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Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral will take place on Saturday (17 April) at Windsor Castle. Philip, Queen Elizabeth II’s husband of 73 years, died last Friday, aged 99. Philip is remembered for his work with some 780 charities and organisations, particularly his Duke of Edinburgh Award, which seeks to build confidence and resilience in young people. In South… Read More

With its pristine beaches and luxury resorts, Cape Verde is a tourist’s paradise But the tropical Atlantic island off Senegal has been struggling since the coronavirus pandemic with few tourists arriving. While many hotels are shuttered the new Pensao Por Do Sol recently opened its doors. The hotel’s opening day should have been in December when the year-end tourist season… Read More

Libyans are flooding the markets In the city of Benghazi on the first Friday of the holy month of Ramadan. But Libyans may also have another reason to celebrate after the UN Security Council on Friday unanimously passed a resolution that calls for all foreign forces and mercenaries to leave Libya. It also backed a ceasefire monitoring component to monitor… Read More

Voters in Cape Verde, a bastion of democracy in Africa, go to the polls Sunday after a campaign dominated by the Covid pandemic and its impact on an economy dependent on tourism. In a continent marked by political unrest, coups and monolithic leaders in power for decades, the tiny Atlantic archipelago stands out. It ranks just behind Mauritius as the… Read More

The funeral of a rebel leader in northern Mali, Sidi Brahim Ould Sidati, who was gunned down Tuesday by unknown assailants in Bamako, took place on Saturday. Sidati was a signatory to a crucial 2015 peace accord. He was in his 60s and gunned down by two unknown assailants near a mosque. The reason for the killing was not immediately… Read More

As Cape Verde readies to vote in Sunday’s parliamentary election Current Prime Minister Correia e Silva and his centre-right Movement for Democracy party are hoping for another term. The campaign has been dominated by the Covid pandemic and its impact on a tourism-dependent economy. “We will not develop or finance programs to manage poverty. On the other hand, we will… Read More

Zimbabwe has begun releasing about 3,000 prisoners under a presidential amnesty aimed at easing congestion to reduce the threat of COVID-19 in the country’s overcrowded jails. About 400 prisoners were released from Chikurubi prison and other jails in the capital, Harare, on Saturday with more coming from other prisons countrywide. Zimbabwe’s prisons have a capacity of 17,000 prisoners but held… Read More

Cape Verde could see it’s the first female head of government as the Island nation votes in legislative elections on Sunday At just 42 years old, Janira Hopffer Almada is hoping to make history as the next prime minister if her socialist party PAICV wins the election. But the lawyer and former minister says her gender is not the most… Read More

A fire has forced hundreds of patients to evacuate from a hospital in South Africa’s Johannesburg. No injuries or casualties have been reported and patients are being moved to other hospitals. The fire started Friday morning and had been doused by the afternoon but then it reignited in the evening and burned through the night. The fire has caused extensive… Read More

Benin’s constitutional court on Thursday approved the provisional results of this week’s election giving President Patrice Talon a landslide victory after he faced only two little-known opponents. Talon won 86.3 percent in the April 11 election that critics said was stacked in his favour, after a crackdown on opposition leaders left most of them exiled or disqualified from running in… Read More