AFRICA

Lusaka, Zambia | Xinhua | There have been growing calls to raise alcohol prices in the southern African country Zambia where alcohol abuse is sparking worries that it is eroding the moral fibers. In Zambia, statistics from the country’s only hospital for mental patients have indicated the problem of alcohol abuse. …

Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok said the coup attempt foiled on Tuesday was orchestrated by elements inside and outside the army. “What happened today is a coup orchestrated by elements inside and outside the army and was preceded by a systematic incitement and high-level arrangement and …

Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | Sudanese government has confirmed control over the security situation in the capital Khartoum after foiling a coup plot, according to an official statement on Tuesday. “On Tuesday morning, a failed coup attempt, carried out by a group of armed forces’ officers from the remnants of the …

Khartoum, Sudan | THE INDEPENDENT | Sudan national TV reporting that there has been a coup attempt. News agencies reported this morning that Sudan government sources said there has been a failed coup and that measures are being taken to contain it. “Details are murky and given past experiences its …

Kigali, Rwanda | Xinhua | Rwandan High Court Special Chamber for International and Cross-border Crimes in the capital city Kigali, sentenced on Monday Paul Rusesabagina, portrayed as a humanitarian activist in the controversial Oscar-nominated film “Hotel Rwanda”, to 25 years in prison after finding him guilty of terror-related charges. Rusesabagina, a …

Algiers, Algeria | Xinhua | Algeria on Sunday held the funeral in the capital Algiers for former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who died Friday night at age of 84. Bouteflika was buried Sunday afternoon at the Square of the Martyrs in the cemetery of El-Alia where several former presidents were buried. Algerian …

Accra, Ghana | Xinhua | The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said late Thursday that it has slapped sanctions on the Guinea military coup leaders and their relatives. Addressing the media after a one-day extraordinary summit of heads of state in the Ghanaian capital over the political developments in …

Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | Africa has been “left behind by the rest of the world” as only two percent of the more than 5.7 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses administered globally have been administered there, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday, warning the world against vaccine …

Lusaka, Zambia | Xinhua | Zambia’s new ministers on Monday underwent an induction program that sets the benchmark on how they were expected to conduct themselves in the next five years. The induction workshop was meant to familiarize the ministers who were sworn in last week following last month’s elections. In …

  Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Xinhua | Tanzanian police said on Monday they arrested a Tanzanian national in connection with trafficking 16 illegal Ethiopian migrants. Ulrich Matei, the Mbeya regional police commander identified the suspect as 30-year-old Yohana Adam, a resident of Kasumulu in the country’s southern highlands district of …