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Ongoing Health Crisis in Somalia The second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic is hitting Somalia hard — as the East African nation’s already fragile health system grapples with the spike in daily new infections that some hospital authorities believe is due to the new coronavirus strain Mahad Mohamed Ibrahim, the son of a person who recently passed away from COVID-19-related… Read More

Tunisia’s main parliamentary bloc Ennahdha rallied thousands of people Saturday in a demonstration of support for the government amid a tug-of-war with President Kais Saied. The Islamist-inspired Ennahdha and liberal Qalb Tounes parties pushed for a reshuffling of the government by Prime minister Hichem Mechichi in mid-January, introducing 11 new ministers. Saied has strongly criticised the reshuffle — which was… Read More

In Italy, Bologna’s Right Back Ibrahima Mbaye got himself back on track on Saturday. Despite frequent injuries, the Senegalese international scored his first goal for 2021, the 3rd this season. With the formidable help from Pepe Reina took the lead against Lazio Rome. Gambian international Musa Barrow offered the second goal to Nicola Sansone after a superb pass in Lazio’s… Read More

Libya’s principal eastern city may be best known as the cradle of a revolution, but it has lately scored an improbable first for the conflict-riven country — a salt spa. The Opal centre in Benghazi, where citizens rose up against dictator Moamer Kadhafi’s rule a decade ago, opened Libya’s first-ever artificial salt caves to clients last October. Established by two… Read More

All-Star Joel Embiid missed a game-winning shot at the buzzer of regulation and the Philadelphia 76ers went on to fall 112-109 to the Cleveland Cavaliers in overtime. Collin Sexton scored 28 points, Darius Garland had 25 and the feisty Cleveland Cavaliers beat the East-best Philadelphia 76ers 112-109 in overtime on Saturday (27 February). “You know, I got the ball in… Read More

Parents of more than 300 kidnapped Nigerian schoolchildren could only wait for news Saturday, as more than 40 others seized elsewhere 10 days ago were freed. The Government Girls Science Secondary School in Jangebe, northwestern Nigeria was completely deserted following the mass abduction. Just a few goats broke the silence more than a day after 317 students were kidnapped by… Read More

Niger’s former president and now opposition leader, Mahamene Ousmane has called on the release of political prisoners and a stop to frequent harassment and threats to activists. Official figures in Niger indicate that over seven hundred have been arrested since the beginning of election unrest Tuesday after Mohamed Bazoum was announced the winner of the presidential run-off. Ousmane directly accused… Read More

Akeem and Semmi are back together after more than three decades with “Coming 2 America,” the sequel to the original film, and star Eddie Murphy can’t wait for fans to see it. “I think it came out, turned out really good. And I’m just excited for people to see it. I don’t think there’s ever been a movie with the… Read More

Human Rights Watch says it has evidence of a revenge attack by Cameroonian soldiers last year in which they raped at least 20 women, including four with disabilities in the English-speaking zone, which is in the grip of a bloody separatist conflict. The attack on the village of Ebam in the South-West region, where armed separatists since 2016 have been… Read More

Kenyan-Owned Hair Salon in Australia A mother-daughter duo, Jean and Christine Kute, created a hairdressing niche in Darwin that is satisfying an essential need amongst people of African descent. A hair-salon that specialises in Afro-textured hair care and braiding, ‘African Beauty’ — which now boasts numerous devoted customers in the Australian city. Christine goes over the usual front-end business activities… Read More