Africa

Senegal top court confirms Faye's election victory

Senegal's Constitutional Council on Friday confirmed the presidential election victory of opposition candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye, paving the way for his inauguration as the country's fifth president. The top court validated provisional results announced on Wednesday based on vote tallies from 100% of polling stations. Faye won more than 54% of votes in last Sunday's delayed ...

20:34 Et March 30, 2024

South Africa bus crash kills 45 Easter pilgrims from Botswana

A bus crash in northern South Africa killed 45 pilgrims travelling from Botswana for Easter festivities on Thursday, authorities said, with the sole survivor an eight-year-old girl currently ...

20:45 Et March 29, 2024

Senegalese await the outcome of a peaceful presidential vote, following months of unrest

Senegalese anxiously awaited the results of a presidential election Monday, following months of uncertainty and unrest that tested the country’s reputation as a stable democracy in a region ...

11:15 Et March 25, 2024

Kuriga kidnap: Nigerian pupils taken in mass abduction freed

Nigerian pupils taken by gunmen in a mass abduction in the north-western town of Kuriga earlier this month have been freed "unharmed", officials say. Kaduna state governor Uba ...

16:18 Et March 24, 2024

Algeria president sets presidential election for Sept 7

Algeria's president Abdelmadjid Tebboune has decided to hold presidential election on Sept. 7, the presidency said on Thursday. Tebboune was elected in December 2019 for a five-year term ...

11:32 Et March 22, 2024

Sixty migrants feared drowned crossing Mediterranean from Libya

As many as 60 people are feared to have drowned on a vessel carrying migrants across the Mediterranean from Libya to Italy or Malta, the operators of a ...

21:00 Et March 14, 2024

Postponement of 2024 Presidential Election in Algeria is Real Possibility, a Report Says

The economic and political situation in Algeria has been described as “chaos” just a few months before the 2024 presidential election. According to a report issued by Menas ...

17:33 Et March 10, 2024

Côte d'Ivoire's First Lady Leaves Morocco After Working Visit

The First Lady of Côte d'Ivoire, Dominique Ouattara, left Morocco on Saturday at the end of a working visit to the Kingdom. On her departure from the Rabat-Salé ...

16:12 Et March 10, 2024

Over 280 Students Kidnapped In Northwestern Nigeria: Authorities

Over 280 primary school students and their teachers have been abducted by armed gunmen in northwestern Nigeria, with local authorities confirming the attack to Anadolu on Friday. The attackers, locally known as bandits, stormed the Local Education Authority Primary School in Kuriga, a town in the Chikun local government area, on Thursday, according to a ...

11:17 Et March 8, 2024

Morocco Pushes for End to Child Soldier Exploitation in AU's PSC Meeting

In an address on Tuesday in Addis Ababa, Morocco urged the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) to take decisive action against the impunity ...

12:11 Et February 28, 2024
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