2022 | ANG - Part 3
  • March 28, 2024

Four persons sentenced to death in Tunisia for a 2013 assassination of a politician

A Tunisian court sentenced four people to death and two to life in prison on charges stemming from the murder of a left-wing politician, a public prosecutor said Wednesday. Chokri Belaid, …

Central bank of Nigeria raises interest rates to combat soaring inflation

Nigeria’s central bank implemented a significant increase in its monetary policy rate, raising it by 200 basis points to 24.75% from the previous 22.75%, according to Governor Olayemi Cardoso on Tuesday. …

Nigerian parents reunites with their children who were in captivity

Parents of more than 130 Nigerian schoolchildren who were rescued after more than two weeks in captivity said they saw them on Wednesday and that they couldn’t hold back tears of …

Morocco’s World Cup heroes given royal welcome home

Tens of thousands of Moroccans thronged the capital on Tuesday to welcome home their national football team, the first Arab or African squad ever to reach the semi-final of a World …

Germany returns looted artworks back to Nigeria

German Foreign minister Annalena Baerbock travelled to Nigeria’s capital Abuja on Tuesday to personally hand over a collection of more than 20 objects that were stolen by British colonial troops over …

UN security council relaxes arms embargo on DR Congo

The U.N. Security Council adopted a resolution Tuesday relaxing the embargo on arms exports to the Democratic Republic of Congo, a decision hailed by Kinshasa as an “injustice repaired. The resolution …

2-year-old Ugandan boy survives after hippo swallowed him

A 2-year-old boy mysteriously survived a hippopotamus attack in Uganda after the animal swallowed half his body. The minor identified as Iga Paul had been playing at his home in Rwenjubu …

UK to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is legal, high court rules

The British judiciary gave the green light Monday to the deportation to Rwanda of asylum seekers who arrived illegally in the United Kingdom, a highly controversial project that the government wants …

ANC Re-elects President Ramaphosa as their candidate

The ANC, South Africa’s historic ruling party, on Monday renewed its confidence in Cyril Ramaphosa to lead the movement and therefore run the country, at a congress in Johannesburg. Ramaphosa, 70, …

At-least eight dead, including six civilians, in two separate attacks in Burkina Faso

At least two Burkinabe soldiers and six civilians were killed Saturday in two separate attacks in northern and eastern Burkina Faso, Africanewsguru.com learned Monday from security and local sources. The first …

Senegal strives to break dependence on imported rice

Around the village of Dak in central Senegal, women cut rice stalks with sickles and knives, singing and dancing. In this West African country, which is a major consumer of the …

US citizen trapped in Tigray, arrested in Addis Ababa

American citizens trapped in Tigray, a region at war for two years, are having the worst possible time reaching the United States, claiming they are victims of ethnic profiling and subjected …

Burkina Faso summons Ghana envoy over president Akufo Addo’s claim on Wagner

Burkina Faso summoned the Ghanaian ambassador on Friday to express its “disapproval” after Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo said that Ouagadougou had “made an arrangement” with the Russian paramilitary group Wagner. “The …