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Street art is booming in Morocco. The 6th edition of the Jidar street art festival finished in Rabat last Sunday and the results are everywhere to be seen. A new generation of Moroccan street artists have taken to the streets of the capital and other cities to spread their artistic visions in large scale over buildings and walls. For 25… Read More

Independent investigators mandated by the World Health Organization (WHO) to probe allegations of sexual abuse by its staff in the DR Congo cited “clear structural failures” and “individual negligence” in a report released Tuesday. The abuses were committed by personnel hired locally as well as members of international teams in the country to fight an Ebola outbreak from 2018 to… Read More

Ethiopia’s women’s minister, the first federal official to acknowledge rape had taken place during the Tigray war, announced her resignation Monday, without specifying a reason. “Any situation that compromises my ethics is contrary to my convictions and values, and betraying those beliefs is a breach of trust to myself and our citizens,” Filsan Abdullahi Ahmed said in a statement posted… Read More

Paris will sharply reduce the number of visas granted to people from Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia, accusing the former French colonies of not doing enough to allow illegal immigrants to return, a government spokesman said Tuesday. “It’s a drastic decision, and unprecedented, but one made necessary by the fact that these countries are refusing to take back nationals who we… Read More

Eritrean Foreign Minister Osman Salih on Monday blamed Ethiopia’s Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) rebels for provoking a “major war” in Tigray. The comment came from Salih during a pre-recorded message to the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Salih also accused the United States and “its European allies” of defending the “TPLF’s illicit and dangerous acts of insurrection… Read More

Last updated: 1 hour ago Hundreds of Haitian migrants trek through Colombia’s Darien Gap jungle, crossing river streams and going up swampy roads to reach Panama, their next step towards their dream of a better life in the United States. Six countries still separate him from the United States, where friends and family await. Under an agreement between the governments… Read More

France’s Barkhane military operation commander rejects claims made by Malian Prime Minister Choguel Maiga. On Saturday, Maiga had accused France of abandoning the conflict-torn country with its decision to draw down troops this year. “The plan to leave Tessalit, Kidal and Timbuktu dates back about two years, eighteen months, two years. It was drawn up with the G5 heads of… Read More

South Africa’s ruling ANC, on Monday unveiled its manifesto for upcoming local elections vowing to renew itself, woo back supporters and stop opposition inroads. In a televised event President Cyril Ramaphosa launched his party’s manifesto from a public square in the capital Pretoria on Monday, pledging a reformed party while admitting that “we have made mistakes” in the past.26 “This… Read More

Kenya’s national team veteran skipper Victor Wanyama announced on Monday he was retiring from international football. The 30-year-old former Tottenham midfielder said it had been a “really difficult decision” to leave the Harambee Stars. “From making my debut against Nigeria to captaining the team at the Africa Cup of Nations finals in Egypt — these past 14 years have gone… Read More

In a 2018 joint press conference with Beninese President Patrice Talon, French president Emmanuel Macron renewed his commitment to the return to African countries of works of art looted by France. Since then, Benin has claimed the return of its works, many of which should have been repatriated by the end of the year. But the Beninese authorities have instead… Read More