The African Union (AU) Commission has suspended Gabon from the bloc until normal constitutional order is restored in the country following the latest military coup. The pan-African bloc announced the suspension in a statement issued late Thursday, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It took the decision to suspend Gabon during its latest meeting on situation in […]
Young activists from Somalia have called for effective action to combat the negative impacts of climate change on vulnerable groups across the country. The activists made the call as they wrapped up a three-day training session, on Thursday, in Mogadishu. TheNewsZenith reports that the UN-backed training focused on the nexus between human rights and climate […]
Qatari Authorities have released three Iranians imprisoned in Qatar and they will return to their home country in the coming days, Iran’s Ambassador to Qatar Hamidreza Dehghani said. Dehghani announced this in a post on social media platform X (Twitter), on Wednesday. The Ambassador added that Qatar released the three as a follow-up to the […]
No fewer than 63 people died and 43 others sustained injuries, on Thursday when a building in a South African city centre caught fire, an official said. Robert Mulaudzi, spokesperson for the City of Johannesburg Emergency Management Services, said they received information that the five-storey building was on fire at around 1.30 a.m. on Thursday […]
Soldiers in Gabon have taken power and put President Ali Bongo Ondimba under house arrest, canceled presidential election results and dissolved state institutions. In a televised statement, a group of senior Gabonese officers said they seized power after Bongo, the incumbent president, was announced to be re-elected in a contested election. Gabon has thus become […]
Namibia has opened its electricity market to independent power producers (IPPs) and helped investors enter markets of other regional countries. Namibia’s Electricity Control Board (ECB), Namibia Power Corporation (NamPower) and the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP), on Monday, launched the SAPP and Modified Single Buyer (MSB) Market Access Guide. The launching held at a two-day […]
Ten wildfires have erupted in five Tunisian provinces in the past 24 hours, forcing the evacuation of 11 families, the Tunisian civil protection services said on Monday. “These wildfires broke out in Jendouba and Beja provinces in northwestern Tunisia, in Bizerte in the north, in the central province of Kairouan and in Ariana province in […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held phone talks Monday on the outcomes of the recently held BRICS Summit and bilateral cooperation. The two leaders said the expansion of the bloc will contribute to its growing global influence, the Kremlin said. They noted the importance of the agreements reached during the […]
“Women play an irreplaceable role in preserving the Argan forests,” said Jamila Idbourrous, Director of the Union of Argan Oil Women’s Cooperatives in Agadir, Morocco. Known as the “tree of life”, Morocco’s native Argan tree is critical to the economic and cultural well-being of millions of people. The export of Argan oil, used worldwide for […]
From Our Correspondent An Islamic group, the International Organisation of Tijaniyyah Brotherhood, has called on ECOWAS to opt for a diplomatic solution to resolving the leadership crisis in Niger Republic. The group gave the advice in an open letter to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. TheNewsZenith reports that Tinubu is also the Chairman of the ECOWAS […]