Faith Nyasuguta The leader of Gabon’s military junta, Gen. Brice Nguema, has been sworn in as interim president by the country’s constitutional court during a televised ceremony today (Monday). Gen Brice Nguema led last Wednesday’s coup against Ali Bongo, overthrowing the president shortly after he was named winner of a disputed election. Crowds of cheering […]
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Maina wa Njuguna Israel’s beleaguered Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday ordered a plan to remove all African migrants in the country because they were a threat to the Jewish character of the state. This followed a violent fracas in Tel Aviv between Eritrean asylum seekers who oppose the regime in Eritrea, the pro-regime activists, and […]
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Faith Nyasuguta At least 25 civilians were killed in attacks in Khartoum over the weekend, as the violence showed no signs of abating after nearly five months of war. Some five civilians died on Sunday when bombs “fell on their homes” in the Sudanese capital, a medical source said, a day after an airstrike in […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Over the weekend, thousands rallied in Niamey to demand that France withdraw its troops from Niger, as sought by the junta that seized power late June. Following a call by several civic organizations’ hostile to French military presence in the West African country, the protesters gathered near a base housing French soldiers “We […]
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Faith Nyasuguta For the first time on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, Next Narrative Africa, the multimedia production company building an ecosystem that supports African content creation to advance economic progress hosted Next Africa Now @ Martha’s Vineyard – a salon-style conversation about economic opportunities in Africa and the importance of narrative change and collaboration to wealth […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Tanzania’s Land Transport Regulatory Authority (Latra) is looking into the possibility of introducing cable transport in at least six regions as part of wider efforts to boost tourism in the country and facilitate commuting in some areas. Cable transport involves transporting people in motor-less, engine-less vehicles that are propelled by a steel cable, […]
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Faith Nyasuguta The African Union suspended Gabon on Thursday from the continental bloc following the coup in the Central African state. The AU’s political affairs, peace and security department said on X, formerly Twitter, the country was suspended from participating in all its activities, organs and institutions until the restoration of constitutional order. Military leaders […]
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