Luanda, Nov 25, (dpa/GNA) – Countries from the European Union and African Union, emphasized the importance of closer cooperation between the two continents at…
Africa
Ethiopian volcano erupts for the first time in thousands of years
Dakar, Nov 24, (dpa/GNA) – The Hayli Gubbi volcano in Ethiopia has erupted for the first time in thousands of years. A cloud of…
Sudan’s de facto ruler rejects US ceasefire proposal
Omdurman, Sudan, Nov 24, (dpa/GNA) – Sudan’s de facto president, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, has strongly rejected a US proposal for a ceasefire between his…
Cameroon opposition leader flees after disputed presidential election
YaoundĂ©/Banjul, Nov 24, (dpa/GNA) – Opposition leader Issa Tchiroma Bakary, has fled Cameroon for Gambia, following the re-election of Paul Biya, the world’s oldest…
50 pupils back home after attackers kidnap 300 from Nigeria school
Lagos, Nov23, (dpa/GNA) – Fifty children who were among over 300 pupils abducted from a Catholic school in northern Nigeria, managed to escape their…
Guinea-Bissau votes in delayed presidential, parliamentary elections
Dakar, Nov 23, (dpa/GNA) – Guinea-Bissau went to the polls on Sunday for presidential and parliamentary elections, with President Umaro Sissoco EmbalĂł seeking a…
Europe pledges over €15bn for clean energy for Africa
Johannesburg, Nov 22, (dpa/GNA) – A campaign to mobilize investments in renewable energy in Africa, led by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen…
G20 summit begins in shadow of US boycott and Ukraine tensions
Johannesburg, Nov 22, (dpa/GNA) – The two-day G20 summit of leading economies begins on Saturday in Johannesburg, South Africa, overshadowed by the absence of…
More than 300 children kidnapped from Nigerian school
Lagos, Nov 22, (dpa/GNA) – More than 300 children and young people have been kidnapped from a Catholic boarding school in northern Nigeria, a…
Nigeria coach accuse DR Congo of ‘voodoo’ in penalty shoot-out
Berlin, Nov 17, (dpa/GNA) – Nigeria coach, Éric Chelle, has accused the DR Congo of doing “some voodoo” during the penalty shoot-out that ended…
Armed gang abducts 25 girls from school in Nigeria
Lagos. Nov 17, (dpa/GNA) – A group of heavily armed men has abducted 25 girls from a boarding school in north-western Nigeria, killing the…
Grand Egyptian Museum overwhelmed with visitors since opening
Cairo, Nov 16, (dpa/GNA) – The Grand Egyptian Museum, has brought in new measures to try to regulate the rush of visitors, who have…
Landslide in Congo gold mine kills more than 100 people
Aru, Congo, Nov 16, (dpa/GNA) – More than 100 people have died in a landslide at an unofficial gold mine in southern Congo, according…
Islamist militants kill 20 people in Congo hospital attack
Dakar, Nov 16, (dpa/GNA) – Militants from the Islamist group Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), attacked a hospital in eastern Congo on Friday night, killing…
Algeria pardons imprisoned author after German president’s appeal
Algiers, Nov 12, (dpa/GNA) – Algerian President, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, on Wednesday issued a pardon for imprisoned French-Algerian author, Boualem Sansal, on humanitarian grounds, following…
rebels agree ceasefire, response awaited from Sudanese army
Dakar, Nov 6, (dpa/GNA) – Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) rebel group, on Thursday agreed to a humanitarian ceasefire as proposed by a US-led…
Steinmeier mourns last German-Israeli hostage after remains returned
Luanda, Nov 5, (dpa/GNA) – German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, has offered his condolences to the family of Itay Chen, the last hostage with German…
Earth on path to 2.8 degrees Celsius warming by 2100, UN report says
Nairobi (dpa) – The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has warned that current climate policies put the planet on course for a 2.8-degree-Celsius temperature…
Opposition claims many killed in post-election protests in Tanzania
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Nov 4, (dpa/GNA) – The largest opposition party, has accused the security forces in the East African country, of excessive…
Tanzania’s president, sworn in for 2nd term, warns troublemakers
Dar es Salaam, Nov 4, (dpa/GNA) – Tanzania’s incumbent President, Samia Suluhu Hassan, was sworn in for a second term on Monday, despite the…