KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Senegal’s President Macky Sall sacked his health minister, Abdoulaye Diouf Sarr, on Thursday following a hospital fire in which 11 newborns were killed. In a presidential decree read on public television, Sall named Marie Khemesse Ngom Ndiaye as the new health minister. Ndiaye formerly served as the director general of pu...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – At least 50 civilians have been killed by unidentified gunmen in the town of Madjoari in eastern Burkina Faso, an official said Thursday. Residents from Madjoari in Kompienga province bordering Benin were heading to Nadiagou in the town of Pama, fleeing violence, when they were targeted Wednesday by unidentified arm...
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania – Human rights defenders in Tanzania have said that they feel relieved by the measures taken by the first female President Samia Suluhu Hassan like lifting the ban on 30 media outlets, and beginning a review of repressive laws. Hassan, who took over last year in March after the death of […]
MOGADISHU, Somalia – Somalia’s National Drought Relief Committee has said 6.9 million people in the country are facing severe water shortages and food insecurity as the worst droughts in decades have escalated in the region. The drought has affected 90% of the country’s landmass and 66 districts across the county. Abdirahman ...
KIGALI, Rwanda – Bakers in Burkina Faso downed their shutters nationwide on Thursday in protest against the government’s refusal to let them increase the price of bread to match the rising wheat prices. The strike came after weeks of discussions between the umbrella federation of owners of bakeries and confectioneries and the Trade Ministry ov...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Tunisian President Kais Saied on Wednesday evening issued a decree to hold a referendum on a new constitution on July 25. The official gazette said that polling will start at 6 a.m. and end at 10 p.m. on July 25. For Tunisians living abroad, voting will be held between July 23 […]
DOUALA, Cameroon (AA) – Eleven newborn babies died in a fire in the neonatal unit of a hospital in the western Senegalese city of Tivaouane, the country’s president said late Wednesday. “I have just learned with pain and dismay about the deaths of 11 newborn babies in the fire that occurred in the neonatal department […]
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh on Wednesday suggested holding parliamentary elections at the end of 2022 and to start preparations for polls in June. “After the parliamentary elections are held and the new government is formed, I will not stay in office even for a minute,” said Dbeibeh in a […]
Pretoria, South Africa – (AFP): Hundreds of protesters from a radical leftist party in South Africa marched Wednesday on the French embassy in Pretoria to demand that France leave Africa. Chanting “Fuck off, France” and dressed in their trademark red T-shirts and caps, the Economic Freedom Fighters carried placards reading &#...
Banjul, Gambia – (AFP): The Gambian government said Wednesday it will prosecute former dictator Yahya Jammeh for murder, rape, torture and other alleged crimes committed under his more than 20-year rule. The Ministry of Justice said it accepted all but two of the 265 recommendations made by a commission that probed alleged crimes committ...
