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The lava stopped just short ouf house of the town of Goma. Despite the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo being on high alert over a possible second eruption in a week, some decided to come back to their homes. They discovered damaged goods, and rubble. “There are still traces of the previous eruption. I had built here, but the eruption… Read More

Compensation talks with the owner of Ever Given — the over 200,000-tonne capacity container ship that ran aground on March 23 — blocking Egypt’s Suez Canal’s roughly 12 and 15 million USD per day traffic for just under a week, are “at a standstill.” As such, the vessel continues in detention — with a complaint by the owner to release… Read More

In 2015, Senegalese Edouard Mendy was in Le Havre, northern France, desperate to find a professional club. Six years later, he could be the first African goalkeeper to play in a Champions League final. He is poised to follow in the footsteps of the heroic Zimbabwean goalkeeper Bruce Grobbelaar, two times finalist in the European Champions Cup with Liverpool FC… Read More

A search and rescue operation is underway in northwest Nigeria after an overloaded boat ferrying around 180 passengers to a market in Malele Borgu local government area sank Wednesday in the Niger River. The boat was travelling between central Niger state and Wara in northwest Kebbi state when it sank, National Inland Waterways Authority local manager Yusuf Birma told reporters.… Read More

Experts are trying to figure out why Covid seems relatively absent in Kinshasa, the bustling, chaotic and overcrowded capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo. But for many inhabitants, the city has been spared either through a miracle or — in their view — the disease was not as dangerous as billed. “Covid in Kin? It doesn’t exist,” is heard… Read More

Around 200 sex workers took to the streets of Johannesburg on Thursday to demand prostitution be decriminalised. “This is what I wear to work,” Dudu Dlamini, clad in hiking boots and a long dress, told AFP. “No high heels or short skirts.” “It requires expertise and skills you have no idea about,” she added. “I purchased my own house out… Read More

Tens of thousands of people are fleeing the city of Goma and nearby towns in eastern Congo fearing another volcanic eruption by Mount Nyiragongo, which spewed lava near the city last week. A new eruption could occur at any moment, the military governor of Congo’s North Kivu province, Lt. Gen. Constant Ndima Kongba, announced Thursday. Crowds left the city carrying… Read More

It’s a statement many were awaiting in Kigali. On Thursday, French President Emmanuel Macron “recognised” France’s role in the 1994 Tutsi Genocide. Despite saying France was “not complicit” in the mass murder, he acknowledge it had ignored warnings of the impending massacre. “The killers who haunted the swamps, the hills, the churches did not have the face of France. She… Read More

US Monastir continues cruising through the Africa Basketball League, as they head to the Final four. The Tunisan side secured an easy win over Senegalese AS Douane, closing the half strong with a 14 points lead. They ended up winning 86-62, as AS Douane struggled to containt Monastir’s strike force. The tunisian side dominated the paint thanks to their big… Read More

Africa needs $285 billion by 2025 to try to get its head above water. It comes as the continent’s economies struggle after been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. Among the avenues discussed at the recently concluded Paris summit on financing the continent’s economies was the special drawing rights initiated by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) 52 years ago. This… Read More