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The dreaded Liberian “General Butt Naked,” now an evangelical pastor, was a perpetrator of atrocities during Liberia’s civil war and now travels the slums of Monrovia to get former child soldiers off drugs and out of crime. Born in 1970, Joshua Milton Blahyi was a leader of the United Liberation Movement for Democracy (Ulimo), which supported President Samuel Doe, whose… Read More

Tensions have been mounting at a Tunisian hospital that’s struggling with staff shortages amid a surge of COVID-19 infections there. One woman, whose mother was moved from a general bed to a wheelchair in the intensive care unit at a hospital in the northern town of Kairouan, was distraught. “They put my mother in a wheelchair, like a dog, and… Read More

Eswatini, Africa’s last absolute monarchy, on Tuesday imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew as soldiers were deployed to stop protests. Protests are rare in Eswatini, a small landlocked state formerly called Swaziland. Political parties are legally banned, but recent weeks have seen violent demonstrations in parts of the country, with the opposition reporting scores of people injured, many hospitalized. “The events of… Read More

Last updated: 12 hours ago A resident of Coquitlam, British Columbia (BC), received an unexpected visit on Sunday, June 27, as a bear decided to take her two cubs for a dip in his pool to cool off amid a record-breaking heatwave in the province. More about Sourced from Africanews Read More

‘Summer of Soul’ blesses screens for the first time with an African American star-studded Harlem Cultural Festival in the summer of 1969 in Harlem, New York, United States. The director of the project, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson was initially overwhelmed by the thought of taking on the task of putting together such a culturally groundbreaking moment in history. “In 2017 I’m… Read More

South African public prosecutor’s office and an elite police unit will set up a joint team to investigate atrocities during the apartheid years, the government said on Monday. But this comes thirty years after the abolishment of the last legal foundation of apartheid which brought down the curtain on a nearly 50-year system of racial segregation. On 30 June 1991,… Read More

Ethiopia’s military reportedly broke into a UNICEF office in Tigray capital Mekele — confiscating satellite equipment described as much-needed to carry out humanitarian work. The news comes as per a statement made on Tuesday by the organisation to the British media. Victor Chinyama, UNICEF’s Ethiopia Chief of Communications, described the current state of affairs on the ground. “The members of… Read More

Pro-democracy activists in Eswatini, the southern African country previously known as Swaziland, have vowed to intensify demonstrations against the monarchy until it makes democratic reforms and unbans all opposition parties. The small mountain kingdom has been rocked by pro-democracy demonstrations over the past three days and videos of people burning tires and barricading streets in the largest city, Manzini, and… Read More

“Mr Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma is sentenced to undergo 15 months imprisonment.” The decision of South Africa’s Constitutional Court announced Tuesday by acting Chief Justice Sisi Khampepe in response to several trial no shows of the former president. Jacob Zuma has now been found guilty of contempt of court as he continues to face corruption charges due to allegedly enabling the… Read More

The Tigray Peoples Liberation Front rebels (TPLF) said Tuesday they were in full control of the regional capital of Mekelle, a day after Ethiopia announced a unilateral ceasefire after several months of fighting. In a statement, Addis Ababa said it was responding to a request by the region’s interim government which said a pause in hostilities was necessary to allow… Read More