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Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets of Tunisian cities on Saturday to protest police repression, corruption and poverty, following several nights of unrest marked by clashes and arrests. Saturday’s protests come as the North African nation struggles to stem the novel coronavirus pandemic, which has crippled the economy and threatened to overwhelm hospitals. Over 6,000 people have died from… Read More

Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Alicia Keys turns 40-years-old, Monday (January 25, 2021). Born Alicia Augello Cook in New York on 25 January 1981, the piano playing-star made her breakthrough debut in 2001, with No.1 single “Fallin”, from debut album “Songs in A Minor.” She won her first five Grammy Awards the following year. To date, she has won 15 Grammys and been… Read More

Representatives from rival Libyan camps said a candidacy process would open Tuesday for key institutional appointments, after a new round of talks in Morocco on ending nearly a decade of conflict. The process, set to run until February 2, aims to quickly fill several strategic posts in order to facilitate collaboration with an interim executive body set to be elected… Read More

The Egyptian government has been stepping up its long-standing policy of destabilizing and weakening Ethiopia by “providing full support to anti-peace elements” and pitting neighbors against it, according to a top Ethiopian diplomat. The official, who holds a high position in the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry and asked for anonymity, told Anadolu Agency that “Egypt has intensified its destabilization efforts against… Read More

Malawi’s former President Peter Mutharika’s quest to remove restrictions on his bank accounts which were frozen as part of a corruption investigation has ended in failure. On Friday, Malawi’s high court dismissed his application to have his accounts unfrozen by the country’s anti-graft agency. Malawi’s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) last August froze the personal bank accounts of Mutharika and his wife,… Read More

Nigeria will receive 100,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine by early February, according to officials. But they have to be stored in cold temperatures and getting them to rural areas will prove difficult. Nigeria has found a way though through its ultra-cold chain equipment. “What we do have coming to the country is the Pfizer vaccines that require about -70… Read More

Ghana’s Own Blesses High Fashion Men’s Wear The latest Louis Vuitton (LV) menswear show was streamed live from Paris on Thursday, January 21, 2021 — and was part catwalk, part installation. The show possessed the standard showcase of designs by models but also featured a static presentation too — with the highlight of a dance sequence. Black American Hip hop… Read More

A teenager in Nigeria’s nothern city of Kano who was sentenced last year to 10 years’ jail for “blasphemy” by an Islamic court has had his sentence overturned by a court. Aged just 13 when he was sentenced, Umar Farouk “is hereby discharged and acquitted”, the Kano state appeal court said Thursday. “The judgement of the Sharia court is hereby… Read More

A UN plane flew the bodies of Ivorian peacekeepers killed in Mali home on Friday. On the ground, the head of the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, government officials, and the soldiers’ families waited to receive them. The head of the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali (MINUSMA) Dennis Gyllensporre was full of praises for the fallen servicemen. “Their painful departure… Read More

After 13 years, the joint United Nations/African Union peace mission to the Darfur region came to an end on December 31st. Since then over 200 people died in just three days, in what has been described as another episode of inter-communal violence. Many fear with international forces gone, the situation could worsen in the coming months. Africanews spoke to Geneva… Read More