Floods have wreaked chaos in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, with water pouring into homes and residents navigating submerged roads via canoe.
The overflowing River Congo, passing through much of the country, has also (...)
Royal Court Advisor Ahmed Kattan, who is on a visit to Congo-Brazzaville, has conveyed a verbal message from Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman to President of Congo-Brazzaville Denis Sassou Nguesso concerning bilateral relations and ways (...)
The war in Ukraine must end, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has told Russia's leader Vladimir Putin.
Ramaphosa's remarks came as he met Putin in St. Petersburg on Saturday as part of a peace mission with six other African (...)
Russian Foreign Minister is in Congo on Monday as part of Russia's Africa charm offensive that also takes Sergei Lavrov to Egypt, Uganda and Ethiopia.
Lavrov arrived Sunday evening in Oyo in northern Congo, some 400km north of the capital (...)
Russia's Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, on a diplomatic offensive in Egypt, has dismissed claims that Moscow caused the global food crisis.
In a speech to Arab League ambassadors in Cairo, he said Western nations were distorting the truth about (...)
The World Health Organization has declared Ghana's first outbreak of the Ebola-like Marburg virus disease after labs confirmed the infections in two cases announced earlier this month.
The disease, a very infectious hemorrhagic fever in the same (...)
The Minister of International Cooperation and Promotion of Public-Private Partnership in the Republic of Congo-Brazzaville, Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso announced the support of his country for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's request to host World (...)
President Denis Sassou Nguesso of the Republic of Congo Brazzaville received here today evening the Advisor at the Royal Court of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ahmed bin Abdulaziz Qattan and the accompanying delegation.
During the meeting, Qattan (...)
Saudi newspapers highlighted in their editorials today a number of issues at local, regional and international levels.
All newspapers spread the news of Al-Faihaa team winning of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques soccer cup in Jeddah, (...)
The Cabinet, chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman at Al-Yamamah Palace here Tuesday, applauded the contents of the US magazine's Atlantic interview with the Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman last week, stressing it covered the (...)
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud chaired the Cabinet's session held at Al-Yamamah Palace in Riyadh today.
At the outset of the session, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques briefed the Cabinet on the outcomes (...)
Only some 27 percent of health workers in Africa have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, leaving the bulk of the workforce on the frontlines against the pandemic unprotected, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday.
"The majority of (...)
A leading opposition candidate in the Republic of Congo's presidential election held on Sunday has died from coronavirus-related complications, party officials said on Monday, according to local media reports.
Guy Brice Parfait Kolelas, 61, had been (...)
More than 1,600 people have received Ebola virus vaccinations in Guinea where four have died in a new outbreak, but more lifesaving jabs will be needed to contain the disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
To date, 18 Ebola (...)
South Africa booked the last place at the African Cup of Nations Finals with a 2-1 away win over Libya thanks to Percy Tau's double Sunday to complete the lineup for the 24-team finals being hosted in Egypt in June.
The diminutive 24-year-old (...)
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud chaired the Cabinet‘s session at Al-Yamamah palace here on Tuesday afternoon.
At the outset of the session, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques briefed the Cabinet on the (...)
Saudi newspapers highlighted in their editorials today a number of topics and issues on local, regional and international arenas. The following are the main headlines:
- Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Congratulates Greece's President on (...)
President Denis Sassou Nguesso, President of the Republic of the Congo, today in the capital, Brazzaville, received Minister of Foreign Affairs Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir.
During the meeting, they discussed bilateral relations between the two (...)
The Council of the Honorary Consuls accredited in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, organized a ceremony to honor Mamadou Habib Kane, consul general of Senegal. Kane was accompanied by the Consul General of South Africa, Shoayb Casoo with Council of political (...)
The 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying draw made in Libreville Thursday pitted Nigeria against South Africa in one of the 12 groups and Tunisia against Egypt in another.
Nigeria and South Africa are in Group E with Libya and the Seychelles while (...)
Egypt avenged a humiliating World Cup defeat by Ghana three years ago with a 2-0 victory on Sunday in a 2018 African Group E qualifier before an 85,000 crowd in Alexandria.
Ghana triumphed 6-1 in the first leg of a 2014 World Cup play-off to set up (...)
Nigeria opened its 2018 World Cup group-phase qualifying campaign with a 2-1 victory in Zambia Sunday thanks to goals from English Premier League duo Alex Iwobi and Kelechi Iheanacho.
The 20-year-old strikers scored in the opening half before a (...)
Algeria, Nigeria and Cameroon — three of the five African qualifiers for the last World Cup — were drawn together Friday in a group from which only the winners go to the 2018 Finals in Russia.
Group B was completed by Zambia, shock winner of the (...)
Saudi Gazette
The world's first pan-African multilingual TV news channel, Africanews was launched in Pointe-Noire, Congo-Brazzaville recently. The channel is a subsidiary of the popular Europe news network Euronews.
Currently, it airs in English and (...)
The Republic of Congo says Monday's fighting in the capital between former militiamen and police has killed at least 17 peoplem according to AP.
Government spokesman Thierry Moungalla said Tuesday that three police officers, two civilians and 12 (...)
