here is your latest african news africa-wide afghan highlights
egypt yesterday qualified to the quarter-finals following a 5-4 penalty shootouts victory over
quarterboard equatorial guinea continued their giant killing run with a 6-5 penalty shootout
victory over mali after a goalless draw equatorial guinea at the final site to advance to the last
8 where they will meet senegal on sunday the next game will be held saturday january 29th
the team's playing will be quarterfinals one gambia versus cameroon at 11 am quarterfinals
2 burkina faso vs tunisia at 2pm burkina faso russia offered aid to bikina obey coup leaders
a group of russian military contractors have written to the coup leaders in bukhina faso
offering to train the west african country's army in their fight against jihadist the group calling
itself community of officers for international security which is based in the central african
republic published its offer in a letter it is not clear if it has been or will be accepted burkina
faso is now led by a military government that overthrew the government of president rook kabure
earlier this week the verified letter by a russian security adviser to the central african republic
presidency also takes a swipe at the french-led offensive against extremists in the sahel
despite leading the operation for over a decade it alleges they have had no success and adds that the
russian group can help the bukina bay soldiers to master the security situation in very little time
sudan egypt and ethiopia ethiopia's prime minister abi ahmed has called sudan and egypt towards peace
of adam ethiopia's prime minister abi ahmed has called in sudan and egypt and i quote to nurture
the narrative towards building peace corporation mutual coexistence and development of all its
people without harming one another end quote in a letter prime minister abi has said ethiopia
has an ambition to build a modern economy based on agriculture manufacturing and industry i'll
be reaffirmed and i quote ethiopia's intention to construct the grand ethiopian renaissance
dam is to enable regulation functions so that electricity generation from the infrastructure
is uniform throughout the year this means as a hydropower dam the grand ethiopian renaissance dam
does not consume water rather the water continues to flow downstream uninterrupted
the three countries have been at loggerheads for a while beginning with how ethiopia's grand
ethiopian renaissance dam on the blue nile was to be filled west africa west african leaders
to hold summit after latest cools leaders of the economic community of west african states
ecuas will hold an extraordinary summit on bukhina faso and mali this week the regional bloc strongly
condemned kaburi's ousters saying he was forced to resign under threat and intimidation burkina
faso's new military government led by lieutenant colonel paul henry sadao godameba said it will
propose a return to constitutional order within a reasonable time frame malians have also come
out in huge numbers to protest the equest sanctions a crowd also gathered in burkina
faso's capital ogadugu to celebrate the coup with some saying echoes was just a puppet of france
ethiopia ethiopia's cabinet approves lifting of the state of emergency ethiopia's cabinet has
approved the lifting of a six-month state of emergency ahead of its expiration in light of
changing security conditions in the country prime minister abi ahmed's office said in
a statement ethiopia declared the state of emergency in november after tplf terrorists
had gained territory the government said last month the army was clearing the tplf militants
from the north amhara and afar regions dismissing tplf statements that their forces were retreating
over the weekend the military said it was planning to enter the tigre regional capital of michele and
eliminate the terrorist forces east africa the east africa council pushes for seamless trade
the east africa business council is pushing for the revival of business committees to facilitate
the seamless flow of goods and services at border points the regional apex body of the private
sector association and corporate has embarked on an ambitious plan to revamp joint border
committees in kenya tanzania uganda rwanda south sudan and burundi under the east africa trade
protocol speaking during a multi-agency forum that brought together different actors from both
kenya and uganda at the malaba border the council chief executive officer said they're focused on
formulating robust systems that will guarantee fast clearance of trucks along the border towns
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