OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (MNTV) — Egypt and Burkina Faso have signed agreement to strengthen trade, investment and development cooperation, following talks between public and private sector representatives from both countries. The agreement was signed on January 17 in Ouagadougou between MAG Trade & Investment, an Egyptian firm specializi...
MARRAKECH, Morocco (MNTV) — Morocco has retained its position as Africa’s leading tourism destination for the second consecutive year, welcoming 19.8 million international visitors in 2025, according to official figures. The total marks a 14% increase from 2024, when the kingdom recorded 17.4 million arrivals, and represents a level around 50%...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (MNTV)— Diplomatic relations between Somalia and the United Arab Emirates have fallen to their lowest point in years, as tensions escalate over the fallout from Israel’s recognition of Somaliland and Somalia’s growing suspicions of Emirati involvement in moves seen as threatening its territorial integrity. Somali officials s...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (MNTV) — Solar-powered boreholes have begun supplying clean and reliable water to drought-affected communities in Somalia, offering relief to thousands of people facing chronic water shortages amid recurring climate shocks. The boreholes, supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in coordination with Somal...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (MNTV) — Sudan’s National Museum, looted and left largely empty in the early months of the country’s civil war, has reopened to the public in virtual form as efforts to recover its stolen artefacts continue to yield limited results. The museum in Khartoum, which housed around 100,000 artefacts collected since the 1950s, was [&h...
CAIRO, Egypt (MNTV) — Egypt has called on African states to move from the margins to the center of global decision-making, emphasizing the continent’s growing political and economic weight during the second ministerial conference of the Russia–Africa Partnership Forum. The conference, held in Cairo on December 19 and 20, brought together more ...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) — Six Bangladeshi peacekeepers were killed and eight others injured in what Bangladesh’s interim government chief described as a “terrorist drone attack” on a UN base in the disputed Abyei region of southern Sudan on Saturday. In a statement, interim government head Muhammad Yunus said he was “deeply shocked and saddened...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (MNTV) — South African authorities have launched an investigation into allegations that Duduzile Zuma, daughter of former president Jacob Zuma, helped recruit young men for Russia’s war effort after they were allegedly misled into believing they were signing up for a security training program. According to accounts r...
PORT SUDAN, Sudan (MNTV) — Sudan’s army chief Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on Sunday rejected the latest ceasefire proposal submitted by U.S. envoy Massad Boulos, calling it the “worst yet” and accusing a key mediation bloc of bias. In a video address released by his office, Burhan said the Quad, comprising the United States, Saudi […]...
PORT SUDAN, Sudan (MNTV) — Sudan’s sovereign council, led by army chief Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, announced its readiness to work with the United States and Saudi Arabia to push for an end to the country’s devastating civil war. In a statement, the council expressed gratitude to Washington and Riyadh for “their continued efforts to stop [&hellip...