Africa

Four in Kenya, including paramedics, abducted by suspected al Shabaab attackers

NAIROBI, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Attackers suspected to be members of Somalia's al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group have abducted two paramedics, plus a driver and a patient near Kenya's border…

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Algeria hosts divided Arab states for summit

Algeria aims to demonstrate diplomatic clout this week as it hosts the first Arab League summit since before the COVID-19 pandemic, but political divisions mean any show of unity among…

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Libya agrees gas deal with Eni and BP

ABU DHABI, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Libya has agreed with Eni and BP to begin extracting natural gas from a Mediterranean gas field believed to be bigger than Egypt's huge…

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UN urges Libya rivals to agree in road map to elections soon

UNITED NATIONS - The Security Council voted unanimously to extend the U.N. political mission in Libya for a year and urged key institutions and parties in the divided north African…

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Somalia president: at least 100 people killed in car bombs

MOGADISHU, Oct 30 (Reuters) - At least 100 people were killed and 300 injured in two car bombs that exploded outside the education ministry in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Saturday,…

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Tunisia to start difficult economic reforms soon – cbank governor

TUNIS, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Tunisia will soon enact difficult economic reforms that have been delayed for years, the central bank governor said on Saturday, adding that financial authorities were trying to…

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Photo Story: International art exhibition near Giza Pyramids

The sculpture 'Under the same sun' by the artist SPY artist is installed at the international art exhibition 'Forever is Now' near the famous pyramids in Giza, Egypt. 'Art D’Egypte',…

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In COP27 host Egypt, Red Sea coral reefs resilient but under stress

HURGHADA, Egypt, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Egypt hosts next month's COP27 climate summit at a Red Sea resort, where climate change and human activity are threatening one of the world's…

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Africa CDC: Ebola outbreak in Uganda “not getting out of hand”

JOHANNESBURG, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Africa's top public health body said on Thursday that the Ebola outbreak in Uganda was "not getting out of hand" and that it was still…

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Uganda steps up Ebola response as virus infects 109, kills 30

KAMPALA (Reuters) - The number of confirmed Ebola cases in Uganda has risen to 109 and the outbreak has claimed 30 lives, Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng said, adding that…

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U.S. authorises departure of non-emergency staff from Nigeria over possible terrorist attack

LAGOS (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department on Tuesday authorised the departure of non-emergency U.S. government employees and their families from Nigeria due to a heightened risk of terrorist attacks…

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Uganda says 9 more Ebola cases confirmed in Kampala; toll rises to 14

(Reuters) - Uganda reported nine more Ebola cases on Sunday in its Kampala region, bringing the total number of cases to 14 in the last two days, the country's health…

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African banks increasingly worried about funding costs, survey shows

LONDON/JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) - Sub-Saharan African banks are increasingly worried about funding costs, an annual survey published this week found, as soaring interest rates both on the continent and globally make…

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Uganda says two more Ebola cases confirmed in Kampala hospital

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Two more people in an isolation unit of Uganda's main hospital have tested positive for Ebola, bringing total cases recorded in the facility to five, the health…

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Uganda health minister: Three people in Kampala hospital positive for Ebola

Oct 22 (Reuters) - Three people in an isolation unit of Uganda's main hospital have tested positive for Ebola, the country's health minister said on Saturday. "Yesterday ... three individuals…

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Moroccan banks, big firms to brace for higher taxes starting 2023

RABAT, (Reuters) - Morocco has drafted a budget for 2023 that plans higher taxes on banks and big firms as the government seeks additional revenue to cut its fiscal deficit…

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WHO’s Tedros says narrow window to ‘prevent genocide’ in Ethiopia

NAIROBI, Oct 19 (Reuters) - World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday there was a "very narrow window now to prevent genocide" in his home region of…

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One child a minute being admitted for malnutrition treatment in Somalia: UNICEF

LONDON (Reuters) - One child is being admitted for medical treatment for malnutrition every minute in Somalia as severe drought threatens to cause the deaths of children on a scale…

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Ebola outbreak in Uganda still a manageable risk – Africa CDC

JOHANNESBURG, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Africa's top public health body said on Thursday there was a risk of the Ebola outbreak in Uganda spreading but that the risk was still…

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Carol Valade and Clément Di Roma win Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for uncovering Russian infiltration in Africa

Africa offers Russia a convenient and alluring theatre where it can promote its objectives with little financial or political risk. Weak Governments, significant natural resources, a mistrust of European colonisers…

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Protests paralyse Tunisian town after migrant deaths

TUNIS (Reuters) - A southern Tunisian coastal town was paralysed by protests on Tuesday amid growing anger over the fate of people who drowned in a migrant shipwreck last month,…

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Egypt’s Suez Canal to offer ships fuelling and catering services

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's Suez Canal Economic Zone will offer new services to ships including fuelling and catering from the first quarter of 2023, state media quoted a Suez Canal…

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European Parliament calls for united stand towards Libya

The European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee this week approved a set of recommendations regarding the political situation in Libya, with 49 votes in favour, nine against, and five abstentions. The…

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Uganda declares three-week lockdown for two districts over Ebola outbreak

A three-week lockdown has been declared in two districts of Uganda as the country battles an Ebola outbreak. Bars, nightclubs, places of worship and entertainment venues will be closed in…

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Tunisia police clash with protesters, the second night of protests

TUNIS (Reuters) - Protestors clashed with police in the Tunisian capital of Tunis on Saturday, for the second night after a man died from injuries sustained during a police chase…

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Global inflation causing ‘horrifying’ food insecurity, says IMF Africa head

JOHANNESBURG/LONDON, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Africa's central banks are walking a tightrope trying to curb inflation that is mostly out of their control and causing "horrifying" food insecurity, the International…

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Tunisia coast guard retrieves bodies of 15 migrants off Mahdia coast

TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisian coast guard recovered the bodies of 15 migrants off the coast of Mahdia, the state news agency reported. Authorities will work to identify the bodies, including…

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Child malnutrition soars in central Somalia area on verge of famine

Oct 13 (Reuters) - Acute malnutrition is surging among children displaced by drought and conflict in a part of central Somalia teetering on the edge of famine, according to a…

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First death recorded in Uganda capital Kampala from Ebola

An Ebola patient has died at a hospital in Uganda's capital, the health ministry has confirmed. He was the 19th victim in the current outbreak of the deadly virus but…

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Tunisia has only one week of petrol supply, union official says

TUNIS, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Tunisia only has enough petrol to last a week, a senior official in the labour union said on Monday, but the energy minister said a…

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Financial crime watchdog FATF adds Congo to money laundering watch list

KINSHASA (Reuters) - The Financial Action Task Force plans to put Democratic Republic of Congo on a list of countries subject to increased monitoring, the country's Communications Minister Patrick Muyaya…

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Libya authorities find 15 bodies, some burned in boat, on shore

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libyan rescue workers have recovered at least 15 bodies found on the coast in Sabratha including a number burned in a boat and others on the beach,…

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Algeria reports H5N1 bird flu outbreak on farm

PARIS, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Algeria has reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu on a poultry farm in the northern part of the country, the Paris-based World…

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U.S. accuses Russia of exploiting Africa resources to fund Ukraine war

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States accused Russian mercenaries of exploiting natural resources in the Central African Republic, Mali, Sudan and elsewhere to help fund Moscow's war in Ukraine,…

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U.S. to apply Ebola screenings for recent Uganda visitors at 5 airports

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration will begin redirecting U.S.-bound travelers who had been to Uganda within the previous 21 days to five major American airports to be screened for…

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Libya’s oil revenue during first nine months at $13.5 bln- central bank

(Reuters) - Libya’s oil revenue during the first nine months of 2022 was 67 billion Libyan dinars ($13.5 billion), the country’s central bank said in a report on Wednesday. ($1…

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Morocco issues first permits for cannabis production

RABAT, Oct 5 (Reuters) - A Moroccan state agency has issued the first 10 permits for the use of cannabis in industry and medicine and for export, it said, the…

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Turkey and Libyan government agree preliminary maritime energy deal

Libya's Tripoli government signed a series of preliminary economic agreements with Turkey on Monday that included potential energy exploration in maritime areas, but Libya's eastern-based parliament rejected the move. Speaking at…

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Ebola kills doctor in Uganda, first health worker killed in latest outbreak

KAMPALA (Reuters) - A Tanzanian doctor working in Uganda who contracted Ebola has died, the first health worker killed by the disease in the latest outbreak in the country, Uganda's…

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UPDATED: Burkina Faso’s self-declared military leader says “situation is under control”

OUAGADOUGOU, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Burkina Faso's self-declared military leader Captain Ibrahim Traore said on Sunday that the situation was under control, urging people to refrain from acts of vandalism…

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Drought is killing Kenya’s endangered wildlife

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's worst drought in four decades has killed almost 2% of the world's rarest zebra in three months, and 25 times more elephants than normal over the…

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Ebola kills five in Uganda, 19 other deaths likely connected

KAMPALA, (Reuters) - Five people have died from Ebola in Uganda and another 19 deaths were likely caused by the disease, the president said, but he said he would not…

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Tunisians protest against poverty, high prices and food shortages

TUNIS, (Reuters) - Hundreds of Tunisians protested on Sunday night in the capital against poverty, high prices and the shortage of some foodstuff, escalating pressure on the government of President…

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Countries step up to try and avert famine in Horn of Africa

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Countries this week pledged hundreds of millions of dollars in additional aid for the Horn of Africa as they sounded the alarm on a drought in…

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Air traffic control strike disrupts flights across West Africa

DAKAR, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Dozens of flights were cancelled across West and Central Africa on Saturday as a strike by regional air traffic controllers entered a second day, leaving…

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UPDATED:Africa air traffic control strike grounds flights across region

DAKAR, (Reuters) - An air traffic control strike grounded flights in and out of West and Central Africa , causing chaos for passengers travelling to Europe, the United States and…

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Uganda has confirmed seven Ebola cases so far, one death

KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda has confirmed seven cases of Ebola including in a man who died this week, and seven other deaths are being investigated as suspected cases of a…

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Tunisia’s anti-terrorism police detain former prime minister Ali Laarayedh

TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia's anti-terrorism police detained for one day Ali Laarayedh, a former prime minister and senior official in the Islamist opposition Ennahda party, after an investigation into suspicions…

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Uganda declares Ebola outbreak

An outbreak of Ebola has been declared in Uganda after health authorities confirmed a case of the relatively rare Sudan strain, the health ministry and World Health Organization (WHO) said.…

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EPA’s Eye In The Sky: Cairo, Egypt

The 15 May Bridge crosses over the Nile River in Cairo, Egypt. Photo: EPA-EFE/KHALED ELFIQI

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Tunisia hikes cooking gas, fuel prices in bid to cut subsidies

TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia said on Saturday it is raising the price of cooking gas cylinders by 14% and fuel by 3% as part of a plan to reduce energy…

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Tunisia hopes to reach deal with IMF by end of October

TUNIS, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Tunisia hopes to reach an agreement with the International Monetary Fund by the end of October, the government's spokesperson said on Friday, after a wage…

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U.S. to withhold $130 mln of military aid to Egypt over human rights -official

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration has decided to withhold $130 million of foreign military aid to Egypt over its failure to fulfill human rights conditions, U.S. officials said ,…

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UPDATED: Tunisian govt and top union agree public sector wage increase deal

TUNIS, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Tunisia's government and a powerful labour union have agreed a public sector wage increase over the next three years, part of their talks on wider…

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Half a million Somali children face hunger in world’s worst famine this century

GENEVA, (Reuters) - More than 500,000 Somali children under five are expected to suffer severe acute malnutrition and risk death from famine this year, a number unseen in any country…

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Libya fuel blast injures 17

BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - A fuel tank exploded in a massive blast in the southern Libyan city of Sebha late on Tuesday, injuring 17 people, the health ministry said in…

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Death toll from migrant shipwreck off Tunisia increases

TUNIS (Reuters) - The death toll from a migrant shipwreck off Tunisia last week has risen to 11, most of them Tunisians, as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to…

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