N’DJAMENA, CHAD – A Chadian military-political rebel group behind this year’s deadly insurgency said on Friday it was prepared to take part in a national dialogue proposed by transitional president Mahamat Idriss Deby.Deby seized power in April after h…
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Botswana Assures Unauthorized Immigrants of COVID-19 Vaccinations
GABARONE, BOTSWANA – The Botswana government has sought to assure thousands of undocumented immigrants they will not be left out of the country’s COVID-19 vaccination program.Thousands of immigrants are crossing into Botswana, the majority fleeing econ…
Read moreCOVID Pandemic Dampens Africa’s Economic Growth
NAIROBI, KENYA – Three years ago, nearly every country in Africa agreed to be part of a continental free trade area intended to lower tariffs and boost economies. But the agreement has yet to be fully implemented because of restrictions stemming from …
Read more3 Groups of Students Freed in Nigeria in 24 Hours
LAGOS – Authorities in northern Nigeria announced three separate groups of kidnapped students were freed within 24 hours, prompting speculation late Friday that large ransoms had been paid to the gunmen blamed for a spate of recent abductions.Among tho…
Read moreDe Beers, National Geographic Form Partnership to Protect Botswana’s Okavango Delta
GABORONE – Mining giant De Beers and the National Geographic Society have announced a partnership to protect the waters and endangered animals of Botswana’s iconic Okavango Delta. The vast UNESCO World Heritage wetland is threatened by climate change a…
Read moreWHO Says COVID-19 Wave ‘Stabilizing’ in Africa
A World Health Organization official said Thursday that the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic on the continent appeared to be stabilizing, but numbers of infections are still very high, with almost 248,000 new cases reported in the past week alone. D…
Read moreAfrican Governments Commit to Eradicating Poliovirus Type 2
NAIROBI, KENYA – African countries have committed to ending all forms of polio after cases of vaccine-derived polio increased last year, partly because of disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2020, Africa had been declared free of the wild p…
Read moreUN Chief: No Military Solution to Ethiopia Crisis
The U.N. secretary-general said Thursday that there is “no military solution” to Ethiopia’s 10-month-old conflict, and he urged the parties to stop fighting and open a dialogue.”In every sense, the future of Ethiopia is at stake,” Antonio Guterres told…
Read moreGunman Kills 3 Police Officers, Security Guard in Dar es Salaam
DAR ES SALAAM – A heavily armed gunman fatally shot three police officers and a security guard in Tanzania’s commercial capital, Dar es Salaam, near a French embassy building. Police later killed the man, whose target and motive were not immediately cl…
Read moreMalawi Braces for Another Election Challenge
BLANTYRE – Malawi’s Constitutional Court has agreed to hear a challenge to last year’s presidential election rerun from the opposition Democratic Progressive Party. President Lazarus Chakwera defeated the DPP’s Peter Mutharika in the rerun after the c…
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