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20 people died following a shipwreck off the Libyan coast, Doctors without Borders said Thursday. The incident occurred just hours after at least 74 migrants also died in a similar incident. “Two days ago, our boat set off to Italy from a site near al-Khums, at about nine o’clock at night. And yesterday, at two thirty in the morning our… Read More

A sacred tree in the heart of the Kenyan capital Nairobi has been spared by a presidential decree. On Thursday, President Uhuru Kenyatta spared the century road fig tree, locally called the ‘Mugumo’, as part of the nation’s national heritage. The tree had been marked for cutting down to make way for a highway to ease congestion in the city,… Read More

More than 30% of the working population in South Africa is now unemployed, the National Statistics Agency said Thursday. A record since 2008 and an increase largely attributed to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Unemployment increased by 7.5% between July, peak of the pandemic in the most industrialized country in Africa, and September, to reach 30.8%, the agency said.… Read More

Post-Electoral Crisis Violence erupted in many parts of Côte d’Ivoire after the Constitutional Council officially validated on November 9 the re-election of President Alassane Ouattara for a controversial third term.However, the political unrest in the small landlocked city of M’Batto was exacerbated by circulating false information. Dr Jean Serge Kouassi Kouassi, the director of the M’Batto hospital, shares his insight… Read More

Anti-Jihadist Operation in Mali Reports on the death by troops from the French-led Barkhane force military operation of Bah Ag Moussa, described as the military commander of the Al-Qaeda-aligned Group to Support Islam and Muslims (GSIM) in the Malian desert who had been on a United Nations sanctions list and was believed responsible for numerous jihadist terrorist attacks on Malian… Read More

Traders in Zimbabwe have resorted to repairing old US dollar notes for desperate customers. Fresh new US dollar currency is not coming into the Southern African nation. And so dealers buy the tattered notes and make profits off the black market. “I don’t care how torn it is, I take it. All I want to see is the serial number,… Read More

Three Guinean opposition figures surrendered to the police on Thursday after being put on a wanted list for their alleged role in post-election violence, one of their lawyers said. Officers questioned Ousmane Gaoual Diallo, Abdoulaye Bah – both members of Guinea’s leading opposition party, UFDG – and Etienne Soropogui separately, lawyer Salifou Beavogui said. Police on Wednesday also arrested UFDG… Read More

Ghanaians poured praise on their former leader Jerry Rawlings who died on Thursday. Many eulogized him as a patriot and a democrat. President Nana Akufo-Addo ordered flags around the country to fly at half-mast, to mark seven days of national mourning from Friday. It is with great sadness that I learnt of the passing of former president Jerry Rawlings of… Read More

Over 500 million dollars is likely to be pledged Thursday for a device to ensure that all countries have equitable access to covid-19 tests, treatments and vaccines. That’s according to organizers of the Paris Peace Forum at the Elysee palace Thursday. Several world leaders, including French president Emmanuel Macron, Senegalese Macky Sall and Canada’s Justin Trudeau are attending the two… Read More

Despite the pandemic, in Burkina Faso shows have given locals a breath of fresh air. The country is home to major events like FESPACO and SIAO. This year, organizers held the 2020 edition of ‘’Les Récréâtrales’’ in the capital, Ouagadougou. ”Our desire, our courage, our will to hold this edition in spite of everything because we had to magnify life,… Read More