East Africa

Salaam Somali Bank offers free microfinance to small businesses in Guri'el Salaam Somali Bank's branch in Guri'el in the central region of Galgadud on Monday provided entrepreneurs with free microfinance as part of the second phase of the investment program called "Qardu Hassan". The free microfinance fund is aimed at developing and encouraging small businesses throughout Somalia,…

La Grande Île paid tribute to its former president Didier Ratsiraka, before being buried in Antananarivo's mausoleum. The funeral procession of the former president stopped at the end of the morning at Iavoloha State Palace, a palace he had also built in 1975. An official ceremony with the current head of state, Didier Ratsiraka's family, relatives, members of his AREMA party and the diplomatic corps…

Malawi managed to beat (1-0) Uganda, who were at a qualifying spot, to win, instead of Cranes, the second Group B ticket to Cameroon. It comes a long way from this Malawi team that won its third qualifier for CAN by beating Uganda who still had the advantages of the forecasts, after Burkina Faso, in this group B. The Cranes can…

The Basketball Africa League plans to play its very first season from 16 to 30 May 2021 in Kigali. The Basketball Africa League, created by the NBA and the International Federation (FIBA), was to start in March 2020 but had to give up due to the Covid pandemic. This time it's right? Will the Basketball Africa League (BAL)…

In Mozambique, Palma, a small port city in Cabo Delgado, the victim of a coordinated attack by a jihadist group active in the province for more than three years. The group, which calls itself local Al-Shabab, launched its attack on Wednesday and took control of the city on Friday night. The number of accidents among the inhabitants is uncertain. Since Wednesday, there are thousands fleeing the area…

Despite differences, optimism was recorded in Somalia's difficult political talks MOGADISHU, Somalia - There has been some optimism in Somalia's ongoing negotiations in Mogadishu, and the international community continues to put pressure on various actors who have pulled the country back and forth in the midst of stalemate before the election. Leaders from all member states, the…

Somalia: Lower House meeting postponed after Saturday's chaos MOGADISHU, Somalia - The House of Commons has postponed a meeting scheduled for today , just a day after a chaotic session triggered by suspicion and counter-complaints over the intent, a move that led to the suspension of 15 MPs. A circular issued Sunday indicated that speaker Mohamed Mursal had postponed the meeting…

Dozens of people were killed in coordinated extremist attacks in northern Mozambique's Palma city, the government said on Sunday, four days after the raid was launched, forcing the evacuation of thousands of survivors to safety in the provincial capital Pemba. Seven people were killed in an ambush during an operation to evacuate them from a hotel where they had sought refuge, it is said. "Last Wednesday, a group of terrorists sneaked into ... Palma and launched operations that resulted in the cowardly…

Al-Shabaab calls for attacks on Djibouti to host Western interests MOGADISHU, Somalia - Al-Shabaab could carry out deadly attacks in Djibouti, the Horn of Africa, where the United States and France have unlimited influence ahead of the long-awaited election in the Red Sea country, which hosts the U.S. Africa Command Team. Ahmed Omar Abu Ubaydah accused Djibouti in the latest sound…

National Day of Mourning in Madagascar. Former President Admiral Didier Ratsiraka died on Sunday at the age of 84 at the military hospital in Antananarivo. His relatives indicate that he gave up for cardiac arrest while he had been in hospital since Tuesday for a "routine check-up due to a small flu". Tributes to this symbolic figure in Malagasy political life have followed one another. In a blue suit, the serious face, the current head of state, who had asked for his condolences in the morning on his Facebook page,…