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The 24-year-old Congolese, Shukuru Victoire, and his small team have just set up a tool called “Volcano alert bracelet”, which is a bar-coded and connected to a mobile application that allows the displaced population to stay in touch and find their lost children during the volcanic eruption of Mount Nyiragongo. “In the moments of moving from Goma to these different… Read More

“The federal government has suspended, indefinitely, the activities of the microblogging and social networking service Twitter in Nigeria,” The official statement issued Friday by the Nigerian Ministry of Information and Culture — two days after the social media platform deleted a tweet on Wednesday by President Muhammadu Buhari. Many have perceived the tweet as a veiled threat of violence towards… Read More

1-0 was the score in Austria on Friday when three-time African champions Nigeria beat Cameroon in an international friendly match. It has been a bit of a struggle for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations hosts in their last two international matches — a 0-0 draw against Rwanda and a rough 3-1 loss against Cape Verde. The latter — along… Read More

At least a hundred people were killed Friday night in Sohlan, northern Burkina Faso. The suspected jihadist attackers first targeted the post of the ‘Volunteers for the Defence of the Fatherland,’ i-.e. civilian auxiliaries of the army — after which they went to carry out executions in the concessions. “On Friday night, armed individuals carried out a deadly incursion in… Read More

In the Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday, a reform of the electoral commission was voted on by the National Assembly. The move is an attempt to ensure the transparency of the next 2023 elections and the political stability of the African nation. The text, adopted by 336 of the 337 deputies present out of the 500 total, will now… Read More

Morocco’s Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita met separately on Friday with both the head of the High Council of State Khalid al-Mishri based in the Libyan capital Tripoli and the speaker of Libya’s parliament in the east Aguila Saleh — as part of “Morocco’s efforts to resolve the political crisis in Libya. Libya is seeking to extricate itself from a decade… Read More

As Uganda gears to participate in the sport of boxing at this summer’s Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, Catherine Nanziri will be the first-ever female boxer to represent the East African nation. The budding athlete and trailblazer hopes to inspire other girls who aspire to greatness. The young impressive has worked hard to get to this point. “I feel proud… Read More

Several hundred Supporters of Mali’s M5 opposition movement assembled at a central square in the capital Bamako on Friday to commemorate the launch of the mass protests last year tthat eventually culminated in the ousting of then president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita on August 18, 2020. The apparently long-planned rally comes after Colonel Assimi Goita pushed out the interim president and… Read More

Two weeks after Mount Nyiragongo’s eruption in the Democratic Republic of Congo, hundreds of children have gone missing from Goma and the region around the city. Family members have been torn apart amid the chaotic frenzy of tens of thousands of residents fleeing the city and its surrounding areas from the consequential devastation Parents and caretakers — desperate to find… Read More

In some African countries, homosexuals are forced to live in the closet to avoid being persecuted and targeted. In Europe, though homosexuals can be protected by the law, the LGBTQI community can still be discriminated against and feel segregated. But did you know that homophobia has colonial origins in some African countries? In the latest episode of Cry Like A… Read More