South Sudan’s government and the main rebel group have inked a preliminary power-sharing agreement that reinstates rebel leader Riek Machar as vice president, in an attempt to end a five-year civil war. “The power-sharing document has been signed and it addresses all pending issues during the transitional term,” Sudanese Foreign Minister Al-Dierdiry Ahmed said at a signing […]
France’s World Cup star Kylian Mbappe joined regulars Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi on the shortlist for The Best FIFA Men’s player award, world soccer’s governing body announced on Tuesday. The 19-year-old Mbappe followed up a domestic treble with Paris St Germain with a string of impressive performances in France’s World Cup winning campaign. He became only […]
Two pregnant women are among a group of migrants left stranded at sea for almost a fortnight after Tunisia became the latest of four countries to refuse their ship entry. The migrants, recovered by a Tunisian supply vessel after they were found adrift in a small wooden boat reportedly within Malta’s search and rescue zone, are anchored a […]
The United Nations human rights chief said on Wednesday he was “utterly appalled” by a recent video appearing to show Cameroonian soldiers shooting to death women carrying small children as suspected Boko Haram extremists. “I am deeply worried that these killings captured on camera may not be isolated cases,” the statement by Zeid Ra’ad Al […]
As the fighting between the government and separatist fighters rages on in the country’s English-speaking regions, many authoritative voices are already coming out of the shadows to express their disappointment and frustration with the government’s failure to properly handle a situation that started as a strike by teachers and lawyers. Ghana’s former president, Jerry Rawlings, […]
Carpenters, electricians and plumbers are being sought for a week-long mission to help bring clean water and basic sanitation to a hospital in Batoufam, in the equatorial African country of Cameroon. Cameroon is one of the poorest countries in Africa and less than 40 percent of the population have access to piped water. The hospital […]
Former Ghanaian Head of State Jerry Rawlings has criticized the international community for turning a blind eye to the plight of Southern Cameroonians, urging France and the European Union to unite in support of the persecuted English speaking minority in Cameroon. The senior Ghanaian citizen made the comments at a special edition of GUBA Awards […]
Democratic Republic of Congo’s health ministry on Tuesday declared an end to an Ebola outbreak believed to have killed 33 people, after 42 days with no new cases. The outbreak, first detected in northwest Congo in April, was dealt with rapidly by the World Health Organisation and Congolese authorities, including the deployment of an experimental vaccine given to over 3,300 […]
Zimbabwe’s main opposition party has accused the country’s electoral commission of planning a “manipulated” general election on July 30. The Movement for Democratic Change Alliance spoke out Tuesday after the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission turned down several of its demands for changes to procedures in the presidential election. Among the changes sought was a redesign of […]
Cameroon’s President Paul Biya is poised to win a seventh term of office come October 7, which will see him extend his 36 years rule and become a life president. Like in 2011, the 85-year-old president said his decision to run again was a nod to overwhelming calls for him to do so. His supporters […]
