Polls closed Sunday on the tiny archipelago of Comoros with President Azali Assoumani widely expected to win a new term in an election that rivals say has been hijacked. The main opposition alleged that irregularities at several polling stations reported by the electoral commission amounted to a coup d'etat and called for public resistance . ...

Marrakesh, Morocco, March 23, 2019 (ECA) ndash; Africa cannot have sustainable development without sustaining peace, United Nations Deputy Secretary General, Amina Mohammed said Saturday. Speaking at the 20th Session of the Regional Coordination Mechanism for Africa (RCM-Africa) and the Third Joint Meeting of the Regional United Nati ...

Marrakech/Addis Ababa, 23 March 2019 (ECA) ndash; A new report by the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) says it is urgent for African countries to broaden and deepen their tax and revenue collection bases while leveraging digital technologies to boost collection and compliance, to achieve pressing development goals. [Download your copy here: ...

Polls closed Sunday on the tiny archipelago of Comoros with President Azali Assoumani widely expected to win a new term in an election that rivals say has been hijacked. The main opposition, however, alleged after the polls closed at 6 pm (1500 GMT) that irregularities at several polling stations reported by the electoral commission amounted to ...

Thousands of teachers flooded the streets of the Moroccan capital on Sunday to demand better conditions after a nighttime protest dispersed by riot police left dozens wounded. Teachers on temporary contracts have been on strike since March 3 demanding permanent employment arrangements that would improve their rights and benefits, especially over ...

It was very scary, we were running in all direction, the water was full of snakes, recalls 39-year-old Otelea Jose after arriving from one of the areas worst hit by southern Africa's deadly cyclone. Jose had been in Buzi, home to nearly 120,000 people, and moved to higher ground fleeing the raging flood waters unleashed by powerful cyclone Ida ...

Disease is threatening to aggravate the already dire conditions facing millions of survivors following the powerful tropical cyclone which ravaged southern Africa 10 days ago, officials warned on Sunday. Cyclone Idai smashed into Mozambique's coast unleashing hurricane-force wind and rain that flooded swathes of the poor country before battering ...

Baton-wielding riot police used water cannons to disperse teachers protesting in the Moroccan capital on Saturday night to demand better conditions. Several thousand young teachers calling for permanent work contracts had marched peacefully through the streets of central Rabat chanting slogans such as freedom, dignity, social justice . As ni ...