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Kibrom Hailu wasn’t too worried when his 15-year-old son stepped out to play volleyball one morning last month near their home in Wukro, in Ethiopia’s conflict-hit Tigray region. There had been protests in town that week — young men burning tyres and denouncing Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed — but his son, Henok, wasn’t involved and promised not to go far.… Read More

Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury have signed a contract to fight for the right to become the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn made the announcement on Monday and said a two-fight deal had been signed. Joshua will defend his WBA, IBF and WBO belts against WBC champion Fury, with a date and venue to be… Read More

Nominations for the 93rd Academy Awards were announced on Monday. It is the most diverse line-up of nominees ever – and a sign of change from the all-white shortlists that led to the #OscarsSoWhite hashtag starting five years ago. Seventy women received a total 76 nominations, according to the Academy, a record for a given year. In light of the… Read More

Zamalek, runner-up of the last CAF champions League, are in a difficult situation in the 2021 season of the CAF champions league with only 2 points after 3 of the 6 games of their group stage. They face on Tuesday 16 March, four times African champions Esperance of Tunis with a new coach, Frenchman Patrice Carteron, back on the bench… Read More

The Human Rights Festival (FIFDH) in Geneva took place last week almost entirely online, with debates, meetings and screenings, but one of the events was nevertheless able to take place physically: the creation of a giant graffiti by three women, including Zeinixx, who came all the way from Dakar to represent the cause of women. “Ok, this is ZEINIXX LFDM,… Read More

A court in Mali’s capital Bamako on Monday ended a much-delayed trial of former coup leader Amadou Sanogo, who was accused of killing 21 elite soldiers in a 2012 putsch. The court, which did not issue a verdict, also ended proceedings against 15 other defendants, citing a 2019 reconciliation law offering amnesty or pardon for specific crimes committed during the… Read More

At least 15 civilians have been killed by militiamen in a village in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, a monitoring group said. Men armed with machetes attacked the village of Bulongo in North Kivu province in the early hours of Monday and some of the victims were beheaded, according to reports. “At least 15 civilians were killed last night… Read More

Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine has been arrested again. He was detained on Monday while leading a protest against the arrest of many of his supporters following January’s presidential election. Police arrested Wine near a public square in the capital and then drove him back to his home outside Kampala. “His home is now surrounded by police and the military,”… Read More

Libya’s new Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah was sworn in to lead the North African country’s transition to elections in December, after years of chaos and division. Dbeibah was sworn in alongside other members of the new unity government parliament in Tobruk city in eastern Libya. “I swear to God that I will perform my work duties with all honesty… Read More

Thione Seck, one of Senegal’s biggest music stars over the last four decades, died at the age of 66 in Dakar on Sunday, his lawyer said. “He died this morning of an illness at the Fann hospital,” lawyer Ousmane Seye told AFP, confirming reports in the Senegalese media. Thione Ballago Seck, from a family of “griot” singers, was one of… Read More