AFRICA

Ethiopia and Sudan have longstanding competing claims over the Al-Fashaqa border region, an area of fertile land settled with Ethiopian farmers that Sudan claims is within its boundary Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) on Wednesday expressed concern over the Ethiopia-Sudan border dispute. “The Executive …

AUC will deploy core team experts to follow up on the electoral preparations, assess the political dynamics and genuine competitiveness and fairness of the electoral campaign Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | The African Union Commission (AUC) said it will deploy an international election expert mission to Kenya to observe the general …

Accra, Ghana | Xinhua | The World Bank Group seeks to double its funding for education in the Western and Central African region by 2025 to accelerate the work of educational reforms, a senior official of the bank said on Monday. Ousmane Diagana, the World Bank Vice President for Western and …

Monkeypox is a viral zoonosis belonging to the Poxviridae family, the same viral family that caused smallpox Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has called on African countries to remain vigilant against the spread of the monkeypox virus. The Africa CDC …

Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | Chairman of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan on Tuesday reiterated Sudan’s keenness on normal and balanced ties with Ethiopia. Al-Burhan made the remarks when he met with visiting European Union’s Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Annette Weber, the sovereign council said in …

Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | Sudan held the launching ceremony of Sudan-China Express, the first direct maritime shipping route between the two countries, in the capital Khartoum on Sunday. Sudanese Minister of Transport Hisham Ali Ahmed Abuzaid and Chinese Ambassador to Sudan Ma Xinmin are among the officials and business representatives …

Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Kenya’s newly-built Nairobi Expressway has been nominated for the “transportation infrastructure of the year award” at the inaugural Afrika Mashariki Awards, the Moja Expressway Company that manages the road said on Monday in a statement. The nomination comes a few weeks after the 27km road was …

Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | Sudan on Monday decided to file a formal complaint to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) against Ethiopia over “the killing of seven Sudanese soldiers and a citizen held as captives.” Sudanese Foreign Ministry also decided to immediately recall its ambassador to Ethiopia for consultations, and …

Tripoli, Libya | Xinhua | Political instability will likely persist in Libya as a United Nations-backed transitional phase, outlined in a roadmap for the North African country in 2020, expired this week, Libyan analysts say. The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) facilitated the first round Libyan Political Dialogue …

Kigali, Rwanda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Commonwealth has admitted Gabon and Togo as its 55th and 56th members respectively. Both countries are former French colonies. Leaders accepted applications by the two west African countries at the closing session of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Kigali, Rwanda. It …