Tags GENERAL Libya’s Haftar committed to ending oil blockade, U.S. says Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar has committed to ending a months-long blockade of oil facilities, the U.S. embassy in the country
Tags GENERAL Two years after signing peace deal, South Sudan remains at crossroads After five years of brutal civil war, several South Sudanese parties signed a revitalized peace agreement in the Sudanese capital
Tags GENERAL Cote d’Ivoire relocates elephants to save dwindling population An elephant named Hamed by residents in a southern region of Cote d’Ivoire has been captured and relocated to the
Tags GENERAL Nigeria’s Kaduna state approves law to castrate child rapists The Kaduna State House of Assembly in Nigeria has approved surgical castration as punishment for those convicted of raping children
Tags GENERAL Chinese telecoms giant Huawei sows seeds for future in Zimbabwe by nurturing local ICT talents Ten outstanding Information Communication Technology (ICT) students drawn from Zimbabwe’s universities on Friday successfully completed this year’s edition of Huawei’s
Tags GENERAL Mali talks on post-coup transition government wrapping up Days of consultations to map out Mali’s transition to a civilian government will conclude Saturday, though transition leaders won’t be
Tags GENERAL Thousands march in Mauritius to protest disastrous oil spill Thousands of people protested in Mauritius again Saturday over the government’s handling of an offshore oil spill that has become
Tags GENERAL Guterres condemns killing of journalists, after beheading of Mexican crime reporter Following the gruesome death of a Mexican journalist specializing in crime reporting, who was found beheaded on Wednesday, UN chief António
Tags GENERAL Potential Ebola spread in DR Congo and beyond: WHO warns Ebola is spreading in a western province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), raising fears that the disease
Tags GENERAL Regional party wins vote in Ethiopia’s Tigray, challenging federal government The regional ruling party has won a landslide election victory in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, officials said on Friday, as