July 14, 2022
Africa: Continent Still Too Reliant On Commodities Exports, UN Says
African countries must break their reliance on commodities exports for economic growth and diversify towards higher-value services, the United Nations warned Thursday. Read more »
Cameroon: German Bureaucracy Slows Artifacts' Return
A royal delegation from Western Cameroon's Bangwa region made physical contact with a looted sculpture for the first time in more than 100 years on Saturday. The artifact -- known… Read more »
Kenya: Farmers Swap Tobacco for Beans
Some 100 Kenyan farmers were part of a pilot project to help farmers transition from tobacco to alternative food crop farming. The World Health Organization (WHO), the World Food… Read more »
July 13, 2022
Ethiopia: How Did One Town Produce So Many Athletic Stars?
Kitted out in a pink tracksuit against the chilly air, Yobsan Alemyahu is a regular at her local athletics training ground, not far from her home town Bekoji in central Ethiopia. Read more »
July 12, 2022
Cote d'Ivoire: Ivory Coast Demands Release of Soldiers Arrested in Mali
Ivory Coast's National Security Council on Tuesday called on the Malian authorities to immediately release 49 Ivorian soldiers detained in Mali. Read more »
Nigeria: Why Nigerian Presidential Hopefuls Are Cut From the Same Cloth
On Sunday, the presidential candidate for Nigeria's ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, chose Kashim Shettima, a 55-year-old Muslim, as his running mate for the… Read more »
July 11, 2022
Zimbabwe: China Beats Competition to Secure Lithium Source
A major mining company in Zimbabwe has agreed to start shipping a lithium-containing rock called spodumene concentrate from its facilities to China next year. Read more »
South Africa: Locals Furious Over Spate of Murders
Fifteen people were killed and nine more wounded in the raid in Orlando East in the early hours of Sunday morning. Read more »
July 10, 2022
South Africa: President Condemns Deadly Bar Shootings
A shooting attack targeted a bar in South Africa's Soweto township, west of Johannesburg, late on Saturday, killing 15 people and critically injuring others. Read more »
South Africa: Gunmen Attack Soweto Bar
A shooting attack targeted a bar in South Africa's Soweto township, west of Johannesburg, late on Saturday, killing 15 people and critically injuring others. Read more »
July 08, 2022
Africa: The African Union At 20 Has Achieve Much but More to Do
The AU was launched in Durban 20 years ago to succeed the Organization of African Union (OAU). Read more »
July 07, 2022
Central Africa: M23 Rejects Ceasefire Deal Signed Between DR Congo and Rwanda
Clashes broke out in Eastern Congo on Thursday between the military and M3 after the rebel group said that a ceasefire deal signed the previous day was "irrelevant." Read more »
East Africa: Congo, Rwanda Agree to 'De-Escalate' Tensions
The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda have agreed to a "de-escalation process" to curb the fighting and violence along their shared eastern border, the Congolese presidency… Read more »
July 06, 2022
West Africa: Thousands of West Africans Fail to Reach Mecca in Time for the Hajj
Every able-bodied Muslim is expected to complete the Hajj pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia at least once in their lifetime. Read more »
West Africa: Thousands of West Africans Fail to Reach Saudi Arabia in Time for the Hajj
Every able-bodied Muslim is expected to complete the Hajj pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia at least once in their lifetime. Read more »
Nigeria: Rebels Attack Prison, Free All Boko Haram Suspects
Gunmen ambushed Kuje prison near Nigeria's capital city of Abuja, freeing around 600 of the nearly 900 inmates late Tuesday. Bandits attacked the maximum-security prison with guns… Read more »
Nigeria: OPEC's Mohammad Barkindo Dies
OPEC's Secretary General Mohammad Barkindo has died at the age of 63, Mele Kyari, the chief executive of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said Wednesday. Read more »
July 05, 2022
Burkina Faso: Dozens Killed in Militant Violence
Islamist militants killed at least 22 people and injured several others in Burkina Faso, a government official said. Read more »
Ethiopia: Ethiopia Says Sudan Agrees to Border Dispute 'Dialogue'
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Sudan's military leader, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, met in Nairobi, Kenya on Tuesday to settle a border dispute that has led to violent… Read more »
July 04, 2022
Mali: Aminata Toure Becomes First Black State Government Cabinet Minister
Aminata Toure became the first Black member of a state government when she was sworn in as the social affairs, youth, family, seniors, integration and equality minister in… Read more »
July 03, 2022
West Africa: ECOWAS Lifts Economic Sanctions on Mali, Accepts Burkina Faso Transition Plan
Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Sunday lifted economic and financial sanctions imposed on Mali, after its military rulers agreed to return to… Read more »
July 02, 2022
Africa: Africa Celebrates the Return of Benin Bronzes, but Questions Remain
"This is perhaps the most significant agreement signed by a European nation with Nigeria with regards to cultural diplomacy," Yusuf Tuggar, Nigerian Ambassador to Germany, told DW… Read more »
Gambia: Gambia Bans All Timber Exports to Curb Rosewood Smuggling
The Gambia banned all timber exports, and permanently suspended export licenses of wood on Friday. The West African nation is trying to curb the illegal smuggling of endangered… Read more »
July 01, 2022
Cameroon: Cameroonian Pushes for Restitution of Deity
Njobati Sylvie, a resolute restitution activist, could not hide her joy and reprieve after Germany's Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation made the announcement that Ngonnso has… Read more »
Libya: Protesters Storm Libya's Parliament Building in Tobruk
Libyans in several cities took to the streets on Friday to express their anger with the government over power cuts. Read more »