La France va aider le Soudan, lourdement endetté et engagé dans une transition démocratique, à solder son arriéré de dette avec le Fonds monétaire international (FMI) en lui prêtant 1,5 milliard de dollars, a annoncé
Crise humanitaire en Éthiopie: les États-Unis et l’UE mettent un coup de pression
L’envoyé spécial du président américain dans la Corne de l’Afrique dénonce le double langage des Éthiopiens et des Érythréens engagés dans la guerre dans le Tigré. Il se dit déterminé à travailler à un cessez-le-feu.
Nigeria: NNPC Selects 26 Firms to Lift Nigeria’s Crude Oil
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has picked 26 foreign and local companies as well as 12 countries to lift the country’s crude oil for the next two years. The crude term contracts, expected to
Nigeria: Why Kidnappers Are Yet to Release Greenfield University Students – Gumi
Controversial Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi, says the students of Greenfield University kidnapped about two months ago have not been released because their kidnappers have links with Boko Haram. Mr Gumi said this in an interview
Nigeria: Despite Claims of Defeat By Buhari Govt, Boko Haram Spreads Tentacles to More States
The Buhari administration has made different claims about the group being ‘defeated’, ‘technically defeated’ or ‘decimated’ but recent revelations prove otherwise. Despite repeated claims by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government that Boko Haram terrorists
Ethiopia: UN, Ethiopia Rights Groups to Launch Joint Probe Into Tigray Abuses
An Ethiopian agency and a UN team is, in the coming few weeks, set to start a joint investigation into serious human rights violations committed in the Tigray region. The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC)
Sudan: At least 14 people killed in Abyei attacks
Twelve people, allegedly policemen, were killed in an attack by militant Misseriya tribesmen on Dungoup village in Abyei, on Sunday. At least seven others were injured. Two days before, the same group killed two elderly
‘Catastrophic’: Sierra Leone sells rainforest for Chinese harbour
Controversial deal with China would be ‘disastrous’ for fishing and protected rainforest, say opponents A $55m (£39m) deal struck by the government of Sierra Leone with China to build an industrial fishing harbour on 100
UN chief: Foreign fighters in Libya are violating cease-fire
The U.N. chief said foreign fighters and mercenaries remain in Libya in violation of last October’s cease-fire agreement and called for their withdrawal and an end to violations of the U.N. arms embargo, saying these
Macron hosts Africa summits on Sudan, post-Covid finance
French President Emmanuel Macron this week hosts African leaders and chiefs of global financial institutions for twin summit meetings that will seek to help Sudan into a new democratic era and provide Africa with critical