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Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan took a bold step to demand members of parliament to stop comparing her with the former leader John Pombe Magufuli. She expressed her disappointment to the parliament who in several sittings discussed her differences with the former president, who died on 17th March, instead of focusing on the government agenda. She said she was wary… Read More

A blaze advanced along South Africa’s iconic Table Mountain toward central Cape Town on Monday after ravaging university buildings, while firefighters battled strong winds in their efforts to control it and officials evacuated residential areas. The fire broke out Sunday morning in the foothills of the mountain and spread to the University of Cape Town (UCT), destroying buildings and part… Read More

Many people gathered at the Douala Cathedral in Cameroon on Monday for one of the last tributes to Cardinal Christian Tumi — the beloved bishop who died at the age of 91. His death in early April moved the hearts of the entire country — in particular those of many Catholics, as he was a fervent advocate for peace in… Read More

Far from the difficult Ramadan of 2020 marked by the curfew, this year’s Lenten month is looking better in Senegal. However, traders and customers alike are facing the situation created by the global health crisis as there is still a great deal of concern that food prices will soar. Even if things seem affordable for now. A local customer shares… Read More

The embattled Malawian ex-president Peter Mutharika has accused the current government of politically prosecuting him. The feud is the freezing of his bank accounts and arrests of his party officials over corruption allegations, but the authorities have maintained that they are simply following the law. During a televised news conference at his home, Mutharika told reporters the freezing of his… Read More

Chadian soldiers have halted a rebel advance in the country’s north, according to a military spokesman, after American and British embassies urged personnel to leave ahead of a possible assault on the capital. General Azim Bermandoa Agouna, the Chad Army spokesperson, said the country’s forces had “defeated a group of terrorists who had ventured into the north of the Kanem… Read More

Tucked away by the Ethiopian border, Sudan’s Dinder National Park boasts the country’s most diverse wildlife, but rangers face a daily battle to protect it as human encroachment mounts. Spread over more than 10,000 square kilometres (3,800 square miles), 400 kilometres (250 miles) southeast of Khartoum, the park is Sudan’s biggest and abuts Ethiopia’s Alatash National Park. Sandwiched between the… Read More

Cape Verdeans have put their trust in outgoing Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva to turn around the archipelago’s economy, which has been heavily impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, by granting a large victory to his center-right formation in Sunday’s legislative elections, according to near-complete results released overnight. In power since 2016, the 58-year-old head of government, a former senior… Read More

A fire broke out Sunday on Table Mountain, the iconic peak overlooking the city of Cape Town on the tip of South Africa, and was not under control by Monday morning, according to the city. The flames destroyed part of the restaurant next to a monument to British colonist Cecil Rhodes, which offers an exceptional view of the harbor, houses… Read More

The long-running dispute over Ethiopia’s mega-dam is still going nowhere. But Sudan’s prime minister has invited his Egyptian and Ethiopian counterparts for a closed meeting discussion. It comes after talks hosted by the African Union on Tuesday between Cairo and Adis Ababa failed to reach a binding agreement over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and the filling of its… Read More