News Guinea in turmoil after putschists claim coup Conakry – Turmoil engulfed the impoverished west African nation of Guinea again on Sunday as army putschists said they... Read more 5 Sep, 2021
Politics UPDATE | Whereabouts of Alpha Conde not yet clear after ‘apparent coup attempt’ in Guinea Conakry – Heavy gunfire rang out in the centre of the Guinean capital Conkary on Sunday morning and troops... Read more 5 Sep, 2021
Politics Tanzania police arrest several opposition party members in new crackdown Dar es Salaam – Tanzanian police arrested several members of the country’s main opposition Chadema party on Saturday, the latest... Read more 5 Sep, 2021
Politics Civil society in Morocco, Algeria urge ‘reason’ after ties cut Rabat – More than 200 Moroccan and Algerian civil society figures on Saturday appealed for a “return to reason” following... Read more 4 Sep, 2021
Politics Libyan army units use artillery in Tripoli clash Tripoli – Two Libyan army units used heavy artillery in an exchange of fire overnight centering on a barracks... Read more 4 Sep, 2021
Politics Kenya to appeal to Supreme Court over constitutional reforms Nairobi – The Kenyan government said on Friday it will go to the country’s top court to challenge a ruling... Read more 4 Sep, 2021
Politics Burundi leader condemned for tirades against journalist Nairobi – Media rights group Reporters Without Borders condemned Burundi’s President Evariste Ndayishimiye on Thursday for virulent public tirades against... Read more 3 Sep, 2021
News Amnesty demands Tunisia probe ‘refugee’s forced Algeria return’ Tunis – Rights group Amnesty International on Wednesday called on Tunisia to investigate the “extremely serious” return to Algeria... Read more 2 Sep, 2021
Politics Libya minister raises possibility of delayed elections Algiers – Libya’s foreign minister on Tuesday refused to exclude the possibility that general elections set for December may have... Read more 1 Sep, 2021
Politics Libya’s UN envoy says time running out for polls framework Algiers – The UN envoy to Libya Jan Kubis said on Monday that time was pressing for Libyans to finalise... Read more 31 Aug, 2021