Sudan summons UN envoy over anti-coup protest remarks

June 30, 2022 News Room SA 0

Sudan’s foreign ministry has summoned the UN envoy to Sudan, Volker Perthes, over remarks he made regarding the planned Thursday anti-military protests. Sudan’s under-secretary in […]

UN chief shocked by Morocco migrant violence

June 29, 2022 News Room SA 0

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has joined in the chorus of condemnation after at least 23 migrants died as Moroccan security forces tried to stop […]

Tunisia court releases ex-PM following hunger strike

June 28, 2022 News Room SA 0

A lawyer for the former Tunisian Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali says his client has been released by a judge, four days after he was detained […]

UN: Morocco migrant deaths need independent probe

June 28, 2022 News Room SA 0

The UN has called for an independent inquiry into the deaths of 23 people after hundreds of migrants tried to break into the Spanish enclave […]

Nigeria’s top judge resigns amid corruption allegations

June 27, 2022 News Room SA 0

Nigeria’s highest-ranking judicial officer Justice Tanko Muhammad has resigned from his position. Multiple local reports say Muhammad, Nigeria’s Chief Justice, resigned on the grounds of […]

Commonwealth makes us forward-looking says Kagame

June 24, 2022 News Room SA 0

The Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting has officially opened in Rwanda’s capital, Kigali. The host, President Paul Kagame, who takes over chairmanship of the 54-nation […]

IMF backs Tunisia’s $4BN loan bid amid protests

June 23, 2022 News Room SA 0

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has expressed support for a wide-ranging but controversial economic reform programme being implemented by the government in Tunisia. The country […]

AU suspends participation in UN-led Sudan talks

June 22, 2022 News Room SA 0

The African Union (AU) has suspended its participation in the UN-facilitated talks to end the Sudan political crisis. Its representative in the talks cited lack […]

Kidnapped ex-Nigerian football officials freed

June 21, 2022 News Room SA 0

Three former Nigeria football officials who were kidnapped by gunmen on Saturday night have been freed, confirmed a police spokesperson without giving details. The kidnappers […]

Ethiopian PM denounces ‘horrific’ ethnic killings

June 20, 2022 News Room SA 0

Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has called the “horrific” killings of scores of ethnic minorities in attacks in the country’s west “unacceptable” saying restoring peace […]