After more than a decade of intense lobbying, Somalia has been admitted into the East African Community (EAC). After ratification by the Somali Federal Parliament, the membership will become official. The application process, started by former President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed in 2011, had been long and arduous with some member…
Information minister says 13 military officers arrested in relation to the weekend assault in capital Freetown. A series of attacks on military barracks and prisons in Sierra Leone over the weekend was a failed coup attempt, according to police and government officials in the West African country. Information Minister Chernor…
Mine’s operator said the lift accident happened as employees were leaving a shaft at the end of their shift. Eleven workers at a South African platinum mine have been killed and 75 others injured after a lift bringing the workers back to the surface dropped about 200 metres (656 feet),…
President says most of the leaders arrested after attacks on military barracks and prisons in the West African nation. At least 20 people have been killed, including 13 soldiers, and several wounded in a series of attacks over the weekend that targeted military barracks and prisons in Sierra Leone, according…
President Nyusi is expected to officially present the energy strategy to the international community during COP28. Mozambique has approved an ambitious new energy transition plan until 2050, hoping to attract investments of some $80bn to boost renewable energy capacity and increase electricity availability, a senior energy official said on Monday….
The government says it is in full control following an armed attack in the capital and a nationwide curfew. Sierra Leone has arrested most of the leaders of an armed attack in the capital that has prompted the government to declare a nationwide curfew, the country’s president has said. “Most…
People & Power investigates what major new oil projects in Uganda mean for the country, its people and the environment. In this documentary, People & Power investigates what major new oil projects in Uganda mean for the country, its people and the environment. As nations gather for COP28, one issue…
Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio claims ‘calm restored’ after government said the attack was repelled. Sierra Leone has declared a nationwide curfew after gunmen attacked a military barracks in the capital, Freetown, according to a government statement, after months of post-election unrest in the West African nation. Sierra Leone’s…
Andry Rajoelina has secured a third term in an election marred by a low turnout and an opposition boycott. Madagascar‘s President Andry Rajoelina has effectively secured a third term after the electoral body (CENI) said he had obtained the most votes in an election marked by low turnout and an…
In the first of a two-part series, Angela Muhindo spoke to UN Women ahead of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, marked annually from 25 November to 10 December, Human Rights Day. “My life has been full of pain,” she said, surveying the green landscape where she spent…
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