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Vibrant and bold coloured oil paintings, cartoon-like interpretations of African culture. Only some of the artwork created by the students of the Ecole de Peinture Poto-Poto — one of the most illustrious art schools in Brazzaville, the Republic of Congo. The school has produced a host of famous artists who have drawn the gaze of the world to land on… Read More

Since May, protests have rocked the small landlocked southern Africa kingdom of eSwatini. Demonstrators are demanding democratic reforms and accuse King Mswati III, who has ruled the tiny mountain kingdom for more than 30 years as an absolute monarch, of repression. Rights groups accuse the royal family, including the king’s 15 wives, of enjoying a lavish lifestyle while many of… Read More

Nigeria said Thursday it had sent special police units to go after gunmen who kidnapped several dozens of students in an attack on a school on Monday morning. 140 students were abducted in the attack on Bethel Secondary School in Kaduna state. A spate of kidnappings has hit Nigeria’s central and northern states, with authorities blaming bandits. The kidnappers often… Read More

Nine pirates who attempted to hijack a ship in Togolese waters in May 2019 have been sentenced to prison terms ranging from 12 to 20 years during a trial at a Lome court. It was the first time pirates have been tried in Togo, one of the West African countries with coastline on the Gulf of Guinea, a major trading… Read More

Kenya and Ethiopia’s runners might have to shine in front of empty roads, as Tokyo 2020 organisers urged the public not to line the route of the Olympic marathon over fears such crowds of fans could spread the coronavirus With less than three weeks before the pandemic-postponed Games begin, concern is growing over a rebound in virus cases in Japan.… Read More

Distressed parents wait for news of their children at a Nigerian school on Monday. Several of them gathered infront of the Bethel Baptist High School premises as news of the kidnapping broke Monday afternoon. Gunmen stormed the Bethel Baptist High School in the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna state in Nigeria’s northwest. The attackers opened fire and overpowered security… Read More

Health workers in Abidjan take vaccination campaign to traders at popular markets in Ivory Coast’s financial capital city. With megaphones in hand, the health workers urge traders and shoppers alike to get vaccinated against Covid-19. Traders and customers at the market in Treichville, a neighborhood in Abidjan, gathered to register, and received their jabs from a mobile health unit parked… Read More

Rugby World Cup winners South Africa have gone into isolation for a second time in as many weeks after lock Lood de Jager tested positive for coronavirus on Monday. A South African Rugby statement said “Lood de Jager retuned a positive outcome in scheduled testing and, because of his close contact with a number of squad members, the entire group… Read More

Gabonese children wander around Mindoubé landfill in Libreville in search of copper or aluminium items buried within the unsanitary and unsafe dozens of metres high mountain of garbage — which also spans hundreds of metres in length. It is the only dumpsite in the capital city where trucks dump some 800 tonnes of waste daily. A pestilential stench emanates from… Read More

South Africa’s Master KG is the 25-year-old DJ producer whose world-shaking gospel tune ‘Jerusalema’ — with the silky Zulu vocals of fellow compatriot Nomcebo Zikode, boasts over 210 million listens on Spotify, 415 million views on YouTube and 7 billion views on TikTok. “When I look at the statistics, the numbers, it always surprises me, no one could have predicted… Read More