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The African Union on Friday ended its suspension of Mali which began after the ouster of president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita by the military in August. Regional bloc ECOWAS was the first to lift sanctions on Bamako after the West African country’s government appointed a civilian Prime Minister. In a post on Twitter, the AU’s peace and security council said it… Read More

The World Food Programme has won the Nobel Peace Prize for 2020, the Nobel Committee announced on Friday. David Beasley, the Executive director of the World Food Programme, reacted from Niger. “This is the first time in my life I’ve been speechless,” Beasley said. “This is unbelievable! Talk about the most exciting point in time in your life – the… Read More

A thick layer of black paint, a giant canvas painted red… The talents of Abobo, in Ivory Coast, are expressing themselves. The painters are telling the stories of their hometown, with its colours and characters, to the visitors of the Adama Toungara museum. “This artwork reminds us about the history of this place, which used to be a bus station,”… Read More

DR Congo said Thursday it would launch an inquiry into accusations that international workers in an anti-Ebola campaign had sexually abused local women. A report last month said dozens of women described sexual exploitation by aid workers from the UN’s World Health Organization (WHO) and leading NGOs during the 2018-2020 Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. “The Congolese… Read More

An elderly French aid worker and a top Malian politician landed in the capital Bamako to an emotional reunion with their loved ones after being released from captivity by presumed jihadists. Mali announced the release of Frenchwoman Sophie Petronin, 75, and Malian politician Soumaila Cisse on Thursday, alongside two Italian nationals. French President Emmanuel Macron voiced “immense relief” at the… Read More

Tunisian divers have discovered a French submarine wreck from World War I, the Ariane, which was sunk by a German submarine in 1917. The craft was spotted off Cap Bon by managers of a diving club in the country’s northeast as they were exploring new sites student divers. “We knew they were wrecks but we didn’t know what we were… Read More

Mali’s presidency on Thursday announced that opposition leader Soumaïla Cissé had been freed. The announcement, over Twitter, added that Cisse was on his way back to the capital Bamako. La présidence de la République confirme la libération de M. Soumaila Cisse et Mme Sophie Petronin. Les ex otages sont en route pour Bamako. — Presidence Mali (@PresidenceMali) October 8, 2020… Read More

– On this episode of Business Africa, Jerry Fisayo-Bambi discusses the following themes: – Alert on Sudan as Flooding and surging Inflation threaten humanitarian assistance. The horn of Africa nation is in the middle of a three-month state of emergency after its worst flooding in 30 years. – Rich countries last month backed an initiative of the G20 the Debt… Read More

The rape and murder in Algeria of a 19-year-old woman sparked cries for action on gender-based violence in the North African country and calls to bring back capital punishment. The body of the young woman, identified as Chaima, was found in early October at a deserted petrol station in Thenia, 80 kilometres east of the capital Algiers. She had been… Read More

Tunisian authorities have decided to reintroduce a curfew in the capital Tunis and its region, starting Thursday for two weeks. The aim is to curb the COVID-19 contamination rate, which is rising quickly, according to the governor. More than 1.3 million people live in the Tunis region. That’s about 10 % of Tunisia’s population. For the next two weeks, the… Read More