Nairobi, Jun. 25, (dpa/GNA) – Several hundred demonstrators in the Kenyan capital Nairobi broke through security barriers and stormed the parliament building during protests against a new…
Africa
King Mohammed VI orders humanitarian medical aid operation for Gaza population
Rabat, June 24 (MAP/GNA) – King Mohammed VI, of Morocco has given instructions for the deployment of a humanitarian medical aid operation for the…
Malawian president appoints Michael Usi as new vice president
LILONGWE, June 21, (Xinhua/GNA) — Malawian President, Lazarus Chakwera, has appointed Michael Usi as the country’s vice president, replacing Saulos Chilima, who died in…
South Africa’s Ramaphosa sworn in for second term
June 19 (BBC/GNA) – South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa has been sworn in for a second full term in office as president, despite failing to…
Mourners killed by car as Malawi VP’s funeral convoy passes
June 17 (BBC/GNA) – Four people, including a pregnant woman, were killed after a vehicle tried to avoid the convoy carrying the body of…
G7 calls for worldwide ceasefire during Paris Olympic Games
Bari, Italy, June 16, (dpa/GNA) – The world’s seven leading industrialized democracies, are campaigning for warring parties to lay down their weapons during this…
Cyril Ramaphosa re-elected South African president
June 15 (BBC/GNA) – South Africa’s parliament has re-elected Cyril Ramaphosa as the country’s president following a landmark coalition deal between the governing African…
South Africa’s Ramaphosa set for re-election with coalition deal
Cape Town, Jun. 14, (dpa/GNA) – South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has secured a coalition agreement between his African National Congress (ANC) party and the former opposition…
UN Security Council calls for end of siege to Sudan’s El Fasher
New York, Jun. 14, (dpa/GNA) – The UN Security Council on Thursday adopted a resolution calling for the end of the siege to the Sudanese city of El…
Congo riverboat accident claims at least 86 lives
Goma, Jun. 13, (dpa/GNA) – At least 86 people have died in a riverboat accident in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the presidential office said on Wednesday.…
ICC chief prosecutor says Darfur atrocities rising
Amsterdam, Jun. 12, (dpa/GNA) – The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, has seen clear indications of atrocities in the Darfur region of Sudan.…
Malawi’s vice president killed in plane crash
Nairobi, Jun. 11, (dpa/GNA) – Malawian Vice President Saulos Chilima has died in a plane crash. President Lazarus Chakwera announced on Tuesday that the military aircraft with…
Plane carrying Malawi’s vice president reported missing
Nairobi, June 11, (dpa/GNA) – An aeroplane carrying Malawian Vice President, Saulos Chilima, has been missing since Monday morning, the office of the president…
Aircraft carrying Malawi vice-president goes missing
June 10 (BBC/GNA) – An aircraft carrying Malawi’s Vice-President Saulos Chilima and nine others has gone missing, a statement from the president’s office has…
South Africa’s ANC will seek national unity government
Dakar, Jun. 7, (dpa/GNA) – South Africa’s governing African National Congress (ANC) party has announced it will seek a national unity government after the historic loss of…
More than 500 migrants rescued off Spain’s Canary Islands
Madrid, Jun. 6, (dpa/GNA) – Hundreds of migrants in distress off the Canary Islands were rescued in the span of a few hours, Spanish emergency services said…
General strike paralyses Nigeria
Lagos, Jun. 4, (dpa/GNA) – Africa’s most populous country, Nigeria, came to a standstill on Monday due to a nationwide general strike in favour of an increase…
Nigerian unions shut down power grid, disrupt airlines with strike over minimum wage
Lagos/Abuja, June 3 (Reuters/GNA) – Nigeria’s main labour unions on Monday shut down the national grid and disrupted flights across the country as they…