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Rwanda has imposed a 15-day lock down on its capital, Kigali, as the country battles a second wave of coronavirus cases that has resulted in “unprecedented deaths and transmission rates”. This is the capital’s second lockdown since the outbreak of the pandemic. The government had in March enacted a countrywide lockdown that lasted 45 days. In a statement on Monday… Read More

Uganda’s presidential challenger Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, also known as Bobi Wine has appealed to “fellow citizens of the world” to help him as he remained under house arrest with riot police and troops stationed outside his home. “We have run short of food supplies but when my wife tried to go to our garden to pick food she was assaulted… Read More

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi arrived at Amman’s Marka military airport on Monday, where he was greeted by Jordan’s King Abdullah II. An official reception ceremony was held for the Egyptian president at the military airport. At Basman Palace, the two leaders discussed ways to continue strengthening bilateral cooperation in various fields, including mechanisms to expand tripartite Jordanian-Egyptian-Iraqi cooperation. And… Read More

Mory Sacko, chef at Mosuke restaurant has been awarded one star and joint winner of the Young Chef Award. The award was given by the 2021 Michelin Guide. Sacko is known for his very accomplished style of cuisine which mixes African influences with its tropism for Japan, all against a background of French technical bases. He became a firm favourite… Read More

What Does Justice Really Look Like? Nate Parker, the talented African-American actor, writer and director who produced the historical Nat Turner slave uprising 2016 film ‘The Birth of a Nation,‘ is exploring another uncomfortable truth with ‘American Skin’ — a cinematic glance at police brutality against the African-American demographic in the United States that takes the Black Lives Matter movement… Read More

U.N. chief Antonio Guterres has said nine African nations and Iran should lose their voting rights as required under the U.N. Charter after defaulting on payment of their dues to the United Nations’ operating budget. On Monday, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres listed the minimum amount that the 10 countries need to pay to have their voting rights restored in a letter… Read More

Morocco began their title defence with a 1-0 win over Togo on Monday. Wydad Casablanca player Yahya Jabrane scored from the penalty spot at 27 minutes. The game took place at the Reunification stadium in Douala, Cameroon’s port city. The Atlas Lions are one of the favorites to win the competition held in defiance of the coronavirus pandemic. They won… Read More

The Central African Republic’s Constitutional Court on Monday confirmed President Faustin Archange Touadera’s victory in elections last month but said turnout, suppressed by armed groups, was little more than a third. Chief Judge Daniele Darlan, validating results that gave Touadera 53.16 percent of the vote, said the 63-year-old “is proclaimed to be re-elected president.” The court put the turnout at… Read More

Clashes between rival tribes in Darfur have left more than 130 people dead, two weeks after the end of a peace mission in the volatile region of western Sudan. The violence is the deadliest since the end on December 31 of the joint UN (UNAMID) and African Union (AU) peace mission in Darfur, which has been operating in the vast… Read More

Base Back Under Control of Nigerian Army The Nigerian army regained control of its military base in Marte, in the northeast of the country on Sunday morning after “intense fighting” with the jihadists of the Islamic State in West Africa (ISWAP). The group claimed responsibility for the attack on Friday evening and still had control of the base on Saturday,… Read More