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Nigeria on Tuesday announced a 24-hour curfew over Lagos as protests over police brutality continued to expand. On Monday, the protestors moved to occupy Lagos’ international airport, nearly bringing the city of 14m to a standstill. Announcing the curfew, Lagos state governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said the measures were necessary to restore order. I, therefore, hereby impose a 24-hour curfew on… Read More

Suspected Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels freed more than 1,300 prisoners in an assault on a jail in Beni, eastern Democratic Republic Congo. Only about 100 prisoners after the attack on Kagbayi prison on Tuesday morning. The ADF are a Ugandan rebel group with bases in eastern Congo. “We had a count before the escape of 1,456 (prisoners), 110 (of… Read More

Applying and experimenting with makeup can be a fun and creative experience but for people of diverse ethnicities, it can be disheartening. For years they have raised concerns about the lack of beauty products for darker skin. One Zimbabwean born make up artist in Australia is now inspiring younger women to speak out, “I think unfortunately often, we are only… Read More

Businesses in the town of Chebba in southeastern Tunisia did not open on Monday as a disagreement over football escalated into an angry protest. Supporters of the local football club burned tyres and blocked roads protesting its exclusion from the national league by Tunisia’s football federation. “We are against the injustice in our club and against the harassment on the… Read More

Guinea’s electoral body has called opposition leader Cellou Dalein Diallo’s self-proclaimed victory in the first round of a presidential election “void”. “Despite the serious anomalies that marred the smooth running of the … election and in view of the results that came out of the ballot boxes, I am victorious in this election in the first round,” Diallo told supporters… Read More

President Donald Trump signalled Sudan would be removed from the US list of state sponsors of terrorism if it pays compensation of $335 million to American terror victims and their families. The move would open the door for Sudan to receive much needed international loans and aid to revive its battered economy. Sudan has been listed since 1993 when al-Qaeda… Read More

After Guinea’s opposition leader Cellou Dalein Diallo’s self-proclaimed victory in the first round of the presidential vote, his supporters flooded the streets of the capital Conakry Speaking at a press conference on Monday, a day after the vote, Diallo said he had emerged “victorious” despite “anomalies which marred the ballot”. “I invite all my fellow citizens who love peace and… Read More

Election campaigns in Ivory Cost took a violent turn last weekend with deadly violence in the city of Bongouanou, 200km north of Abidjan. Two people were killed as two ethnic communities clashed. While the violence appeared spontaneous, regional bloc ECOWAS is worried. It has dispatched a delegation to the country to try and calm tensions. Ethnically charged slogans and messages… Read More

Guinea’s opposition leader Cellou Dalein Diallo declared on Monday declared himself winner of Sunday’s vote, defeating Alpha Conde, the incumbent president. Speaking at a press conference in the capital Conakry a day after the hotly contested election, Diallo said he had emerged “victorious” despite “anomalies which marred the ballot”. “I invite all my fellow citizens who love peace and justice… Read More

The European Union has said that a peace agreement signed last year in Mozambique cannot be renegotiated. In recent months, calls have grown to revisit the deal signed in August of 2019 between the government and the Renamo rebel group. In the agreement, Renamo agreed to renounce rebellion but a splinter group has been staging attacks in central Mozambique. “The… Read More