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Tens of thousands of Muslims descended upon Senegal’s holy city this week for the annual Grand Magal pilgrimage, a tradition in West Africa that some fear could become a super-spreader event for COVID-19. The Magal honors the founder of the Mouride Brotherhood, Senegal’s most influential religious order. In previous years, as many as 3 million people have traveled to the… Read More

The Verdict is in and the Court Has Spoken Two of the three suspects — Mohamed Ahmed Abdi and Hassan Hussein Mustafa, were found guilty on Tuesday magistrate Francis Andayi, of “conspiracy” for terrorist action and “support” after aiding five now-deceased gunmen in a violent attack launched on the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya in 2013. The third suspect has… Read More

The International Monetary Fund approved new emergency aid for 28 countries on Monday — 22 of which are African. Funds received will enable these nations to either pay back their debts or mitigate the debilitating impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on their soil. In April, the IMF cancelled the debts of 25 of the economically-challenged countries by activating an emergency… Read More

The Egyptian city of Dahmasha. About sixty kilometres from Cairo. A ghost town since several hundred of its young men went into exile via neighbouring Libya. In September, fifteen more men attempted the dangerous journey to Europe and have since disappeared — leaving behind their families in anguish. Among the missing migrants is Mohamed Youssef’s nephew Ahmed. His uncle is… Read More

Mounting Political Crisis Ethnic tensions in Ethiopia continue to mount after The Ethiopian Senate voted on Tuesday to sever all relations between the federal authorities and both the Tigray regional parliament and executive. This comes after the Tigrayan leaders chose to unilaterally hold elections — initially scheduled for August, last month in defiance of the decision made back in March… Read More

Ghana President Nana Akufo-Addo submitted his nomination forms to the Electoral Commission on Tuesday as he seeks a re-election in December. This will be the very first time a sitting president of the republic has visited the commission to submit his nomination forms If cleared, Akufo-Addo would lead ruling New Patriotic Party as a presidential candidate for the fourth time… Read More

Most lawyers for Sudan’s ousted president Omar al-Bashir walked out of his trial in protest at alleged bias on the part of the prosecutor general. Defence lawyer Abdelbasit Sebdarat said that Hebr had made the same accusations even before taking up the post of public prosecutor. They accuse the prosecution of bias in the trial, which has now been ajourned… Read More

Following the calls of Tunisian and international NGOs, dozens of protestors congregated to the Tunisian Parliament. Demonstrators gathered in capital city Tunis were contesting a controversial law that MPs were debating today. This new law could reinforce the protection of members of police officers But NGOs argue it would give impunity securtiy forces and would shield them from any liability… Read More

French members of parliament were voting on Tuesday on the possible restitution of art and cultural treasures to Senegal and Benin. The 26 items of the “Behanzin Treasure”, taken during the looting of the Abomey palace by the French in 1892 are displayed at the Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac museum in Paris, but they could soon be sent back to Benin.… Read More

Yawa Kouigan is the mayor of Atakpamé, Togo’s fifth largest city in population. She is the first mayor elected in the last 30 years and faces several daily challenges. “This pollution is the kind of problem that led us to think about development and how hard it was to manage natural resources,” she explained. “All of this, this is just… Read More