Month: February 2025

Congo M23 rebels seize two more towns as president seeks support abroad

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels fighting in eastern Congo seized two towns on their march towards a provincial capital, residents…

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Egypt, Qatar intensify efforts to save Gaza ceasefire

Egypt and Qatar are intensifying efforts to save the Gaza ceasefire deal, state-affiliated Egypt's Al Qahera news TV…

Ghana orders investigation into 81,000 suspected ghost names on payroll

Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday ordered an investigation into the operations of the National Service Authority…

Oil falls as potential Ukraine peace deal may ease supply disruptions

Oil prices fell on Thursday on expectations that a potential peace deal between Ukraine and Russia would end…

Detained Ugandan opposition figure Besigye is on hunger strike, his wife says

A prominent opposition figure in Uganda who is on trial in a military tribunal has begun a hunger…

Dry season in Ivory Coast triggers cocoa shortage fears, farmers say

A lack of rain in most of Ivory Coast's cocoa-growing regions could delay the start of the April-to-September…

Egypt tells US top diplomat Rubio that Arab states reject Trump’s Gaza plan

Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty told U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday that Arab states rejected…

South African party accuses white group of treason over Trump attack

South Africa's MK party filed a treason complaint on Monday against a group championing the white Afrikaner minority…

What is Afrobeats – and why is it so popular?

The musical genre is becoming more and more popular - a point made by artist Burna Boy, who…

Burkina Faso: Cooking with flavour powerhouse soumbala

The first thing that hits you is the smell. The pea-sized néré pods from the néré tree may…

‘No thanks’: White South Africans turn down Trump’s US immigration offer

US president’s executive order provides resettlement for Afrikaners ‘who are victims of unjust racial discrimination’.

Namibia’s ‘founding father’ Sam Nujoma dies aged 95

Sam Nujoma, the activist and guerrilla leader who became Namibia's first democratically elected president after it won its…