nigerian capital, scheduled for June 23. The new route to Abuja will operate three times a week (Tuesday, Friday and Sunday). “We are gathered together to celebrate a major event ...

20:23 Et May 28, 2024

Nigeria: At least 160 villagers reported taken in deadly raid

Ten people have been killed and at least 160 other villagers have been kidnapped from a remote community in Nigeria's central Niger state, officials say. A large number ...

20:10 Et May 27, 2024

South Africa’s election could bring the biggest political shift since it became a democracy in 1994

South Africans will vote Wednesday to decide whether their country will take its most significant political step since the moment 30 years ago when it brought down apartheid and achieved democracy. This ...

10:52 Et May 27, 2024

Extreme weather. A lack of lifesaving vaccines. Africa’s cholera crisis is worse than ever

Extreme weather events have hit parts of Africa relentlessly in the last three years, with tropical storms, floods and drought causing crises of hunger and displacement. They leave another deadly ...

10:00 Et May 24, 2024

Customized Solutions for Ethiopian Wheat: OCP Africa Joins Forces with Government, Partners

OCP Africa joined the launch of Ethiopia's Climate Resilient Wheat Value Chain Development Project, alongside the Ethiopian Ministry of Agriculture led by HE Dr. Girma Amente and other ...

18:00 Et May 23, 2024

Hundreds protest in Tunisia to demand a date for fair presidential elections

Hundreds of protesters gathered in the Tunisian capital on Sunday to demand the release of imprisoned journalists, activists and opposition figures, and the setting of a date for ...

20:34 Et May 13, 2024

South Africa asks World Court to order Israel's withdrawal from Rafah

South Africa has asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to order Israel to withdraw from Rafah as part of additional emergency measures over the war in Gaza, the ...

20:16 Et May 11, 2024

Death toll from Kenya floods rises to 228

The number of people killed by flooding and other impacts of the heavy rains battering Kenya has risen to 228, the interior ministry said on Sunday. The torrential rains that ...

20:10 Et May 5, 2024

Tunisian opposition wants political prisoners freed before taking part in presidential election

Tunisia’s main opposition coalition said Tuesday it won’t take part in the North African country’s upcoming presidential election unless President Kais Saied’s political opponents are freed and judicial independence is restored. More than 20 political opponents have been charged or imprisoned since Saied consolidated power in 2021 by suspending parliament and rewriting the country’s constitution. Voters weary ...

10:52 Et May 2, 2024

At least 23 civilian force members killed in northern Nigeria, officials say

At least 23 members of Nigeria's civilian joint task force were killed on Saturday in separate attacks by militants and an armed kidnapping gang in the north, two ...

20:10 Et April 28, 2024
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