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March 21, 2023
Obi Files Presidential Vote Challenge

ABUJA - Nigeria's opposition Labor Party candidate Peter Obi has filed a court petition challenging the outcome of last month's disputed presidential election that was won by the ruling APC party, a spokesperson from his party said on Tuesday.
March 21, 2023
New Zimbabwe Power Plant Producing

HARARE - Zimbabwe's new 300 megawatt (MW) coal-fired power generating unit started feeding electricity into the national grid late on Monday, the state power utility said, as it moves to ease extended outages that have impacted businesses and households.
March 20, 2023
Somalia 2022 Drought Killed 43,000: Study

NAIROBI - Somalia's ongoing record drought killed as many as 43,000 people last year, half of them children under 5, researchers said on Monday in the first attempt to estimate country-wide deaths.
March 20, 2023
Meta Hit With Kenya Suit

NAIROBI - Facebook content moderators in Kenya are suing the social media site's parent company Meta and two outsourcing companies for unlawful redundancy, a rights group said on Monday.
March 20, 2023
21 Dead in Nigeria Election Violence: EU

LAGOS - European Union election observers said on Monday at least 21 people were killed during Nigeria's regional elections, which were marked by intimidation, violence and a low turnout.
March 20, 2023
US Aid Worker & Another Released in West Africa

NIAMEY - French journalist Olivier Dubois and U.S. aid worker Jeffery Woodke were both presented at a news conference on Monday in Niger's capital after being held hostage for years by Islamist militants.
March 20, 2023
Putin May Send Africa Grain if Deal Dies

MOSCOW - Russia laid out conditions on Monday for agreeing to any further extension of the Black Sea grain deal, and President Vladimir Putin said that Moscow could send free grain to African countries if those conditions were not met.
March 20, 2023
Pro-Kais Saied Supporters Storm Tunis

Several hundred supporters of President Kais Saied rallied in Tunis Monday to demonstrate their support for him following a crackdown on opponents accused of treason and corruption. The pro-Saied supporters chanted in a central Tunis avenue amid calls to reject what they call foreign interference. Saied, who was elected in 2019, seized most powers in 2021 by shutting down the elected parliament, replacing the government before moving to rule by decree and rewriting the constitution.
March 20, 2023
Saied Backers Blast Tunisia Opposition

TUNIS - Several hundred supporters of President Kais Saied rallied in Tunis on Monday to show their support for him after a crackdown on opponents accused of treason and corruption, and to reject what they call foreign interference.
March 20, 2023
Lukoil, Brazzaville Plan December LNG Production

MOSCOW - A senior executive at Russia's Lukoil energy company said a project in the Congo in which it is involved will begin producing liquefied natural gas (LNG) in December, Russian news agencies reported
March 19, 2023
Solar Power Boosts Struggling Tunisian School

MAKTHAR, TUNISIA — A decade ago, the Makthar boarding school in northern Tunisia had little clean drinking water or heat, poor food and no electricity for its nearly 570 students. But solar power has proven to be a game-changer.
March 19, 2023
South African Boys Bike to Stay out of Trouble

JOHANNESBURG — At the Wheelz N Smoke arena in the outskirts of Johannesburg, 15-year-old Mzwakhe Ngwenya waited eagerly for his chance to show off his bike skills to a crowd of onlookers.
March 17, 2023
Morocco Launches Major Tourism Campaign

RABAT - Morocco plans to spend 6.1 billion dirhams ($580 mln) up to 2026 to develop its tourism sector in order to attract more visitors and bring in hard currency, the government said on Friday.
March 17, 2023
New Washington Judge on Trump Proceedings

WASHINGTON - A new judge took overr leadership of the U.S. trial court in Washington on Friday, inheriting oversight of secret proceedings involving special counsel criminal investigations into former President Donald Trump's retention of classified documents and efforts by him and his allies to undo his 2020 election loss.
March 17, 2023
Angola Troops Deploying to DRC

LUANDA - Angola will send 500 soldiers to neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo to secure areas held by the M23 rebel group after the southern African country's parliament approved the deployment on Friday.
March 17, 2023
France Ramp Up Protest Against Pension Bill

More protests and strikes continued to rock France Friday in response to President Emmanuel Macron's decision to force a bill that raises the retirement age from 62 to 64 through parliament without a vote. On Thursday night, fires burned on the streets of Paris as police fired tear gas to disperse protesters following the introduction of an unpopular pensions bill in the French National Assembly.
March 17, 2023
Ghana IMF Rescue 'Likely': Citibank

JOHANNESBURG - Ghana was likely to get an International Monetary Fund (IMF) board sign-off for a $3 billion rescue loan in the next few weeks, Citi's analysts said Friday in a note to clients.
March 17, 2023
Burundi Bears Polio Outbreak

JOHANNESBURG - Health officials in Burundi on Friday declared an outbreak of circulating poliovirus after confirming eight cases, the first such detection in over three decades, the World Health Organization said in a statement.
March 17, 2023
France Enraged at Higher Pension Age

PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday faced the gravest challenge to his authority since the so-called Yellow Vest protests after his decision to push through a contested pension overhaul without a vote prompted violent unrest overnight.
March 17, 2023
Freddy's Malawi, Mozambique Toll Above 400

BLANTYRE - Tropical Cyclone Freddy has killed more than 400 people in Malawi, Mozambique and Madagascar since it first made landfall in Africa in late February and circled back to hit the region for a second time over the weekend.

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