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Rights groups in Algeria have created a new committee to fight against abuse of prisoners after claims this month by 25-year-old protester Walid Nekkiche he was beaten and raped by security forces while in custody. The committee says it will fight against what they call out as torture and inhuman prison conditions. “What shocked us is that when Walid Nekkiche… Read More

The European Commission on Thursday warned that the Tigray region of Ethiopia could be approaching a famine, as the country’s three-month-long conflict continued. The European Commission on Thursday warned that the Tigray region of Ethiopia could be approaching a famine, as the country’s three-month-long conflict continued. The region is largely cut off from the world as fighting enters a fourth… Read More

Libya has rescued more than 1,500 would-be migrants off its west coast in the past week, a non-governmental organisation said. “The Libyan coastguard has conducted several rescue operations from a week ago until (Wednesday) and rescued about 1,500 people,” Adel al-Idrissi from the International Rescue Committee told AFP. On Wednesday alone, 240 African migrants were rescued from two boats off… Read More

Al Ahly head coach, Pitso Mosimane, responded to criticism of his game management in his side’s defeat by Bayern Munich last Monday, as he spoke after Al Ahly ended their Club World Cup campaign with a 3-2 win on penalties over South American champion Palmeiras to secure third place on Thursday. “We believe we could have won the World Cup,… Read More

Ivory Coast has opened a French center in Abidjan that will train more than 10,000 teachers in five years. The teachers from 15 French-speaking countries in subsaharan Africa will learn about education and then take the knowledge back to the classrooms. Education reform is needed as more than half of all students in Ivory Coast start secondary school without knowing… Read More

This is Africa Politics in Africa are often very complex as many nations struggle to reclaim their true national identities and find their footing on solid — and recently-independent ground, after the long, tumultuous and traumatic colonial years. Numerous diverse ethnic groups find themselves having to coexist within a somewhat unnatural national territory — oftentimes created by a European entity,… Read More

Thousands of Mauritians protested in the capital Port-Louis calling for the government to resign alleging corruption and fraud. The demonstrators heeded the calls of opposition parties to call into question the responsibility of those who hold political power. They marched up to the office of Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth. “Crimes, drugs that wreak havoc, there is no transparency … We… Read More

At least three people were killed in Somalia after a suicide car bomb went off near a security checkpoint close to the presidential palace in the capital Mogadishu on Saturday, police said. At least seven others have been wounded and the suicide bomber also died. “A huge blast has occurred and we are now preparing to help the wounded,” said… Read More

Several protesters in Nigeria’s city of Lagos were arrested on Saturday after they tried to hold a peaceful rally against the reopening of the Lekki tollgate, where security forces shot at protesters in October, sparking the #EndSARS movement. “I’m not here with any weapon. I’m here for human rights. This is not done, everybody knows,” said arrested protester Jay D… Read More

After a month in Germany for post coronavirus surgery Algeria’s President Abdelmadjid Tebboune returned home on Friday. The 75-year-old had been hospitalised in Germany last year after contracting COVID-19. He stayed for two months and then returned to Algeria but went back again 10 days later for an operation on his foot, which the presidency said was “successful”. Now he… Read More