The United Kingdom is expected this week to announce restrictions preventing foreign students from bringing family members into the country. The move follows reports that net migration into the UK has hit 1 million with Tory MPs asking Prime Minister Rishi Sunak “to get a grip on the rocketing numbers”. UK current immigration law permits dependants to accompany their spouses… Read More

It’s been nearly three years since a white police officer put his knee on George Floyd’s neck, asphyxiating the African-American man and sparking mass protests against racism and police violence. As the anniversary approaches of the May 25, 2020, killing — which was captured on film and went viral around the world — AFP came back to ask his aunt,… Read More

Three rangers and a technician were killed in the attack on their convoy by gunmen on Thursday near Virunga National Park in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, authorities said. Stretching on the border with Uganda and Rwanda , Virunga Park is Africa’s oldest reserve, renowned for being home to rare species including mountain gorillas . Militias, dozens of which operate… Read More

The ruling party in Mauritania scored a comfortable victory in last week’s legislative and local elections, according to official results on Sunday, a litmus test for the veteran head of state ahead of next year’s presidential poll. The elections were the first since 2019, when President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani came to power. He has overseen the West African country’s relative… Read More

Guinean press associations on Thursday accused the ruling junta of censorship, in the face of the restriction or blocking of access to news sites and popular social networks, in a tense context of political protest. They also denounced a raid carried out on Wednesday by gendarmes at Afric Vision in Conakry and the seizure of the transmitters of two radio… Read More

Blind football is still in its infancy in South Sudan but the league organisers hope their teams can eventually start competing in regional matches. The Juba Boys FC started in 2020 and is now participating in the country’s first ever blind football league, with the final due to be held next week. “At first, it was not easy. Many of… Read More