Africa

Bashir Turns Down Request To Mediate Between Machar & Kiir

August 3 Africa, Featured no comments
Sudan has declined a proposal by some international partners to conduct a solo mediation between the warring parties in South Sudan, a diplomat said on Tuesday. The Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (JMEC) Partn...

Machar’s Camp Claims They Have Defeated Over 10,000 Kiir Forces

August 2 Africa, Featured no comments
Spokesperson of the leadership of the armed opposition faction of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM-IO), said forces loyal to President Salva Kiir have been defeated in all fronts around Juba and that the SPLA...

South Sudan Oppostion Leader Resigns & Flees, IDP Leaders Arrested...

August 1 Africa, Featured no comments
According to the Sudan Tribune, Akol said the Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan (ARCISS) is “dead” and will, from now on, join with the “like-minded” to “broaden” an opposition “outside Juba” to ...

Machar’s Forces Attack Kiir As Fighting Resumes In South Sudan

August 1 Africa, Featured no comments
Heavy fighting has continued in the bushes around the South Sudanese national capital, Juba, with Riek Machar’s faction of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA-IO) claiming to be closing in on the capital with the ai...

MTN Nigeria Takes Steps Towards Listing And Appoints Transaction Advis...

July 29 Africa, Business no comments
  On 10 June 2016, MTN Nigeria announced that, as part of a settlement arrangement with the Federal Government of Nigeria, it would undertake to take immediate steps to ensure the listing of its shares on The Nigeri...

Elephant Kills Child In Bizarre Accident

July 29 Africa, Odd no comments
  This story will give you second thoughts on your next zoo visit. It was business as usual as at the Jardin Zoologique National de Rabat in Morocco last Tuesday, until visitors witnessed the bizarre ending of a sev...

Machar Warns South Sudan To Return To War If Kiir Replaces Him

July 28 Africa, Featured, International no comments
Sacked South Sudan Vice President Riek Machar has warned that his country will return to war if the peace agreement is not respected. Speaking to Al Jazeera from his hideout, Machar , who was recently replaced by his for...

Kiir Named General Tabal Deng Gai As South Sudan’s New Vice Pres...

July 28 Africa, East Africa, politics no comments
  South Sudan President Salva Kiir replaced his vice president and rival Riek Machar on Monday, a move that could potentially undermine last year’s peace deal and reignite war in Africa’s youngest nation...

Emirates To Deploy Flagship A380 On Johannesburg Route

July 27 Africa, International no comments
  Emirates has announced that it will be upgrading one of its four daily flights between Dubai and Johannesburg to an Airbus A380-800 from 1st February 2017.   Emirates currently uses Boeing 777 aircraft for ea...

Elephants Face Threat Of Extinction In Many African Countries

July 25 Africa, Tourism no comments
  Entire elephant populations are dying out in many African countries due to poaching on a massive scale, wildlife regulator CITES has warned, while also hailing the continent for improving its crackdown on ivory sm...