The Brics (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa), meeting at their summit in Johannesburg, announced on Thursday a “historic” expansion of the emerging countries’ bloc, with the integration of six new members, including Iran, from January. Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are also joining the group, which aims to increase…
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Zimbabwe: ‘There is no way there won’t be a new President’, Chamisa says after casting ballot
As Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa voted Wednesday (Aug. 23), victory was certain in his eyes. He cast his ballot in Harare. Zimbabwe went to the polls for presidential and legislative elections. 45-year-old Chamisa vies to defeat incumbent 80-year-old head of state Emmerson Mnangagwa. After voting he addresses the press outside. “There is no…
ECOWAS defence chiefs insist they are ready to send troops to Niger should negotiations fail
Will regional bloc ECOWAS send troops to Niger to face off with the military authorites that staged the July 26 coup, sacking Mohammed Bazoom from office? This is the question dominating stories and headlines across the region and certainly one that has left the landlocked nation of Niger in an unprecedented mix of anger, fear…
Reports of More Mass Graves in Sudan’s West Darfur Region
Community leaders have discovered 30 hidden mass graves in West Dafur, containing an estimated 1,000 bodies of people, reported to have fallen victim to the ongoing attacks on the state capital El Geneina, since fighting started four months ago, Radio Dabangareports. The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been accused by Saleh Arbab Suleiman, the representative of the…
European nationals evacuated from coup hit Niger
The first couple of hundreds of French and European nationals are evacuated from coup-hit Niger, the military governments of Mali and Burkina Faso say any foreign armed intervention in Niamey will be treated as a declaration of war against them all. Two protesters were killed when demonstrations erupted after opposition figure Ousmane Sonko was jailed…
Deadly fires rage along Algeria coast, spread to Tunisia
Algeria was battling to contain devastating forest fires along its Mediterranean coast on Tuesday, in an inferno which has killed at least 34 people, authorities said, adding they had managed to control about four-fifths of the blaze. Fanned by strong winds, fires had also spread to neighbouring Tunisia, forcing the closure of two border crossings….
Eswatini: Election With No Democracy On the Horizon
By Andrew Firmin London — Eswatini heads to the polls soon, with elections scheduled for September. But there’s nothing remotely democratic in prospect. The country remains ruled by King Mswati III, Africa’s last absolute monarch, who presides over Eswatini with an iron fist. Mswati dissolvedparliament on 11 July, confident there’s little chance of people who disagree…
Museveni says ex-DRC leader Kabila harboured ADF
Museveni says the ex-DRC president, as well as regional and international actors, gave the ISIL-aligned ADF ‘free tenancy’ in North Kivu and Ituri. Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni on Thursday accused Joseph Kabila, the former leader of the Democratic Republic of Congo, of giving sanctuary to armed rebels and allowing them to use proceeds of exploiting…
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