AFRICA

Ethiopians are marking the start of a new year, with feasting in many homes despite the difficulties caused by rising prices and the war and hunger crisis raging in the north. Find out more about Ethiopia’s unique calendar and cultural heritage. 1) The year lasts 13 months Not only that …

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A Zimbabwean court on Friday ordered that the body of former president Robert Mugabe be exhumed from his rural home village and be reburied at the National Heroes’ Acre cemetery in the capital, Harare, South African news channel eNCA reported. Mugabe died aged 95 in September 2019 and was buried …

The Federal High Court in Nigeria has appointed the wife of the late Prophet Temitope Joshua, Mrs Evelyn Joshua, as a trustee of the Synagogue Church of All Nations. According to a statement by the church, Justice Tijjani Ringim gave the judgment on Thursday at the Lagos Judicial Division of …

ECOWAS on Thursday, September 9, 2021, sent a high-powered mission to Guinea to assess the current situation. The delegation was led by Ghana’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey. The Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS suspended Guinea from all of its governing bodies with immediate effect …

Doctors and local officials have said more than 120 civilians were massacred in Ethiopia’s Amhara region earlier this month, but forces from neighboring Tigray rejected allegations they were responsible. The killings in Chenna village, near the town of Dabat, took place in early September, according to Sewnet Wubalem, the local …

Service Chiefs have ordered the elimination of all identified bandits terrorizing Nigeria. They also reminded troops to always observe the rules of engagement in the battle with bandits in Zamfara and other states. The Armed Forces directed commanders in charge of the ongoing anti-banditry operation in the North-West to personally …

Morocco’s long-ruling Islamists have suffered a crushing defeat in parliamentary elections to liberal parties seen as close to the palace, according to provisional results announced early Thursday. The Justice and Development Party (PJD), which headed the ruling coalition for a decade, saw its support collapse from 125 seats in the …

President Yoweri Museveni has condemned the coup d’état that happened in Guinea on Sunday, describing it as “a step backwards”. He said the coup leaders should face sanctions and “get out”. “That’s unfortunate and it is a step backwards. Those military coups are of low value, we had them in …

A Kenyan lawmaker, Hon. Elsie Muhanda, has come under fire for branding her name on the house she built for a needy person in her constituency. Taking to Facebook on Wednesday, September 8, the Kakamega County Woman Representative shared photos of the former shanty structure and the new house she …