Latest in Tag: africa Highlight
Latest in Tag: africa
New transitional government announced in Mali
Two week after coup, Dioncounda Traore announced Mali’s interim president
Sudan cooperation a necessity
Khartoum (AFP) – Sudan and South Sudan have no choice but to work together in order to avoid “suicide”, former prime minister Sadiq al-Mahdi said on Tuesday. “It is a win-win formula or a lose-lose formula,” Mahdi, who leads a major opposition party, Umma, told a gathering organised by the South Sudanese embassy. Sudan and …
Eight Ugandans survive army helicopter crash, two dead
Nairobi (AFP) – Eight Ugandan servicemen walked away from their helicopter after it crashed in Kenya en route to war-torn Somalia while two soldiers were confirmed dead in another crash, officials said Tuesday. Theirs were among three Russian-made Mi-24 combat helicopters that went down Sunday in a remote mountainous region of Kenya. One was found …
Egypt pledges aid to South Sudan
Egypt played an important role in easing the tensions between Sudan and South Sudan
Somali PM to run for president
Somali Prime Minister running for presidency against current president against Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed
Mali Islamists accept talks
Islamist forces came to prominence in the region after the military coup that took place in March
Mauritanian president not stepping down
The opposition has demanded that a transition government take over from the President
Clinton urges South Africa to take leading role
Pretoria , South Africa (AFP) â US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday called on South Africa, the continent’s leading democracy, to play a more influential role in African and global issues. “We are looking for ways to enhance and deepen our partnership. South Africa has so much to offer to the rest of …
North Mali civilians form militias
International intervention suffers delays even as reports of child soldiers surface
Suicide bomber attacks Nigerian military checkpoint
8 killed in suicide car bomb attack on a military checkpoint in the north-eastern city of Damaturu Sunday
Somalia seals Arab world’s newest constitution
Somalia’s Constituent Assembly overwhelmingly approves draft
Sudan and S.Sudan strike oil deal
Sudan and South Sudan have hammered out a deal on how to share their oil wealth
US citizen admits to supporting Somali terrorist group
A US citizen arrested in 2010 has plead guilty to charges that he attempted to join the Al-Shabaab jihadist movement in Somalia and raised funds to support the group. Shaker Masri, a 28 year old Chicago resident, was arrested in 2010 just hours before leaving for Somalia where he planned on engaging in Jihad …
Spanish foreign minister: Mali a âplatform for terrorismâ
A dozen aid workers are evacuated from the border of Algeria in fear of attacks
Morsy’s Ramadan Speech, Africa and Sulieman’s death
Morsyâs Ramadan Speech, Africa and Suliemanâs death After President Morsy addressed the nation on the occasion of Ramadan and mentioned the importance of revisiting the ties with the African continent, many columnists across the Egyptian press have touched on his speech, while some have recalled the achievements of the 23 July 1952 revolution within the …
Israel deports migrants
Israel pushes ahead with the deportation of migrants to several African countries
Lighting the dark continent
By Adnan Amin, Achim Steiner, and Kandeh Yumkella NAIROBI: Nineteenth-century European explorers called Africa the âDark Continent,â because to them it was vast and largely unknown. Today, Africa may still be dark, but for a very different reason: it is chronically short of electricity. Indeed, nocturnal satellite images show that, except for some parts of southern …
Egypt’s OT completes sale of stake in Congo Unit
Cairo-based Orascom Telecom (OT) said on Monday it had signed a deal to complete the sale of its controlling 65 percent stake in a mobile phone service operator in Congo Republic for $66.6 million.
