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Four UN peacekeepers killed in Central African Republic
Four UN peacekeepers have been found dead and one remains missing after an attack on a convoy in the Central African Republic (CAR), United Nations officials said on Tuesday. The UN’s MINUSCA mission said the convoy was attacked by fighters of the “anti-Balaka” armed group near Yogofongo village, more than…
Read More »Zimbabwe opposition suspicious of election rigging
Zimbabwe’s long-standing leader Robert Mugabe will be running in next year’s presidential elections. The government is testing new biometric voter registration technology, which means everyone eligible to vote will have to register again. Opposition parties say they won’t accept the result if Mugabe is re-elected and are also suspicious of…
Read More »Somalia: Huge blast rocks downtown Mogadishu
Mogadishu, Somalia – A car-bomb blast hit the heart of Somalia’s capital on Monday, killing at least five people and wounding 20 others, police said. Al-Shabab claimed responsibility in a statement on its website. Mostaf Abdi Abshir, a journalist with Radio Shabelle, told Al Jazeera the vehicle laden with explosives detonated near a…
Read More »Thousands seek aid amid Somaliland drought
A three-year drought has left more than half a million people in need of urgent humanitarian aid in Somaliland. More than 100,000 people have left their homes in search of food. The lack of clean water has also led to acute diarrhea and disease. Al Jazeera’s Catherine Soi reports from…
Read More »UN: 2m children displaced by South Sudan conflict
The civil war in South Sudan has forced more than two million children to flee their homes, according to two UN agencies. Children make up 62 percent of the more than 1.8 million South Sudanese refugees who have arrived mainly in Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia and Sudan, say the UN children’s…
Read More »Muhammadu Buhari to go to London as health fears mount
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari will travel to London on Sunday for follow-up medical tests after weeks of mounting concern about his health. Femi Adesina, his spokesman, said the 74-year-old’s doctors would determine how long he will stay in the British capital, where he spent nearly two months undergoing treatment from…
Read More »Buhari vows support for freed Chibok girls
A group of 82 girls held captive for three years by Nigeria’s Boko Haram have met Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari in the capital Abuja on Sunday a day after they were released in a prisoner swap. “I cannot express in a few words how happy I am to welcome our…
Read More »Graça Machel Trust announces official launch of New Faces New Voices in Nigeria
The Graça Machel Trust is pleased to announce the official launch of the New Faces New Voices (NVNV) Nigeria Chapter, one of seventeen Women in Finance chapters within the Trust’s Pan-African network. “The launch brings into focus the central role Nigerian women play in contributing to African economies and how we…
Read More »Nigeria: 82 Chibok girls freed by Boko Haram
Eighty-two Nigerian schoolgirls released by the armed group Boko Haram have arrived in the capital, Abuja, where they will meet the president. The girls were handed over as part of a prisoner swap on Saturday. They are among more than 200 students kidnapped three years ago from the northeastern town…
Read More »Greenpeace exposes illegal fishing activities in Sierra Leone
The sea off the coast of West Africa is rich with fish. But illegal and unregulated fishing boats are threatening the major source of seafood. Al Jazeera’s Nina Devries reports from Freetown, Sierra Leone. The post Greenpeace exposes illegal fishing activities in Sierra Leone appeared first on African Media Agency.…
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Backbase and African Banker launch landmark report on the future of digital banking in Africa
LONDON, United Kingdom, 8 August 2025-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Backbase, the global leader in Engagement …
