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Amnesty International on Thursday denounced the blocking of access to several social networks in Ethiopia. The organisation calls on Ethiopian authorities to lift the blocking of access to several social networks, including Facebook, Telegram, TikTok, and Youtube, which have been inaccessible since February 9 in Ethiopia. “The Ethiopian authorities, for a month, have been preventing […]
Saudi Arabia has earmarked $800 million for development projects across Africa and Asia, Economy Minister Faisal Alibrahim said on Wednesday. The announcement came during the United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries in the Qatari capital of Doha, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. “Despite the developmental and social progress achieved over the past […]
About 6 people were killed and dozens injured when a train crashed into a passenger bus in Lagos, Nigeria on Thursday, said the emergency response agency. The bus was taking government staff to work when it collided with the intra-city train in the Ikeja area of Lagos, said Ibrahim Farinloye, head of Nigeria’s National Emergency […]
A fire, which the government says was arson, caused minor material damage Monday in a brewery owned by French alcohol giant Castel in the Central African Republic. In the middle of the night, incendiary devices set fire to equipment in the heart of the MOCAF brewery (an acronym for Motte Cordonnier Afrique). “It is an […]
Nigeria’s opposition leader Atiku Abubakar who came second in a February 25 presidential poll took to the streets on Monday along with his supporters to contest the election results. The electoral body last week declared Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner to take over from President Muhammadu Buhari in […]
Hundreds of those displaced by conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo marched through Goma on Monday, demanding aid and improved conditions at camps in Rutshuru territory. This demonstration brought socio-economic activities on the road known as 1 Km to a halt with protesters barricading it. Several displaced people living in the Kanyaruchinya site in […]
Kenya’s First Lady Rachel Ruto has declared national prayers against homosexuality in the country, declaring the practice as a threat to the institution of the family. “We want to strengthen the family institution where we have a father, a mother and children. LGBTQ is forbidden even in the Bible and the African culture. Let us […]
Almost 300 people returned from Tunisia to Mali and Ivory Coast on Saturday after boarding repatriation flights, fearful of a wave of violence since the president launched a tirade against migrants. Last month President Kais Saied ordered officials to take “urgent measures” to tackle irregular migration, claiming without evidence that “a criminal plot” was underway […]
Most-followed TikToker Khaby Lame has already become a spokesman, fashion model, and NFT creator. For his next act, the 22-year-old supernova will serve as a judge on the 13th season of Italia’s Got Talent. Lame will be one of four panelists for the upcoming entry in the Got Talent franchise. The Italian version of the show first aired […]
The Scottish government has announced a £500,000 aid package to help countries struggling with drought in east Africa. Four charities – Christian Aid, Mercy Corps, Sciaf and Tearfund – will split the funding, receiving £125,000 each. The charities will be tasked with giving out food packages, improving water access, training hygiene promoters and providing cash […]
President of REFELA has congratulated Isatou O Jallow and Isatou M. Secka as they got elected as the first female regional chairpersons for Banjul Youth Committee and Kanifing Municipal Youth Committee. According to her statement on the 4th of March, 2023. “I wish to extend my hearty congratulations to Isatou O Jallow and Isatou M. […]
Congolese are not happy about the visit of the French president to the Democratic Republic of Congo. French president, Emmanuel Macron, arrived on Friday evening, but not everyone is happy about his visit. They want him to support sanctions against Rwanda who they blame for ongoing the war in the east. The newspaper headlines tell […]
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has blamed a wave of poisonings of hundreds of schoolgirls around the country on Tehran’s enemies. The so-far unexplained poison attacks at more than 30 schools in at least four cities started in November in Iran’s Shia Muslim holy city of Qom, prompting some parents to take their children out of […]
Heavy flooding due to seasonal rains and tropical cyclones in southern Africa risk fuelling the spread of cholera, the Wolrd health Organization Regional director for Africa said Thursday, March 2. Dr Matshidiso Moeti added that the weekly cholera cases in affected African countries declined. The WHO is reinforcing support to increase disease detection capacity and […]
Nigeria’s presidential candidate Peter Obi, who came third in the February 25 election won by the ruling party’s Bola Tinubu, announced Thursday that he would take his case to court to challenge the results. “We will explore all legal and peaceful options to get our mandate back. We won the election and we will prove […]
The German Police Support Team has donated fifty radios with other accessories to the Gambia Police. This was disclosed in a statement on Thursday March 2, 2023. According to the statement the donation was aimed at enhancing communication among officers within the Police Intervention Unit. “The German Police Support Team had on Wednesday, 22 February […]
New York City has agreed to pay several million dollars to settle a lawsuit brought by protesters who say they were assaulted, abused and trapped by police using a technique known as “kettling” at a demonstration in the wake of George Floyd’s killing. In court papers late Tuesday, the city said it will pay $21,500 […]
Qatar, Somalia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States have expressed concern over fighting around a disputed town in Somalia’s northern breakaway region of Somaliland, where at least 34 people were killed in clashes in early February. Tension has risen between Somaliland and local clan forces in Lascanood since the […]
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has called for stronger trade relations among African countries and lamented the high cost of buying products and services outside the continent. Museveni on Tuesday began a state visit to South Africa in a bid to encourage better economic ties between Uganda and Africa´s most developed economy. He met with President […]
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday congratulated the declared winner of Nigeria’s presidential elections, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, saying he was the best man for the job. Tinubu, candidate of Buhari’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), won 8.8 million votes against 6.9 million for opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Atiku Abubakar and 6.1 million for […]