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Africa’s long-awaited response to the Eiffel Tower or a towering waste of money? On the 3rd of April 2010 a day before Senegal commemorated its 50th independence anniversary, the then President Abdoulaye Wade unveiled to more than 20 African leaders, the continent’s tallest statue, the African Renaissance Monument. This monumental 49-metre-high bronze statue in the capital Dakar was meant to… Read More

Another FARDC victory over the Mai-Mai militias. After two days of fighting, the command of operations Sokola 2 in South Kivu claims to have recovered the headquarters of the militia in the forest. We talk about it with Patrice Citera, correspondent for Africanews in Kinshasa, the capital. Read More

The coronavirus was confirmed in the Chinese city of Wuhan on January 7, 2020. Cases have since been confirmed in several other Asian countries, Europe and the United States. The World Health Organisation, WHO, has since declared it a public health emergency of international dimensions. WHO chief Tedros Ghebereyesus said whiles China had a robust health system to detect and… Read More

Young post-colonial Africans are optimistic about the future of the continent, seeing themselves more as entrepreneurs than civil servants. They demand stability and democracy, access to financial resources to launch their businesses, access to digital technology, and are not obsessed with colonial barriers. 48% of the respondents prefer stable governments to democracy. 75% believe that they can positively change their… Read More

Not so long ago in the village of Tababou, 600 kilometres off Lome, Togo’s capital, Ousmane Kantcho had to travel miles and miles outside the village in order to charge his mobile phone or watch a football match. The young Togolese and his family, without access to electricity, also had to sleep every night enduring darkness. Life was slow, and… Read More

Cameroon is protesting criticism from French President Emmanuel Macron over the handling of the conflict in its English-speaking regions. More than 100 mainly young people rallied in front of the French Embassy in Yaounde, on Monday, demanding an apology from the French leader. The protesters carrying placards denied accusations they were organized or paid by the Cameroonian government. So, what… Read More

An enrollment process for obtaining the national identity and voters card is the subject of concern for many in Ivory Coast. While Ivorians expected the government to facilitate an easy process, many are disappointed to see only 118 enrollment centers across the country. A number much lower than that of 2009 for the presidential election of 2010. And why are… Read More

Uganda’s president Yoweri Museveni on Tuesday advised African countries that share the River Nile to consider expanding their consumption to the River Congo, as a way of easing tensions. Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia are currently navigating a stalemate over a giant dam that the latter is building on the Nile. Museveni, who was addressing delegates at the 20th African Water… Read More

Malawian president Peter Mutharika’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on Tuesday entered into an alliance with United Democratic Front (UDF). The UDF governed Malawi between 1994 and 2004, and has 10 parliamentary seats. The DPP has 61 while the main opposition Malawi Congress Party has 55. The UDF is led by Atupele Muluzi, who served in Mutharika’s government before last… Read More

The United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Agency on Tuesday warned of a “major hunger threat” in East Africa, as a small group of desert locusts entered the Democratic Republic of Congo. This is the first time the voracious insects have been seen in the Central African country since 1944. Kenya, Somalia and Uganda have been battling the swarms in the… Read More