africa
Nigeria signs military cooperation agreement with Russia
World
August 26, 2021
Nigeria signs military cooperation agreement with Russia
ABUJA, Aug 25 (Reuters) – Nigeria and Russia have signed a military cooperation deal providing a legal framework for the…
Tanzania says 5 dead in gun battle near French Embassy
World
August 26, 2021
Tanzania says 5 dead in gun battle near French Embassy
DODOMA, Tanzania (AP) — Tanzania’s president on Wednesday said five people are dead, including three police officers, after a gun…
EETC signs finance agreement for new transformer station projects
Egypt
August 24, 2021
EETC signs finance agreement for new transformer station projects
The Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) has signed an LE4 billion joint financing contract with several Egyptian banks that will…
Desperate Nigerians sell homes and land to free kidnapped children
World
August 24, 2021
Desperate Nigerians sell homes and land to free kidnapped children
TEGINA, Nigeria, Aug 24 (Reuters) – After armed men snatched seven of Abubakar Adam’s 11 children in northwestern Nigeria, he…
US says food aid runs out this week in Ethiopia’s Tigray
World
August 20, 2021
US says food aid runs out this week in Ethiopia’s Tigray
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United States is warning that food aid will run out this week for millions of…
Cameroon ethnic clashes kill at least 32 as villages are torched -UNHCR
World
August 19, 2021
Cameroon ethnic clashes kill at least 32 as villages are torched -UNHCR
DOUALA, Aug 19 (Reuters) – Clashes between herders and fishermen in northern Cameroon have killed at least 32 people this…
Egypt installs huge hydroelectric turbine at Tanzanian dam
Egypt
August 19, 2021
Egypt installs huge hydroelectric turbine at Tanzanian dam
An Egyptian alliance including the Arab Contractors and El Sewedy Electric companies has succeeded in installing the first huge dam…
Burkina Faso: Dozens killed in suspected jihadist attack
World
August 19, 2021
Burkina Faso: Dozens killed in suspected jihadist attack
An assault on a convoy traveling through the north of Burkina Faso killed 47 people on Wednesday, the government of the western…
Sudan leaders visit border area amid tensions with Ethiopia
Middle East
August 17, 2021
Sudan leaders visit border area amid tensions with Ethiopia
CAIRO (AP) — Sudanese leaders on Monday visited a disputed area along the country’s eastern border with Ethiopia, amid growing…
Amid shortages, Africans scramble to be fully immunized
World
August 16, 2021
Amid shortages, Africans scramble to be fully immunized
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — At a COVID-19 vaccination site in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, tempers flared among those waiting for…