African News
Congolese Ebola victim may have entered Rwanda and Uganda – WHO
By: Reuters 18th July 2019 A fishmonger who died this week of Ebola may have carried the virus from Congo into Rwanda as well as Uganda, the World Health Organization said,... →
Activists from Sidama ethnic group in Ethiopia to delay declaring new region
By: Reuters 18th July 2019 A political party representing some of Ethiopia's ethnic Sidama people said on Thursday it would postpone plans to declare a new region in defiance... →
Protesters take to streets to declare new Ethiopian region
By: Reuters 18th July 2019 Protesters in the Ethiopian city of Hawassa blocked roads and burned tires on Thursday after security forces thwarted a meeting of activists to... →
WHO sounds Ebola alarm as risks intensify
By: Reuters 18th July 2019 The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday declared Congo's Ebola outbreak an international health emergency, sounding a rarely used global... →
Ethiopia on verge of political crisis as breakaway region's declaration of independence looms
By: African News Agency 18th July 2019 Ethiopia is facing a new political crisis with the Sidama people stating that they are on the brink of declaring a new state and breaking away from... →
Fears of Ebola spreading beyond DRC as another death reported
By: African News Agency 18th July 2019 There are fears that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) may be spreading beyond its borders after another death was... →
Sudan's generals, protesters sign landmark political accord
By: News24Wire 17th July 2019 Sudan's ruling generals and an alliance of opposition groups have signed an accord creating a transitional power-sharing body, after weeks of... →
South African musician Johnny Clegg dies at 66
By: Reuters 17th July 2019 South African singer and songwriter Johnny Clegg, one of the few white artists to openly confront the apartheid government in the late 1970s and... →
