AFRICA

Prime Minister of Libya, Abdul Hamid Dbeibah has emphasized the need to strengthen security cooperation and combat cross-border crime and terrorism with Algeria. Dbeibah expressed during a meeting with Algerian President Abdel Majid Tebboune Libya’s desire to consolidate and develop relations with its neighbouring country in various fields and at …

The political agreement signed in Somalia this past heralds not just a new democratic dawn but also one of equity and inclusivity by raising the quota of women in the formal political space to at least a third of the bicameral federal legislature. With a provision for 30 percentage quota, …

•Nigeria is known to be one of the countries with high rate of insecurity •Insecurity in the country has led to many murders over the years •MyNigeria has listed some gruesome murder cases in Nigeria’s history  Nigeria is known across the globe, to be one of the countries in Africa …

• Chelsea won their second Champions League trophy after beating Manchester City on May 29 • The London side currently has two African players in the persons of Senegal’s Mendy and Hakim Ziyech of Morocco • Chelsea also has two players with African parentage, Rudiger (Sierra Leone) and Kante (Mali) …

  An investigation by BBC Africa Eye has found new evidence that, in November 2020, Ugandan security forces fired live ammunition indiscriminately at people on the streets of the capital, Kampala, killing and injuring ordinary citizens including women and children. The killings happened in the run up to Uganda’s elections, …

  A former special adviser to former Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan has been shot dead in the country’s southeast. Ahmed Ali Gulak, a special aide on Political Affairs to the Jonathan presidency was killed by unknown gunmen while returning to Abuja from Owerri, capital of Imo State. Gulak’s daughter announced …

More than 10,000 people have attended an anti-US rally in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, to denounce President Joe Biden’s policy on the conflict in the country’s northern region of Tigray. Mr Biden had called for a ceasefire in the conflict, now in its seventh month. At the rally, people held …

President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that SA will move to adjusted level 2 during his address on May 30 2021. Image: Elmond Jiyane/GCIS SA will move to lockdown adjusted level 2 from Monday. President Cyril Ramaphosa on Saturday already confirmed that tighter restrictions were on the cards as SA enters its third …

  Football players are among the highest celebrity earners across the globe. Like musicians, film actors, and show hosts, footballers also make money on and off the field. Some have also established enterprises to not only make more money but to create employment for others. Forbes’s recent publication on the …

IMAGE COPYRIGHTGETTY IMAGESimage captionMr Macron told West African leaders that French soldiers will not be in the region “forever” President Emmanuel Macron has warned that France would withdraw troops from Mali if political instability there leads to greater Islamist radicalisation. It follows a second coup in nine months in the …