AFRICA NEWS

At least 22 children drowned on their way to school when their boat capsized in swollen waters of the Nile river north of the Sudanese capital yesterday.

Libya’s parliament suspended on Tuesday discussions on the constitutional referendum draft-law until after next week’s Eid al-Adha holiday.

A disgruntled politician who suffered a defeat in Uganda's parliamentary elections has reacted by removing boreholes he commissioned while in office.

Jack Ma, the founder of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, launched the Netpreneur Prize foundation on Wednesday in South Africa, which has been designed to support and fund African entrepreneurs.

 South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has promoted his wife to major general, bolstering speculation that the wife’s rise in the army could eventually lead to a political career

Harriett Baldwin, British Minister of State for Africa, starts on Tuesday a three-day-visit to Sudan for talks on bilateral relations and ways to support Sudan to achieve political stability and economic reform.

President Uhuru Kenyatta has joined other World leaders in congratulating the new Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa.

The US has formally locked out apparel products from Rwanda after the East African nation banned imports of second-hand clothes and shoes.

Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli has won parliament’s vote of confidence after the majority of lawmakers gave their green light to the cabinet’s policy statement and line-up, Speaker of the House of Representatives Ali Abdel Aal announced. 

“Africa needs a development partner like China,” said Senegalese President Macky Sall on Thursday, stressing that Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to Senegal is a historic trip eagerly expected by all the Senegalese.

A delegation from the African Union is in Rwanda to assess the country's preparedness for the upcoming parliamentary elections due in September this year.

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has called for value addition to all Ghana’s natural resources to make them competitive on the international market to strengthen the economy.