France 24 Zimbabwe’s new President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed a new Cabinet that includes ruling party loyalists as well as figures linked to the military, whose takeover helped oust former leader Robert Mugabe. No opposition politicians are included in the list, which has been seen as the first test of whether Mnangwgwa, a longtime Mugabe ally, would move out of his shadow…. Read more »
Early this Wednesday, November 16, the Zimbabwean military rapidly moved into the capital city of Harare and allegedly took control of the government. After small confrontations and limited violence, the military was able to take the 93 year old President Robert Mugabe prisoner. A military general then came on public television to claim the situation was under control and President… Read more »
France 24 People in Somalia’s semi-autonomous region of Somaliland vote to elect their fifth president on Monday as the ruling party faces a strong challenge from opposition candidates. Officials began counting votes in the self-proclaimed state shortly after polls closed at 6pm local time (1500 GMT). More than 700,000 registered voters were expected to cast their votes at more than… Read more »
France 24 Zimbabwe’s military appeared to be in control of the country Wednesday as generals denied staging a coup but used state television to vow to target “criminals” close to President Robert Mugabe. Mugabe’s decades-long grip on power was dramatically weakened as military vehicles blocked roads outside the parliament in Harare and senior soldiers delivered a late-night television address to… Read more »
Al-Jazeera Seven people are killed and around 20 others injured in a grenade attack on a peace concert and reprisal violence in Central African Republic’s capital, Bangui, in two consecutive days, government officials and city residents said. The attack comes as the UN Security Council is scheduled to vote on a French-drafted resolution to authorise an extra 900 troops to… Read more »
Al-Jazeera Zimbabwe’s military has seized state TV and blocked off access to government offices in the capital Harare. In a televised address early on Wednesday morning, military spokesperson, Major General SB Moyo, said the army was seeking to “pacify a degenerating, social, and economic situation” in the country. Moyo denied that the army was carrying out a coup against President Robert Mugabe‘s government… Read more »
I was saddened to hear about the recent terrorist attack in Somalia. Claiming the lives of 23 people in a cowardly act of terror, the Islamic terror group in Somalia known as Al-Shabaab has taken responsibility. As you know, these despicable acts don’t just reside in Somalia. All across Africa, Islamic militant groups form territory with relative ease. This is… Read more »
Al-Jazeera Johannesburg, South Africa – A large carnivorous dinosaur once walked across southern Africa some 200 million years ago, a team of researchers has concluded after discovering a large footprint in Lesotho. The dinosaur, named Kayentapus ambrokholohali, was 2.7-metres high and nine-metres long making it one of the largest dinosaurs to ever roam the continent, researchers said in the Plos One Journal published earlier this week. Lara Sciscio,… Read more »
Al-Jazeera At least 23 people have been killed in a double car bombing in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, which is still reeling from an attack that left hundreds dead earlier this month. A suicide car bomber first drove into a hotel where President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo was due to host a meeting on Saturday, followed by a car bombing near a former… Read more »
France 24 France is facing a tough diplomatic battle to convince the United States to lend UN support to a counter-terrorism force for Africa’s Sahel region, where insurgents have killed UN peacekeepers and US soldiers. French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian will lead a UN Security Council meeting on Monday that will look at ways of shoring up the G5 Sahel force… Read more »