Faith Alofe is the Africa Correspondent of The Analytical Reporter.
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More than 8,000 people have been rescued in the Volta region after heavy flooding caused by the overflow of Akosombo and Kpong hydro-electric dams, the Ghanaian Army revealed. Ghana has deployed its navy and other teams to rescue thousands of people affected by the spillage of excess water from
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With over 70% vote counted, Liberian president, George Weah, and opposition leader, Joseph Boakai, are neck and neck in the race for the presidency as vote tallying continues from last week’s presidential and legislative polls. Provisional results published on Sunday by the National Elections Commission showed Weah had 43.
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The government of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have agreed to abolish the visa requirements to allow visa-free travel between each country. The agreement was decided on during the 8th Joint Permanent Commission ( JPC ) between both countries on October 14th, in DR Congo capital, Kinshasa. The agreement is
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Thousands of residents in Ghana's south-east have fled their homes as a result of the Akosombo Dam overflowing. More than 4000 residents' homes and farms have been destroyed by raging waters along the banks of the River Volta. The Akosombo Dam also known as the Volta Dam,
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The Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo has said that they will reduce restrictions imposed in two provinces in the conflict-hit east where a state of siege has been in force since 2021. President Felix Tshisekedi said this during a televised address on Thursday evening, that the government has
Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi on Wednesday, 11th of October received Gianpietro Benedetti, the Chairman and CEO of Danieli Group, an Italian supplier of equipment and physical plants to the metal industry to discuss the company’s plans to expand its activities in Egypt. Benedetti said that the company will
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A Kenyan high court has blocked the plans of the government to deploy police officers to Haiti or any other country pending the hearing of a petition filed by the concerned citizens. The judge cited issues raised in the application as being of national importance and public interest. Recall that
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About 23 people have been killed with many people missing in landslides caused by heavy rains in Cameroon's capital Yaoundé on Sunday,8th October,2023. Heavy rainfall caused the Mefou River to burst its banks on Sunday, submerging several neighbourhoods and about 25 houses were swept away by
Moroccan authorities on Friday will begin providing money to families whose homes were destroyed in an earthquake in September that took nearly 3,000 lives after a commission tasked by King Mohammed VI to oversee recovery efforts met earlier this week, and will require an estimated $11.7 billion in
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The Egyptian sovereign dollar bonds have tumbled after Moody, a global integrated risk assessment firm downgraded the country’s credit rating deeper into junk territory, ramping up the pressure on the cash-strapped nation. The country is in the pangs of a bruising economic crisis, with record inflation, crushing government debt
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The Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan, Clementine Nkweta-Salami has said that the past six months have caused untold suffering in Sudan and forced more than 5.4 million people from their homes. She noted that approximately 30,000 a day have fled
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A score of about 400 persons have been arrested over “riot incidents'’ in Egypt. The arrest is coming after President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi announced that he would run for a third term on Tuesday,3rd of October,2023. His remarks sparked a rare display of public anger - viral