Category: Rest of Africa

Mohamed Abdi Jirow, known as ‘Dr Fanah’, was sentenced to death in a case heard in the military court in Mogadishu that ended on January 14.

Egyptian authorities announced Saturday the discovery of an ancient tomb in Luxor dating back around 3,500 years that archaeologists believe holds the remains of an 18th dynasty royal.

The trip has been a tradition by Beijing’s top diplomats to the continent at the start of each year for the last 31 years.

The N’Djamena government announced on Thursday that the attempt had been foiled by intelligence services, who also arrested several soldiers and an activist blamed for the incident said to have occurred on December 8.

In a presidential order, quoted by state-owned Jornal de Angola, Mr Lourenço states that there are “worrying levels of pollution resulting from the use of plastics in general”.

Doubters say a recent outbreak of coups and coup attempts suggests low belief in elections as a means of choosing leaders.

This will become the second occupied territory the group surrenders in a fortnight to the East African regional force created under the East African Community.

The new term was set to begin on January 3, but the increasing cases of cholera infections and deaths forced the government to cancel school reopening plans as it deals with the outbreak.

NAF jet fighters on December 18, 2022 at Mutumji community in Maru Local Government Area of North West Zamfara State, bombed suspected locations of deadly bandits who were reported to have invaded the community. 

This is the first time for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government to dispatch such a high-level delegation to the war-torn region since conflict between Tigray forces and government forces broke out in November 2020.