Tag: Africaglobalvillage

Cameroonian postcolonial scholar Achille Mbembe raised eyebrows when he accepted an invitation by France’s President Emmanuel Macron to lead preparations for the upcoming 29th Africa-France Summit. The 63-year-old politics and history professor is a vocal critic of postcolonial relations and has previously accused Macron of “lacking imagination” in his political engagement with Africa. Critics have long accused France of maintaining… Read More

Militants of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) are nowhere near giving up the fight. In Northen Tigray, their troops had managed to reclaim the town of Hawzen, when a team of journalists from the Associated Press reached the city in May. Residents of Hawzen, a town of a few thousand people, have seen fighting four times since Prime minister… Read More

The Association of Licensed Telecoms Operators of Nigeria confirmed Saturday that its members had complied with the federal government’s directive to suspend access — indefinitely, to the social media network Twitter. After Friday’s official suspension announcement by the minister of information and culture, operators received formal instructions from the Nigerian Communications Commission — to which they complied upon a robust… Read More

Friday saw the official of Chad’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign — with the Minister of Health and other members of the ministry receiving their shot to mark the occasion. Chadians after which queued up Saturday in N’djamena for their first doses of China’s Sinopharm. The coronavirus vaccine was donated to Chad — one of the latest African country to receive vaccine… Read More

Cuba, the Caribbean island which gave us the iconic Queen of Salsa and Rumba Afro-Cuban Celia Cruz is seeing the rise of dance troupe Datway — a group of 16 dancers aged 18 to 32 whose fusion of dance styles with Africa-descended roots i.e. salsa, reggaeton and hip hop is making waves across Facebook and Instagram. Under a tin roof… Read More

A bit of a tussle on Saturday in Tunis between police authorities and around 2000 demonstrators who sought to reach the central square near parliament. Police officers pushed back against the crowd to prevent their advancement towards their target. The activists came out in protest of a price hike on basic goods due the to lifting of subsidies within the… Read More

Congolese Prime Minister Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde’s plane touched down in Goma international airport on Saturday afternoon. A momentous mark of its reopening after having been closed since May 23. Only two weeks after the devastating volcanic eruption of Mount Nyiragongo near the eastern city in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Lukonde went directly to Goma city from the airport as… Read More

Burkinabé citizens expressed concern on Saturday about what local analysts are calling the biggest massacre in the country’s history. Gunmen killed at least 100 people in Solhan village Friday night in the Sahel’s Yagha province.The attackers also set the local market and several homes on fire toward the border of Niger. President Roch Marc Christian Kabore has called the incident… Read More

The world-famous Nigerian Christian preacher Prophet T.B. Joshua passed away Saturday only a few days away from his 58th birthday on June 12. The comes to the public as per an official statement issued Sunday morning by The Synagogue Church Of All Nations — the place of worship founded by Temitope Balogun Joshua himself. The “Man of God” as his… Read More

The Tunisian Coast has seen a peak in migrant departures to Europe in recent months. But a solution to the crisis cannot just come from Europe, Tunisian President Kais Saied said in Brussels when he met with the presidents of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the European Council, Charles Michel. In an interview with Euronews, he said… Read More