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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
By AP Yemeni government forces were fighting Houthis on and near the Bab el Mandeb Strait, a vital maritime traffic waterway. In a Sky News Exclusive aired on Sunday, footage showed armed Yemeni government forces nearby the Bab el Mandeb…
