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Muslim Parisians Say “No!” to Islamophobia Protesters rallied on Sunday in Paris to demand that the French government abandon a bill aimed at rooting out Islamist extremism. The demonstrators believe the new bill tramples on religious freedoms and stigmatises Islam. Hanane Loukili, the School Principal and Co-founder of MHS school in Paris, is not pleased with the current situation. “When… Read More

Frankie Leach is a politics and fashion writer living in London. Two years ago I told my boyfriend that I didn’t want anything for Valentines’ Day. “It’s just consumerism on steroids,” I said, “just cook me some dinner or something, I don’t need anything.” I felt vindicated, smug even. Here I was, in a happy relationship shunning Valentine’s Day because… Read More

Sinopharm Shipment Delivered to Harare Zimbabwe has received its first batch of 200,000 doses of Sinopharm donated by the Chinese government in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Zimbabwe received its first delivery of 200,000 doses of Sinopharm on Monday at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport in the capital city Harare. The Chinese coronavirus vaccine was donated by the… Read More

Nigerians are demanding justice for the victims shot at by police during a deadly protest in October. On Saturday they rallied against the reopening of the Lekki toll gate in Lagos, the site where police shot at unarmed demonstrators and the epicentre of the #EndSARS protest movement. Amnesty International says at least 10 were killed in October. “For the people… Read More

Former US President Donald Trump has been acquitted by the Senate in his second impeachment trial for his role in inciting the deadly attack on the Capitol on January 6. The Senate fell short of the two-thirds majority needed to convict Trump. A majority of senators – 57 to 43 – voted to convict Trump, which was 10 votes short… Read More

Debora Kayembe fled her home in the Democratic Republic of Congo 16 years ago as her life was under threat after she helped expose a gun-running militia group. She settled in the United Kingdom where she worked as a human rights lawyer and about to become the first black rector of the University of Edinburgh “It’s been just a rollercoaster,… Read More

After thousands of protesters descended on the Mauritian capital demanding the government resigns, opposition leader Arvin Boolell and Labor MP told Africanews “democracy does not work” in the island nation. The protest was less numerous than last August but on Saturday, thousands of Mauritians responded to the call of opposition parties alleging corruption and fraud by the government. “Corruption and… Read More

British Human Rights lawyer Karim Kahn has been elected as the new International Criminal Court chief prosecutor. He will take over the daunting job in June from the incumbent chief Gambian-born Fatou Bensouda, who was sanctioned by the US over her investigations into the Afghanistan war and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Khan, 50, previously led a special UN probe into crimes… Read More

At least three people have died from Ebola in Guinea and five others have tested positive in the first possible resurgence of the disease since the outbreak in 2013. They fell ill with diarrhoea, vomiting and bleeding, some of them contracted the disease after attending a burial in the southeastern region of Nzerekore. The head of Guinea’s health agency, Sakoba… Read More

The Republic of Congo’s President is on a weekend visit to the Plateaux regions as the country faces a presidential election on March 21. Denis Sassou Nguesso was there to launch the Djambala-Lekana power line, which will be crucial in rural areas where electricity access can be at less than 10 percent. “We know the problems. I just have to… Read More