Tunisian president’s office receives letter with suspicious powder

The office of Tunisia’s President received a letter containing suspicious powder on Wednesday, according to local media reports. President Kais Saied is said to be safe and nobody has been harmed. An... Read more »

Infrastructure key to African Continental Free Trade Area

The 6th PIDA Week opened virtually on Tuesday, 19 January 2021, with key speakers stressing the need for Africa to continue to invest in quality and sustainable infrastructure if the African Continental... Read more »

Biden reverses Trump’s executive order that criminalized the 11 million undocumented immigrants in the United States.

One of the 17 Executive Orders that President Joe Biden signed on his first day in the White House reverses a decree of former President Donald Trump that criminalized the presence of... Read more »

South African government minister Jackson Mthembu dies of Covid-19

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced Thursday that Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu has died of Covid-19. Mthembu was one of the government’s key leaders in its response to the pandemic... Read more »

Biden returns the United States to the Paris Agreement on climate change

 President Joe Biden signed an executive order to rejoin the United States into the Paris Agreement to protect the climate on Wednesday, its first major action to tackle global warming, as it... Read more »

Huawei founder praises U.S. tech in first word from company since Biden inauguration

 SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) – The United States remains a “beacon of technology” to be emulated and China’s Huawei Technology should consider cutting products in the wake of U.S. actions against it, the... Read more »

Covid: Biden to sign executive orders on food aid and worker protections

US President Joe Biden is set to take executive action to help people struggling with the economic toll of the coronavirus pandemic. Two orders will increase food aid and expand protections for... Read more »

Thousands of learners fail to report back as Kenyan schools open

Thousands of learners in Kenya failed to report back to school on Monday as directed by the government, raising fears of mass dropouts across the country. There have been concerns that many... Read more »

Hunger looms large in flood-ravaged South Sudan

Since July the United Nations and the Food and Agricultural organization have been warning that South Sudan will face widespread hunger, but the government is not alarmed. Heavy rains and seasonal flooding... Read more »

Senegal: Judge quashes graft case against Aliou Sall

A judge in Senegal on Tuesday December 29, dismissed an alleged corruption case against Aliou Sall, brother of President Macky Sall. The case was brought forward following a 2019 investigation by the... Read more »