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#RescueJangebeGirls Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned Friday evening the new “inhumane” abduction by gunmen of more than 300 teenage girls from a boarding school in the north-western region of the country. He affirmed that the administration would not “give in to blackmail from bandits” who are waiting for “the payment of large ransoms” — as the government has the… Read More

Lockdown in the French island of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean is being extended for at least two more weeks. The French archipelago off the coast of Mozambique has seen a dramatic surge in COVID-19 cases since the beginning of 2021 and the more contagious South African variant has been detected. A three-week lockdown began on March 5 to help… Read More

Is a man who cooks for his wife submissive? Is a husband supposed to be “king of the house” or a caring partner? How far does a man have to go to prove his “manhood?” In Burundi, husband Innocent came to the realisation that abusing and betraying his wife was ruining their lives. They were already facing challenges as they… Read More

Moroccans in a town bordering a Spanish enclave face a bleak future after a smuggling crackdown plus a border closure over coronavirus fears destroyed their livelihoods. Street vendor Badr is one of thousands from the town of Fnideq who once profited from the trade in black-market clothes, food and cleaning products imported from the nearby Spanish territory of Ceuta. “We’re… Read More

Suspected armed bandits raided a school dormitory in northwestern Nigeria overnight, a teacher and parent told AFP on Friday, raising fears of another mass kidnapping in the region. “More than 300 girls are unaccounted for after a headcount of remaining students,” said a teacher at the Government Girls Secondary School Jangebe who asked to remain anonymous. He said the attack… Read More

Business Africa — your programme dedicated to the continent’s economic news on Africanews, receives the Ivorian Minister of Tourism Siandou Fofana. Making tourism an important lever of the Ivorian economy by 2025 is the objective of the Ivorian government. In Uganda, could silk be the white gold of future generations which will reduce the dependence on coffee? Our correspondent in… Read More

Police fired teargas in clashes with demonstrators in the capital Niamey on Tuesday and Wednesday, while in Dosso, 100 kilometres (60 miles) south of the city, the offices of a pro-government party were damaged by fire. One of the two fatalities died of an epileptic fit during a protest, Alhada said. The other, who was shot dead, was the bodyguard… Read More

South African Olympian Wants to Compete The lawyers of South Africa’s Caster Semenya said on Thursday that the two-time Olympic champion is going to the European Court of Human Rights. The lawsuit is to challenge perceived “discriminatory World Athletics’ regulations that prohibit her from competing in certain women’s track events — unless she medically lowers her naturally high testosterone levels.… Read More

Unideal Electoral Aftermath Niger’s Interior Minister, Alkache Alhada, told reporters on Thursday that lives were lost and hundreds arrested in the unrest that arose in the country. The violence came about after the announcement of the presidential election results — even alleging that Hama Amadou was responsible for the electoral chaos. Alhada told the press: “Of the demonstrations that were… Read More

Four men are contending to lead the Confederation of African Football (CAF) as the election is slated for March 12 in Rabat, Morocco. Augustin Senghor of Senegal, Ahmed Yahya from Mauritania, the Ivorian Jacques Anouma and South Africa’s Patrice Motsepe are in a fierce battle for the top job at CAF, the body in charge of African football. The candidates… Read More