Author: Montage Africa
By Rédaction Africanews with AFP Dozens of civilians have been killed or injured in Tigray since fighting broke out between Ethiopian federal forces and Tigrayan rebels on September 23. The violence has not spared children. In a Tigrayan hospital on Tuesday, children received treatment for leg wounds and limb loss after heavy shelling in the northern Ethiopian region. On Sunday, a drone strike on a displacement camp in western Tigray killed eight people, including a child, an aid worker and witness told AFP. At least six others were seriously wounded. And between September 26 and 28, shelling on the cities…
Thomas Naadi Ghanaian authorities have arrested seven people for allegedly using banknotes to make so-called “money bouquets” and decorate cakes. The Bank of Ghana says the practice is illegal and amounts to misuse and improper handling of the cedi, the national currency. The arrests, carried out in collaboration with the police, followed a tip-off that led to a swoop on the suspects, all women, accused of selling the bouquets in different parts of the capital, Accra. The arrests are the biggest enforcement of the law against misusing the currency. In July, the bank issued a notice warning this could amount…
By AFP and Reuters Mali’s Tuareg rebels have announced they are withdrawing from the strategic town of Kidal, in the north of the country. The Azawad Liberation Front (FLA), a coalition formed in 2024 uniting Tuareg and northern separatist factions, said in a statement on Tuesday that it had decided to carry out a “controlled withdrawal” from Kidal six months after capturing the town and amid fresh air strikes by Mali’s military backed by Russian fighters. end of list“The FLA specifies that this is a temporary operational measure, also intended to preserve its human and logistical capabilities intact. This methodical…
By Rédaction Africanews with AP A southern right whale. It’s reached the end of a long journey from Antarctica and is now in the warmer waters off the coast of South Africa. In the shelter of Walker Bay, where there are few natural predators, these creatures can give birth safely and raise their young. For the town of Hermanus, which sits above the bay on the southern coast of the Western Cape, it’s boom time for tourism. Every year, local authorities host a whale festival to draw in visitors wanting to see the marine mammals close to land. To make…
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed reiterated on Monday that his landlocked country must have access to the Red Sea, despite neighboring countries saying at a summit Sunday that responsibility for the sea rests with states along its shores and warning of the risk of regional conflict. Ethiopia lost direct access to the Red Sea in 1993 after Eritrea, formerly a region of Ethiopia, became independent. Abiy said access to the Red Sea was critical to Ethiopia’s “civilization” and that he would work to ensure the country has a port. “Based on the principle of give and take, we will work…
Makuochi Okafor Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has declared three days of national mourning after a military aircraft crashed in southern Ondo State, killing 25 people. Aviation Minister Festus Keyamo on Monday said 32 people had died but on Tuesday the Air Force clarified that 25 people had been killed – five crew and 20 passengers. Authorities say the plane was on a routine mission from Benin City to Lagos when it came down in a swamp near a naval base on Monday morning. After reaching the site, the aircraft was found to be submerged under water, officials said. A resident…
By AFP and Reuters Kenya has confirmed its first Ebola case after the death of a Kenyan national in Nairobi, who had returned from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The patient, who had lived in the DRC for seven years, had been ill for about a month before travelling by road from the DRC to Uganda’s capital, Kampala, and then flying to Nairobi on Saturday, Aden Duale, Kenya’s health secretary, told a news conference on Tuesday. end of listSeeking to halt local transmission, Kenya’s President William Ruto said at least eight family members of the victim and 21…
By Rédaction Africanews and AP Government-allied forces are carrying out drone strikes in Ethiopia’s Tigray region as fighting intensifies, according to a Tigray Peace Force commander. “The federal government with the cooperation of our forces are conducting the drone strikes until our state is free from those forces,” said Ermiyas Ababu, a commander in the Mekelle zone. The renewed clashes come after Tigray fighters seized Mekelle’s airport on September 23. Federal forces have reportedly since retaken the facility, while Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has vowed to crush the insurgency. In Mekelle, however, daily life is gradually picking up. Markets have…
By JEAN-YVES KAMALE Two boats collided over the weekend on the Congo River, killing at least 30 people and leaving dozens missing, local authorities in Congo said Monday. The motorized wooden boats crashed into one another on Sunday evening near the Ngombe-Lukolela area in the province of Equateur, according to the provincial interior minister, Crispin Mputu. The reason for the crash was not immediately clear. Mputu said nighttime boat navigation has led to many accidents in the past. The minister told The Associated Press that the 30 killed in the crash have already been buried. One boat was traveling from…
The Managing Director/Chief Executive of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), Mr. Akintunde Sawyerr, has held a strategic engagement with the Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat, to strengthen collaboration and expand awareness of the Fund’s student loan opportunities among students and prospective beneficiaries across the state. The meeting, which took place on Sunday, was part of NELFUND’s ongoing efforts to deepen stakeholder engagement and ensure that eligible Nigerian students are adequately informed about the financial support available under the Fund’s mandate. Sawyerr was accompanied at the engagement by the Director of Strategic Communications, Mrs. Oseyemi Oluwatuyi.…