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New charges have been filed by government authorities against the acquitted leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibraheem Yakubu El-Zakzaky and his wife Zeehah, The charges come barely two days after a Kaduna High Court discharged and acquitted the shiite leader. According to the prosecution the new charges would border on terrorism and treasonable felony. Dari Bayero,… Read More

Survivors of human trafficking marched alongside activists through the streets of Nigeria’s capital Abuja on Thursday as part of a campaign to raise awareness of the issue. The march, organised by Nigeria’s National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), also marked the United Nations’ July 30 “World Day against trafficking in Persons”. The UN and others hope the… Read More

The illegal miners, known as the zama zamas, not only put their lives at risk but also leave their families behind in countries like Lesotho and Zimbabwe for weeks at a time. These men leave their homes to seek employment in South Africa’s dangerous and illegal mines, ostensibly in an effort to provide for their families. In this episode of… Read More

A young man carefully dismantles a fluorescent light and empties a small sachet of methamphetamine into the tube. Using a cigarette lighter, the 24-year-old Zimbabwean heats it until the white crystals liquefy and begin emanating smoke. Sitting in a room in Glen View, a working-class suburb in the capital Harare, he and a friend inhale the smoke through a straw.… Read More

“Where the rose blooms, love lives,” they say in the city of Volkhov, in Russia’s Leningrad region. This proverb refers to local folk painting, which is centred around a rose. Work is now underway to revive the ancient craft. A painting workshop was opened in the city of Volkhov in 2019, specifically focused on the traditional Volkhov pattern. So far,… Read More

Isabel dos Santos, daughter of Angola’s former president and Africa’s onetime richest woman, must return to Angola her shares in Portugal’s Galp energy firm worth 422 million euros ($500 million), an international arbitration court has ruled. Dos Santos is accused of diverting billions of dollars from state companies during her father Jose Eduardo dos Santos’s nearly 40-year rule of the… Read More

Ethiopia’s Tigray rebels on Thursday issued a new list of demands which the group said must be met before engaging ceasefire talks with the government. In a statement, the Tigray Peoples Liberation Front called for a transitional administration in Addis Ababa. “It has become increasingly obvious that the current regime has neither the legitimacy and the constitutional mandate nor the… Read More

Lesotho is looking to double its government revenue despite the impact of the pandemic on the local economy. The country’s revenue authority now has the financial backing to fully implement its tax modernization project. This small southern African nation of 2.1 million people, is banking on improved revenue collection for growth. Thabo Khasipe, Commissioner General of the Lesotho Revenue Authority… Read More

South Africa strikes gold at the Tokyo Olympics, as Tatjana Schoenmaker won the women’s 200-meter breaststroke, dominating the competition as she went on to break an 8-year-old world record with a time of 2 minutes, 18.95 seconds. A very surreal experience for the 24-year-old. “I feel like it really hasn’t sunk in yet. We were even saying before the medals,… Read More

Several hundred people took to the streets in Chad’s capital N’Djamena on Thursday to protest against the ruling military junta. Opposition movement The Transformers party along with several civil society groups had called for people to come out against what they say is a “the confiscation of power” by the so-called Transitional Military Council (CMT) that has ruled since the… Read More