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The Kinshasa government said Tuesday evening that it was “premature” to withdraw Ugandan troops present in the DRC to fight the ADF rebel group, stressing that such a decision, mentioned by Ugandan military officers during the day, was up to the heads of the two states. In a tweet, the head of the Ugandan army, General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, said that the operation launched jointly with the Congolese army at the end of November to fight the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels was to last six months and would therefore end on May 31, unless otherwise instructed. However, in a second…
The head of Nigeria’s treasury has been arrested for alleged involvement in fraud and money laundering worth 80 billion nairas (€184 million), the national anti-graft agency said. Ahmed Idris, Nigeria’s accountant-general, was arrested on Monday “after failing to honour invitations” to respond to the allegations, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said in a statement released on Monday evening. He is facing charges of fraud and money laundering. According to the EFCC, Idris “extracted funds through fake consultancy firms and other illegal activities using agents, family members and close associates.” These funds, according to the Commission, were then invested…
One person has been confirmed dead and five others are receiving treatment after sustaining various degrees of injuries following a protest at a police station in Nkronza in the Bono East region of Ghana, police say. The protesters also freed some six suspects from police cells during the chaos, police said in a statement on Wednesday. The protests on Tuesday followed the killing of a 27-year-old suspect by police during an operation targeting armed robbery suspects in the area. In their version of events leading to the death of Albert Donkor, the police in a statement on Tuesday said, “In…
The sound of tambourine is back in Marrakesh. The high season is coming soon and visitors eager to return to Morocco and its UNESCO-listed old cities’ narrow alleys. Fruit juice sellers, handicraft store-owners, and other workers lost purchasing power during the pandemic. Indeed, the tourism sector was battered by the kingdom’s tight restrictions and the shutdown in travel. Morocco’s air borders reopened on February 7, paving the way for a long road to recovery. “Once the airports opened, business began to pick up and merchants were able to get back to work,Abdellah Bouazri, a handicraft seller says.Every store here can feed…
The West Corniche of Dakar welcomes intriguing pyramids and a huge yellow dog for the much anticipated Biennale of Contemporary African Art. Artists display their work in the public space to “break down the walls” of museums and galleries, an innovation of this 14th editio. AMN/Art/Senegal.
Libyan security forces in the country’s western region said they have detained at least 300 migrants in the last week and 3,000 in the past three months. The arrests come as attempted sea crossings from Libya to Europe are expected to increase in the summer months and as the country faces growing political uncertainty. Colonel Ashraf Issa, commander of the Surman Directorate’s Support Force, a local security body, said his force had arrested 300 in the dawn raids targeting smuggling operations on May 10 in the towns of Surman and Sabratha. He said that at least 3,000 migrants had been…
The Ghriba Synagogue on the Tunisian island of Djerba is hosting the annual Jewish pilgrimage for the first time after a two-year break. Around 5,000 pilgrims are expected to attend. South of Tunis, the city of Djerba is famous for its traditional blue front doors. The Ghriba Synagogue on the Tunisian island is hosting starting from Wednesday, the annual Jewish pilgrimage. It is a first time after a two-year hiatus. Local Jews and pilgrims of Tunisian Jewish descent living in France or Spain will gather in the synanague. “When you’re here, you feel seized by an extraordinary emotion, you feel…
Minister of Finance, Hon. Ken Ofori-Atta has commend African Development Bank for its massive contributions in Ghana’s development as he addressed journalists at a press conference to launch the institution’s annual meetings on Thursday. Ofori-Atta described the meetings as seminal, in the context of a world seeking to re-balance in the wake of Covid-19 and the Russian-Ukraine invasion. “The hosting is long overdue. Forty-one African economies are severely exposed to at least three concurrent crises – rising food prices, rising energy prices and tightening financial conditions – what finance ministers now call the dreaded three F’s,” Ofori-Atta said. Throughout Africa…
South Africa is experiencing a surge of new COVID-19 cases driven by two omicron sub-variants, according to health experts. The new increase in COVID cases is coming as the country enters the Southern Hemisphere’s colder winter months, along with a rise in cases of flu. At a COVID testing centre in the Chiawelo area of Soweto, many people come in to be tested for COVID, but find out they have flu. Kenneth Malekabane says he started feeling ill at work and was asked to get tested by his employer. “I am relieved right now because my test results have come…
