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December 15, 2018
Hundreds flee southern Ethiopia as clashes kill 21
ADDIS ABABA — Heavy fighting between ethnic groups in southern Ethiopia has killed at least 21 people and wounded 61, its state news agency said on Saturday, amid escalating violence that has sent hundreds fleeing across the border to neighboring Kenya.Outbreaks of violence in the south between the Oromo and other groups have escalated since Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed — the first leader from the Oromo ethnic group in Ethiopia’s ...
December 14, 2018
Angry protests after Somalia arrests militant-politician
MOGADISHU — Demonstrators took to the streets of Baidoa in southwest Somalia for a second day on Friday protesting the arrest of a former militant leader who was vying for the regional presidency.Tires burned, roads were blocked and shots fired as police tried to break up crowds of hundreds of angry protesters in the city where regional presidential elections are due to be held on Dec. 19.Muktar Robow, who defected ...
December 11, 2018
Kenya struggles to give life to futuristic ‘Silicon Savannah’ city
LABORERS milled around an unfinished eight-story building in an expansive field in Konza dotted with zebra and antelope — the only visible sign of progress in a decade-old plan to make Kenya into Africa’s leading technology hub by 2030.Grandiose plans, red tape and a lack of funding have left Konza Technopolis — the $14.5 billion new city to be built some 60 km southeast of Nairobi — way behind schedule ...
December 11, 2018
Nine civilians killed in new massacre in D.R. Congo
BENI, D.R. Congo — Suspected militiamen killed nine civilians in a fresh attack in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s troubled east, government officials and the military said on Tuesday.The massacre occurred overnight in the town of Oicha, in the Beni region, local administrator Donat Kibwana said.The assailants were suspected members of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an armed group blamed for hundreds of killings since 2014.“They entered Oicha late at ...
December 11, 2018
Roving cinema plays public service role in Central Africa
A GIANT screen flickers to life in a remote village in the equatorial forest of the Central African Republic. Some 200 villagers avidly take in an evening of films thanks to a traveling cinema team with the dual goal of entertaining and enlightening.Ambulant Digital Cinema (CNA) brought its show to the southwestern village of Bayanga along bumpy rutted tracks, aiming to reach people living in remote parts of a deeply ...
December 7, 2018
Zambia court rules president can run again in 2021 vote
LUSAKA — Zambia's top court ruled Friday that President Edgar Lungu is eligible to run for re-election in 2021 polls after an opposition party argued he would exceed the constitution's two term limit. Lungu completed former president Michael Sata's term after he died in 2015 before winning a full term in his own right in 2016. "The presidential tenure starting on January 25, 2015 to September 13, 2016 cannot be considered as ...
December 4, 2018
S. Africa names first female top prosecutor
JOHANNESBURG — President Cyril Ramaphosa named a respected female lawyer on Tuesday to head South Africa's prosecuting authority which had been accused of improperly protecting former president Jacob Zuma.His appointment of Shamila Batohi further distances him from Zuma's scandal-tainted rule during which several top jobs, including head of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), were filled with loyalists."I am confident that the advocate possesses all the attributes of a capable National ...
December 3, 2018
5 projects boost Saudi Arabia-Algeria ties
Saudi Gazette reportALGIERS — Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman, deputy premier and minister of defense, concluded his two-day visit to Algeria on the latest leg of his regional tour that took him to Bahrain, UAE, Tunisia and Mauritania.During the visit, the Crown Prince met Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia and other high-ranking Algerian officials.They discussed ways to further bolster bilateral ties and reviewed the latest developments in the region and the ...
December 3, 2018
Ramaphosa's reforms at risk as S. Africa faces more power cuts
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa faces more power cuts, electricity utility Eskom warned on Monday as it sought to prevent the collapse of its power grid in a test for President Cyril Ramaphosa's reforms.Eskom implemented a fifth day of controlled power cuts on Monday, putting more strain on an economy already mired in recession only months before a national election."The entire week could be severely constrained if we are unable to ...
December 2, 2018
Saudi Arabia, Mauritania ink 3 pacts
Saudi Gazette reportNOUAKCHOTT — Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman, deputy premier and minister of defense, held wide ranging talks with President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz of Mauritania at the presidential palace in Nouakchott on Sunday.Three agreements and memoranda of understanding were signed on the sidelines of the visit of the Crown Prince, the Saudi Press Agency reported.An extended session of officials talks was held in the presence of members of ...
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