Ethiopia army planning to 'eliminate' Tigrayan forces - military official

Ethiopia's military is planning to enter the Tigray regional capital of Mekelle and "eliminate" rebellious forces, a top military official said late on Friday amid diplomatic efforts to end conflict in the country's north.
#ethiopia #ethiopiamilitary #mekelle

Ugandan president's son visits Rwanda in sign of warming ties

Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the powerful son of Uganda's president, arrived in Rwanda on Saturday to meet President Paul Kagame for a visit that marks warming relations between the neighbouring countries after years of tension.
#uganda #paulkagame #rwanda

Giant Dangote oil refinery to begin production in third quarter

Nigeria's giant new Dangote oil refinery will start processing crude in the third quarter of this year. Mechanical work on the refinery is complete and "hopefully before the end of third quarter we should be in the market," Aliko Dangote, chairman of Dangote Industries Limited, said in a briefing at the plant site in Lagos.
#dangote #oilrefinery #plantsite

Cameroon govt says 16 killed in nightclub fire

Cameroon's government said Sunday that 16 people were killed in a fire caused by fireworks in a nightclub in the capital Yaounde, the tragedy occurring as the nation hosts the Africa Cup of Nations football tournament.
#cameroon #yaounde #clubfire

Ivory Coast send reigning champions Algeria crashing out of Africa Cup of Nations

The Ivory Coast crushed an abject Algeria 4-1 on Thursday with Nicolas Pepe among the scorers as the reigning champions crashed out of the Africa Cup of Nations in the group stage.
#afcon #ivorycoast #nicolapepe #africacup

Peril and promise: poisonous gas from 'killer lake' powers Rwanda

The engineers aboard the floating power station on Lake Kivu could only watch nervously as the volcano in the distance erupted violently, sending tremors rumbling through the water beneath them.
#rwanda #lakekivu

Burkina Faso authorities ban planned Ouagadougou protests

Authorities in Burkina Faso’s capital, Ouagadougou, have banned an anti-government protest planned for Saturday, two months after another rally turned violent. The demonstration, called by a civil society movement called Sauvons le Burkina (Save Burkina), was prohibited for "security reasons", Christian Charles Rouamba, municipal secretary, said in a letter on Thursday.
#burkinafaso #ouagadougou #sauvons

17 killed, 59 injured by explosion in western Ghana

At least 17 people were killed and 59 injured on Thursday in a devastating explosion in a western Ghana town after a truck carrying explosives intended for a mine collided with a motorcycle, the government said.
#ghana #explosion #truckcarrying

Congo police detain suspects linked to Italian ambassador's killing

Police in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have detained members of a group allegedly linked to the killing of Italy's ambassador last year as well as more recent kidnappings of NGO workers, a provincial police chief said on Tuesday.
#congo #congopolice #italyambassador

Namibia court to rule on same-sex spouses' immigration status

The Namibian High Court is set on Thursday to rule on an application for the right of non-Namibian same-sex spouses to live and work in the country. It is the latest legal battle with the government in a country where homosexuality is illegal and authorities refuse to recognise marriages from outside the country.
#nambia #namibiancourt #samesexmarriage