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Last updated: 2 hours ago About 2,500 people in western Germany demonstrated on Saturday 7 August for a quick halt to coal mining in the region, where a village could be bulldozed to make way for a mine’s continued operation. Participants in the protest formed a 4-kilometer human chain between the threatened village of Lutzerath and nearby Keyenberg. Lutzerath stands… Read More

Ethiopians reacted on Friday after Tigrayan fighters seized control of a town which hosts a UNESCO World Heritage site in the country’s Amhara region. A day earlier, the Tigrayan forces had entered Lalibela, which is known for its 900-year-old rock-hewn churches. In the capital Addis Ababa, residents expressed their concern about the spread of the ongoing conflict in the country’s… Read More

Judicial authorities in Ivory Coast have freed 78 people arrested during a violence-marred presidential election last year, President Alassane Ouattara said on Friday. Roughly 100 people died in violence linked to the election last October, which saw Ouattara voted in for a third term. Opposition candidates boycotted the vote, saying the constitution limited presidents to two terms in office. Prosecutors… Read More

Two months after the eruption of the DR Congo’s Nyiragongo volcano that affected the city of Goma and its surroundings, an earthquake of magnitude 4 on the Richter scale was felt again on Thursday. The recent tremor has caused panic among the residents of Goma who are still recovering from the recent incident. Goma has recorded more than 100 tremors… Read More

The Nigerian authorities have raised concerns over the recent escalation of both terror and gang-related activities orchestrated by both the Islamic State jihadists and the bandits in the northeastern and northwestern regions The recent increase in kidnappings in the two regions is creating a worrying trend in terms of security. They warned that this may further complicate the task of… Read More

The leader of Tanzania’s main opposition party appeared in court on Friday on terrorism charges that his supporters have denounced as a politically-motivated move to silence dissent. It was the first time Freeman Mbowe was seen in public since his arrest along with other members of his Chadema party on July 21, just hours before they were to hold a… Read More

South Africa’s imprisoned former President Jacob Zuma has been admitted to hospital for observation near the Estcourt Correctional Center where he is currently serving a 15-month sentence, the government announced on Friday. Zuma is in prison for defying a Constitutional Court order to testify at a state-backed inquiry probing allegations of corruption during his presidential term from 2009 to 2018.… Read More

Tunisian President Kais Saied has appointed Ali Mrabet as the new health minister, the presidency said on Friday. Mrabet is a miliray doctor and a professor in epidemiology and public health. His appointment comes as Tunisia prepares to launch a broad national campaign next Sunday to vaccinate as many residents as possible in one day across the country. During the… Read More

Mohammad Saoud trained as a doctor in Syria before coming to the UK. Now – thanks to a 15 million British Pound NHS England scheme he’s now a medical support worker at the Royal London Hospital. The project is helping foreign medical graduates living in the UK to pass the exams needed to register with the General Medical Council (GMC).… Read More

Abourma, in northern Djibouti, is one of the most important rock art sites in the Horn of Africa. This region has a rich archaeological heritage, and is known as the “cradle of humankind”. The rock engravings are specifically interesting as they show animals that no longer live in this region – an indication of how the environment changed over the… Read More