Cameroon’s media regulator threatened on Tuesday to suspend distributors of television channels, particularly foreign ones, that broadcast “scenes of homosexuality”, in a country that punishes same-sex relations with imprisonment. In a text entitled “Warning”, dated Monday and circulated in the media on Tuesday, the National Communication Council, a government body, stated that it had noted “the proliferation of programs promoting… Read More

Anti-French rhetoric in French-speaking Africa has spread beyond the educated urban elite, and the phenomenon could “take root for a long time”, says Alain Antil, a researcher at the French Institute of International Relations (Ifri), in an interview. In recent years, criticism of France’s policies has been accompanied by violent demonstrations against French companies such as Total and against diplomatic… Read More

Residents and police were still searching for dozens of people who were on the overcrowded boat that capsized early Monday on the Niger River in the Pategi district of Kwara state, which is 160 kilometers (100 miles) from Ilorin, the state capital, according to police spokesman Okasanmi Ajayi. He said 100 people had been rescued so far. Most of those… Read More

The number of people who died after a Kenyan pastor ordered his followers to starve to death in order to meet Jesus has surpassed 300. Authorities said this Tuesday warning that the death toll is expected to rise as more exhumations are planned. The death toll increased to 303 after 19 more bodies were recovered from mass graves in the… Read More