Africa Parrot

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres began a brief visit to Somalia in Mogadishu on Tuesday, April 11. Mr Guterres was greeted on arrival at the Somali capital’s airport by Foreign Minister Abshir Omar Huruse, according to images posted on Twitter by the latter. The authorities have drastically tightened security in Mogadishu for the unannounced visit. Most […]

Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera has pardoned a former cabinet minister who was serving a five-year sentence after being convicted for abuse of office. Uladi Mussa was sentenced in 2020 to six years in prison over corruption linked to the illegal issuing of passports. His release was an act of mercy in the Easter season, Homeland […]

The central African country of Chad has expelled the German ambassador because of his “impolite attitude”, the government said in a statement on Saturday. The decision was “motivated by the impolite attitude and the lack of respect for diplomatic customs by the German ambassador, as prescribed by the Vienna Convention,” a government spokesman said. No […]

A South African fugitive who faked his own death in a prison break that embarrassed authorities has been apprehended in Tanzania, the government said on Saturday. Thabo Bester, a convicted rapist, escaped from a privately-run prison in Bloemfontein in May last year — but South African police only found out last month. On Saturday, Justice […]

At least 2,500 meals were distributed to thousands in downtown Algiers attending the “Mega Iftar” organized by the local government, as part of an initiative to encourage sharing and solidarity during Ramadan. The Iftar, is the breaking of the fast after sunset, during the holy month. “The idea is that these families can gather around […]

A United Arab Emirates court has dismissed South Africa’s request to extradite Atul and Rajesh Gupta, brothers who face charges of political corruption, Justice Minister Ronald Lamola said on Friday. The Indian brothers, arrested in the UAE in June 2022, are accused of using their connections with Jacob Zuma, president of South Africa from 2009 […]

A military tribunal in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital Kinshasa on Friday sentenced six men to life in prison for murdering Italy’s ambassador in 2021. Public prosecutors had originally sought the death penalty for the six accused calling them members of a “criminal gang”. Luca Attanasio was among three people shot dead on February […]

Nigeria has received $800 million from the World Bank to expand its national social program as it prepares to phase out costly petrol subsidies in June. Africa’s largest economy has allocated 3.36 trillion nairas ($7.3 billion) for petrol subsidies, which will be in effect until mid-2023. However, there are no provisions for the expense beyond […]

South Africa’s government has revoked a national “state of disaster” declared in February to manage a crippling electricity crisis. On February 9, President Cyril Ramaphosa invoked disaster regulations to fight the crisis that included daily rolling power cuts by state utility Eskom due to frequent breakdowns at its ageing coal-fired power stations and years of […]

The government of Zimbabwe has broken the silence around allegations of gold smuggling and money laundering exposed in an Al-Jazeera documentary last month, saying on Tuesday that it will launch an inquiry into the claims. Gold Mafia, a four-part series by the Al Jazeera Investigative Unit (I-Unit), shows among others one of Zimbabwe’s highest-ranking diplomats […]

A convoy of African Union peacekeepers has been hit by an explosion in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, on Monday. Reports suggest that at least three civilians who were in the vicinity lost their lives. According to a local security officer the explosion was caused by a landmine planted near the road. Troops from the African Union […]

Tunisian President Kais Saied appeared in a video posted Monday on his official Facebook page, dismissing “mad” reports over his health following almost two weeks with no public engagements. The North African country’s main opposition coalition had pressed the government earlier to explain Saied’s public “absence”, saying it had information that he was sick. “These […]

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has sent a cable of congratulation to President Macky Sall of Senegal on the anniversary of his country’s Independence Day. Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques expressed his best felicitations and wished the president constant good health and happiness and the government and people of the Republic […]

A first batch of South Sudanese soldiers arrived in Goma, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday, April 2. The group of at least 45 soldiers is joining a regional military force in the region wracked by the M23 rebellion. The seven-nation East African Community (EAC) military force was created last […]

It’s a revenge thriller where a mother turns into a ruthless vigilante, tracking down and drowning a soldier who has killed her baby, in an explosion of violence and jubilation. What might sound like the plot of the latest flick by Quentin Tarantino or another Hollywood auteur is actually the fruit of a partnership between […]

More than 100 migrants and asylum seekers gathered outside a United Nations building in Tunis on Wednesday demanding they be repatriated or transferred to another country because of the harassment they say they have suffered in Tunisia. Most of those gathered were from Sudan and claimed to have been persecuted by Tunisians since president Kais […]

Award winning singer-songwriter Angélique Kidjo won the 2023 Polar Music Prize. Island Records founder Chris Blackwell and composer Arvo Pärt have also won the Swedish music award. They “made such a global impact with their music,” Marie Ledin, the managing director of the annual prize, said in announcing the winners Tuesday, March 28. The award […]

The Amnesty International in its 2022 annual report has disclosed that insecurity, hunger, abuse of human rights undermine countries in Africa. The report titled “Amnesty International Report 2022/23: The State of the World’s Human Rights” revealed the effects of conflicts in many countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. It added that the rights of millions of people to […]