Category: Rest of Africa

Bozize, who seized power in the CAR in 2003 but was toppled a decade later, was sentenced in absentia on Thursday, according to a judgement sent to AFP by the ministry.

"It is time to acknowledge openly that much of Europe and the United States have been built from the vast wealth harvested from the sweat, tears, blood and horrors of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and the centuries of colonial exploitation," he told the general debate of...

Taking the podium at the United Nations General Assembly, Faustin-Archange Touadera addressed the migrant crisis on the Italian island of Lampedusa, where thousands of African migrants arrived last week, overwhelming the local community and causing a major headache for the European Union.

And now, the state thinks some therapy can help dilute men's anger, reflecting a new strategy, especially in conservative communities.

General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the de facto ruler of Sudan since a 2021 coup, alluded to the rival Rapid Support Forces' (RSF) ties with Wagner, the Russian mercenary group hit by Western sanctions over alleged abuses in Africa.

Mohamed Bazoum was overthrown by the military on July 26 and has been detained at home with his wife and child since.

The alliance -- which includes the Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA), a coalition of separatist groups dominated by ethnic Tuaregs -- also claimed it shot down two planes during the attack Sunday on two military camps.

Having lost at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) earlier this month, Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) want the Supreme Court of Nigeria to nullify the judgment. 

"Bongo's eldest son Noureddin Bongo Valentin and former presidential spokesman Jessye Ella Ekogha, as well as four others close to the deposed leader, have been charged and placed in provisional detention," said Libreville prosecutor Andre-Patrick Roponat.

Addressing the United Nations General Assembly, Ramaphosa said it was time to "massively scale up" aid on development as the world falls short on ambitious UN-backed goals to end extreme poverty by 2030.