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Ugandan security forces arrested one of the country’s most prominent academics on Thursday for “espionage,” the military said. Lawrence Muganga, vice-chancellor of the private Victoria University, was arrested in broad daylight in the main building of the institution located in one of the busiest streets of the capital Kampala. An amateur video posted on social networks shows armed men in… Read More

The African Union (AU) on Friday called on the Ethiopian government to do “more” to allow the delivery of humanitarian aid to Tigray, which has been in the grip of violent conflict for the past ten months, and “ensure that the population does not starve”. “We know that the Ethiopian government is doing its best, but we want more to… Read More

Princess Charlene of Monaco, hospitalized in South Africa after a fainting spell, is in a “stable” condition, said Friday her foundation. The wife of Prince Albert of Monaco, 43, a native of South Africa, was admitted Wednesday night under an alias in a hospital in Durban in Kwazulu-Natal (east). She was discharged on Friday morning. “Her Serene Highness (HH) Princess… Read More

It is the annual census in the Balule Nature Reserve in South Africa’s northern Limpopo province. These rangers and researchers are doing a month-long count of all predators, specifically lions, and they use these impala to lure them in. The team even resorts to a loudspeaker to draw the cats. Ian Nowak, Balule Nature Reserve head warden there is a… Read More

Nearly four decades after disbanding and vowing never to get back together, Swedish superstars ABBA on Thursday announced a musical comeback with a new album and a London show featuring their performances captured by digital avatars. ABBA notched up over 400 million album sales over 50 years despite parting ways in 1982 and resolutely resisting all offers to work together… Read More

The future looked promising for Tinashe Mapuranga, an intern at a leading bank in Zimbabwe who appeared set to get a staff position as soon as he completed his college degree. Then the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Amid the lockdowns, the 24-year-old was one of the first to be laid off and has no idea when he’ll be able to get… Read More

As fighting in Africa’s second most populous country Ethiopia has spread south from its epicentre in Tigray, so has the humanitarian impact. The small town of Debark in Ethiopia’s Amhara region is now home to over 16,000 people displaced by recent fighting. Amhara militias allied with federal government forces have been battling advancing forces allied to the neighbouring Tigray region.… Read More

Egypt’s President on Thursday held talks in Cairo with the King of Jordan and the President of the Palestinian Authority. The talks were aimed at reviving the Middle East peace process and strengthening a ceasefire that halted the Israel-Hamas war. Egypt’s Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, King Abdullah II of Jordan and the Palestinian Authority’s Mahmoud Abbas discussed the elusive two-state solution… Read More

Four state governments in northern and central Nigeria have imposed a series of restrictions on residents in a bid to stop mass kidnappings and other violent crimes plaguing the region. Gangs of criminals known locally as bandits have terrorised local communities for years, but security forces have recently struggled to contain worsening violence. From Wednesday, weekly cattle markets are suspended… Read More

Last updated: 7 hours ago The remnants of Hurricane Ida has dumped historic rain over New York City and New Jersey. At least nine deaths were linked to flooding in the region as basement apartments suddenly filled with water. Freeways and boulevards turned into rivers, submerging cars. Drivers abandoned cars along the Sprain Brook Parkway in Yonkers, as rising waters… Read More