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Hero for Hollywood, “terrorist” in Kigali: Paul Rusesabagina, whose story inspired the film “Hotel Rwanda”, has become one of the most famous opponents of the Rwandan regime, which accuses him of being responsible for deadly attacks carried out by a rebel group. The former director of the Hotel des Mille Collines in Kigali will be tried on nine charges, including… Read More

Last updated: 57 minutes ago A volcano on Spain’s Atlantic Ocean island of La Palma erupted Sunday after a weeklong buildup of seismic activity, prompting authorities to speed up evacuations for 1,000 people as lava flows crept toward isolated homes on the mountain. Video from the National Geographic Institute of Spain showed dramatic images of huge red streams of lava… Read More

Kenya’s economy shrank 0.3% in 2020, according to the Bureau of Statistics. In addition to youth unemployment, Kenya’s economy is being disrupted by restrictive measures due to the Covid19, With us from Bungoma Dr. Catherine Laura Mamuli, a lecturer from Kibakii, University, Bungoma, Kenya. 83% of the jobs recorded were in the informal sector in this period of pandemic crisis.… Read More

The farm that served as the nerve center of Nelson Mandela and other activists in their campaign to overturn South Africa’s apartheid regime risks permanent closure, according to British broadcaster Sky News. The secret base at Liliesleaf Farm was used by leading figures of the country’s liberation struggle, including Walter Sisulu, Ahmed Kathrada, Joe Slovo, Denis Goldberg and Govan Mbeki,… Read More

Leaders from the West African bloc known as ECOWAS met in Accra on Thursday to discuss the political crisis in Guinea, described by the chairman of the group as a “burning issue in the region”. The group has said it will impose penalties on the junta in Guinea unless it immediately releases deposed President Alpha Conde. Conde has been held… Read More

Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed announced on Thursday he had withdrawn the powers of Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble, the latest development in a bitter row that has plunged the country into fresh crisis. “The prime minister has violated the transitional constitution so his executive powers are withdrawn… especially his powers to remove and to appoint officials, until the election… Read More

Mali’s transitional Prime Minister, Choguel Maïga, alluded to a potential millitary partnership between his country and the Russian company Wagner, raising French concerns that potential Russian involvement would compromise their ongoing millitary operations in the country. Maïga says Mali must broaden “broaden our potential for cooperation to bolster our national defence” in the face of international partners who “altered their… Read More

Algeria on Sunday buried Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the North African country’s longest-serving president, at a cemetery for its independence heroes, but without the honours accorded to his predecessors. Bouteflika passed away on Friday aged 84, after a career which took him being from the world’s youngest foreign minister to one of its oldest heads of state, but ended with a humbling… Read More

Four figures of the mobilization against a third term of former President Alpha Condé received a triumphant welcome on Saturday in the streets of Conakry. The triumphant return to Guinea of the f​​our figures turned into a demonstration of thousands of people which caused a monster traffic jam Saturday, September 18 in Conakry. Guinea’s ruling junta on Saturday ruled out… Read More

From prison in Cameroon to Zenith in Paris, Valsero, outspoken Cameroonian artist is politically committed to rap music. Also considered Cameroon opposition figure, Valsero, challenges the political class through rap. Valsero claims a firm and determined opposition against the current president of his country, Paul Biya. “Letter to the president” and the recent “The president is dead”, are strong and… Read More