ADVERTISEMENT Forty-four-year-old Bassirou Diomaye Faye made history by assuming office as Senegal’s youngest and fifth President. Faye officially succeeded Macky Sall on Tuesday, April 2, with prominent African leaders present to witness the inauguration. The ceremony took place in the modern enclave of Diamniadio, situated close to Dakar, the capital city. “Before God and the […]
Tunisian President Kais Saied, on Monday, sacked the Minister of Education, Mohamed Ali Boughdiri, according to a statement by the presidency. The statement did not specify the reason for the dismissal. Saied has appointed Salwa Abbassi, previously the general inspector of secondary education, as the new Minister of Education. Boughdiri was appointed as the Minister […]
Cote d’Ivoire’s President Alassane Ouattara will increase the official cocoa farmgate price to 1,500 CFA francs ($2.47) per kilogramme from next Tuesday from the current 1,000 CFA, sources at five different export companies said. The sources, who requested anonymity, said they were citing a decision at a government meeting on Saturday. Earlier, Ouattara had validated […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky continued to clean house on Saturday even as Russia bombarded the nation, carrying out 75 airstrikes in just 24 hours. Zelensky ousted two key staffers — his top aide, Serhiy Shefir, and the Commissioner for Soldiers’ Rights, Alyona Verbytska. He also removed four other government workers. Zelensky did not offer reasons […]
A total of 45 people died in a bus crash that occurred on Thursday in South Africa’s northeastern province of Limpopo, the country’s Department of Transport said. The crash, which involved a passenger bus allegedly transporting people from Botswana to Moria, a town in Limpopo, the department said in a statement late Thursday. An 8-year-old […]
Three police officers were killed in a car crash in the Ashanti Region of Ghana on Wednesday, the Ghana Police Service said in a statement. “With a heavy heart, the Ghana Police Service mourns three of our gallant officers who lost their lives in a fatal accident today at Kyekyewere along the Accra-Kumasi highway while […]
Global oil prices edged up on Thursday, recovering from two consecutive sessions of decline, as investors reassessed the latest U.S. crude oil and gasoline inventories data and returned to buying mode. Brent crude futures for May were up 29 cents, or 0.34 per cent, at $86.38 a barrel while the more actively traded June contract […]
Hezbollah says it launched rockets at Kiryat Shmona, an Israeli border town, in response to its strikes on Lebanon’s southern al-Habbariyeh village. Those Israeli strikes killed seven people. The Israeli military and Hezbollah have been exchanging near-daily fire across the border since October. Iran-aligned Hezbollah is an ally of Hamas, the Palestinian freedom fighters. The Israeli […]
Six workers were presumed dead from a bridge that collapsed in Baltimore Harbour, on Tuesday, after a cargo ship rammed into the structure. The incident forced the closure of one of the busiest ports on the U.S. Eastern Seaboard. Rescue team suspended active search-and-rescue operations about 18 hours after the accident, U.S. Coast Guard and […]
Another set of three Palestinian journalists died in fresh Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip on Saturday, bringing the death toll to 136 since Oct. 7, 2023, Anadolu Agency reports. A statement by the media office identified the slain journalists as Muhammad Al-Rifi, Abdul Rahman Saima and Mahmoud Imad Issa. In an earlier statement, the office […]