Tag: africa

Rwanda president retires 12 generals, 80 senior officers from army

Rwanda President Paul Kagame on Wednesday retired and hundreds of troops including…

Xinhua

Kenya says needs $229m for drought mitigation

Kenya requires 33.29 billion shillings (about $229m) for drought mitigation in arid…

Xinhua

South Africa fire: Egypt, AU extend condolences to victims, as death toll rises to 74

   At least 73 people were killed in South Africa fire in…

Daily News Egypt

Sylvia Mdunyelwa, one of South Africa’s great jazz vocalists, kept music traditions alive

Ncediwe Sylvia Mdunyelwa joins that pantheon of late, great South African singers…

TheConversation

DRC: rising Twirwaneho rebel group highlights the unending volatility of the country’s east

The three-decade conflict in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of…

TheConversation

Gabon military declares coup, puts President Bongo under house arrest

Gabon's military has cancelled presidential election results and dissolved state institutions, officers…

Xinhua

Kenya, Egypt top Africa in startup funding volume in H1 2023

Startups in Kenya and Egypt were the top recipients of equity funding…

Daily News Egypt

Sudan: Momentum for political settlement increases amid continuing armed clashes

The rare public appearance of Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, chairman of Sudan's Sovereign…

Xinhua

Niger’s resource paradox: what should make the country rich has made it a target for predators

A month after the coup in Niger that toppled the democratically elected…

TheConversation