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An Afro-Libyan Cultural Tradition Basketry — the intricate interlacing, tying and braiding of dyed and dried palm leaves into baskets, trays, carpets and wall decor, is a thousand-year-old tradition in Tuareg — a town of Afro-descendants, in the Northern region of Libya. Cultural heritage passed down through generations, the art form which requires on average 16 hour days of dedicated… Read More

President Barrow’s NPP is Now Official Gambia’s President Adama Barrow launched his National People’s Party (NPP) on Saturday evening to support his candidacy for the presidential election scheduled for December 4. In a televised broadcast of a meeting that saw a large crowd of delegates and supporters gathered at the Independence Stadium in Bakau, about 12 km from the capital… Read More

No Absolute Majority of the Votes In a ruling pronounced on Sunday, Niger’s Constitutional Court confirmed that a second round of the presidential election is to be held on February 21. The court noted that no candidate had obtained an absolute majority of votes in the first round” — whose annulment, partial or total cancellation claimed by opposition candidates was… Read More

Rwanda has been ranked first in Africa and sixth globally in managing the Covid-19 pandemic and making the information accessible to the public. The Australian think tank Lowy Institute ranked a total of 98 countries globally gauging their level in terms of average performance in managing the pandemic within 36 weeks when they recorded their 100th Coronavirus case. Rwanda has… Read More

“Police Everywhere, Justice Nowhere!” Several hundred young people took to the streets of the Tunisian capital on Saturday in protest of perceived government “corruption” and “police repression” as they also demanded the “release of the sons of the nation” — in reference to over a thousand people arrested during several nights of demonstrations leading to violent clashes in mid-January. A… Read More

DR Congo’s prime minister, Sylvestre Ilunga Ilunkamba, resigned on Friday, the presidency said, a move enabling President Felix Tshisekedi to appoint his own premier supported by a new parliamentary majority. Presidency spokesman Giscard Kusema told AFP that Illunga “said he had drawn the consequences of the developing political situation Ilunga, a close ally to former president Joseph Kabila whose supporters… Read More

Moroccan former prisoners have moved out of their jail cells into the social media spotlight by sharing their thug life experiences on YouTube, making them minor celebrities. “You had to be a real ace to sell drugs in prison like I did,” boasts Mohamed Moustadraf, 48, one of a host of ex-cons turned online storytellers. A former drug trafficker with… Read More

Shell Nigeria to Pay Up for Oil Spill Damages The Hague Court of Appeal ordered energy giant Shell’s Nigerian subsidiary Friday to compensate two Nigerian farmers for damage to their land caused by oil leaks in 2004 and 2005 — ruling that the group was “liable for damages resulting from the spills” in two of the affected villages. Sierd Schaafsma,… Read More

Cleaning and Building After the Storm After tropical Cyclone Eloise hit central Mozambique last weekend causing heavy flooding across areas of southern Africa — communities in the affected areas are trying to clean up and rebuild their lives. The cyclone brought high-speed winds of up to 150 km/h followed by torrential rain over the port city of Beira, the capital… Read More

The #BLM Movement is Officially a Nobel Peace Prize Nominee! The movement for racial justice and equality #Black Lives Matter — which was revived May last year by the violent death of African-American George Floyd at the hands of white police officers in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by a Norwegian parliamentarian, Petter Eide. A Long… Read More