- Rwanda – Kigali
Provisional election results show Rwanda's Kagame cruising to victory, an outcome that was expected.
President Paul Kagame has won 99% of the vote in provisional results from Monday's presidential election in Rwanda, electoral authorities said, an outcome that was widely expected as the country's long-time ruler aims to extend this three-decade grip on power.
- Somalia- Mogadishu
Car bomb kills five, injures 20 outside restaurant in Somalia's capital
A car bomb exploded outside a restaurant in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Sunday night, killing five and injuring 20 as patrons were watching the final of the Euro 2024 football tournament on Tv.
- Senegal- Ivory Coast- Germany
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock is visiting in West Africa despite instability in the Sahel threatens to spread to other regions.
"If more countries in West Africa descend into instability, that will not only have dramatic consequences for the local population but also a direct impact on our security in Europe,"
- Angola- DR Congo
Angolan Foreign Affairs Minister Tete Antonio chaired a virtual Ministerial Meeting on the Role of Mediation and Reconciliation for the resolution of the conflict in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) yesterday in Luanda.
- In our historical archives, it was on this day 16 July 2019 when the Legendary artist Jonny Clegg dies at the age 66 years at his home in Johannesburg, Gauteng after he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2015.