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Solar power companies are growing fast in Africa, where 600 million still lack electricity 05 Oct 2024 - 08:42 am

Freetown, Sierra Leone:Companies that bring solar power to some of the poorest homes in Central and West Africa are said to be among...

Over 100 feared dead in Nigeria boat accident 03 Oct 2024 - 11:03 pm

Kano, Nigeria: Over 100 people are feared dead after a boat carrying mostly women and children capsized in Nigeria, rescue workers said as...

Libya's east lifts oil production, export blockade 03 Oct 2024 - 10:26 pm

Tripoli: Libya's eastern administration said on Thursday it has lifted a month-long oil production and exports blockade over a central bank dispute, days...

At least 78 dead after boat with 278 passengers capsized in Congo 03 Oct 2024 - 10:05 pm

GOMA: At least 78 people died when an overcrowded boat with 278 passengers capsized on Lake Kivu in eastern Congo on Thursday, a...

UK hands Indian Ocean islands to Mauritius but keeps key US military base 03 Oct 2024 - 08:12 pm

London: Britain on Thursday said it would give up sovereignty of a remote Indian Ocean archipelago to Mauritius but will maintain there a...

Africa roads among world's deadliest despite few cars 02 Oct 2024 - 11:41 am

Addis Ababa: Africa has the fewest roads and cars of any region, and yet the largest ratio of vehicle deaths, caused by the...

Toll in Rwanda Marburg outbreak rises to 11 02 Oct 2024 - 11:35 am

Kigali: Five more people in Rwanda have died of the deadly Ebola-like Marburg disease, bringing the number of fatalities to 11, the health...

Mpox vaccination drive delayed in DR Congo 01 Oct 2024 - 08:28 pm

Kinshasa: The mpox vaccination campaign in Democratic Republic of Congo has been pushed back, health authorities told AFP on Tuesday, with the exact...

Ghana plans three-day protest over illegal mining, arrests 01 Oct 2024 - 12:19 pm

Accra: Ghanaians are set to stage a three-day protest this week demanding government action on illegal gold mining and the release of 54...

12 Tunisians dead as boat capsizes off Djerba: judiciary 30 Sep 2024 - 04:33 pm

Tunis: At least 12 Tunisians including three children were found dead after a migrant boat capsized off the coast of the southeastern island...

Algeria, Niger discuss enhancing energy cooperation 29 Sep 2024 - 09:08 pm

Algiers: Algerian Minister of Energy and Mines Mohamed Arkab discussed today with the Minister of Oil of the Republic of Niger, Sahabi Oumarou...

Algeria, Slovenia discuss enhancing bilateral cooperation, regional and international issues 29 Sep 2024 - 06:13 pm

Algiers: Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune discussed today with President of the National Assembly of Slovenia, Urska Klakocar Zupancic, joint cooperation relations between the...

17 people have been killed in 2 mass shootings in the same town in South Africa 28 Sep 2024 - 03:54 pm

Johannesburg: Seventeen people including 15 women were killed in two mass shootings that took place in close proximity to each other in a...

48 dead in two days of Sudan paramilitary attacks on Darfur city: medic 27 Sep 2024 - 10:55 pm

Port Sudan, Sudan: Two days of attacks by Sudanese paramilitaries on the Darfur city of El-Fasher killed 48 people, a medical source told...

18 dead in Sudan's El-Fasher after paramilitary attack on market: medic 27 Sep 2024 - 04:38 pm

Port Sudan, Sudan: A paramilitary attack on a market in the Sudanese city of El-Fasher killed 18 people, a medical source told AFP...

Libya rivals ink UN-backed deal on new central bank leadership 26 Sep 2024 - 09:55 pm

Tripoli: Representatives of war-torn Libya's rival administrations on Thursday signed an agreement to name a new governor for the beleaguered central bank that...