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Guinean cardinal Robert Sarah who heads the Vatican’s liturgical office has reiterated his argument that the Catholic priesthood is incompatible with marriage. Sarah, who has documented this argument in his book, ‘‘From the Depths of Our Hearts’‘, says he and his co-author Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI have received ‘brutal’ criticism over the book. In an interview with Italian daily newspaper… Read More

Hundreds of Gambians on Saturday called for the arrest and prosecution of the country’s former president Yahya Jammeh, arguing that the victims of his 22-year rule deserve justice. Jammeh ruled Gambia with an iron fist but fled in January 2017 after losing a presidential election to relative unknown Adama Barrow which he refused to acknowledge before being forced out of… Read More

Burundi’s Gen. Evariste Ndayishimiye was on Sunday confirmed as the ruling party’s candidate in the May presidential elections. The national conference for the ruling CNDD–FDD party in the rural province of Gitega is the latest proof that the country’s president Pierre Nkurunziza will now retire after serving three terms. Nkurunziza will retire after presiding over a disputed third term that… Read More

A young Ugandan activist has been receiving solidarity on social media following a photo crop by American news outlet, Associated Press, AP. Vanessa Nakate took to social media to hit out at AP over what she said was a racist decision by the agency. According to her, AP had actually eliminated an entire continent by their action. She was in… Read More

Nigerian health authorities have begun conducting checks at Lagos airport amid a deadly coronavirus outbreak in China, where many Nigerian citizens work. The move came shortly after the death toll in China rose to 26 on Friday. While the World Health Organization held off on declaring a global emergency despite confirmed cases in half a dozen other countries, some African… Read More

The Gabonese government has announced a “substantial deployment” of security forces, especially near schools, to respond to violent incidents caused by child abduction, which resulted in the death of one child, according to a statement released Friday night. Messages about kidnappings of minors have been circulating on social networks for more than a week, rekindling recurring fears of ritual crimes… Read More

The case of Isabel dos Santos is a major test of Angolan President Joao Lourenço’s determination to fight corruption in an oil-producing country where one third of the population lives below the poverty line. Isabel dos Santos, 46, daughter of former president José Eduardo dos Santos, is accused of fraud, embezzlement and money laundering by her country’s judiciary, which is… Read More

The outgoing United States ambassador to Uganda, Deborah Malac says a discussion on transition in the East African nation is inevitable, adding that it goes beyond politics. Malac told journalists in Uganda on Thursday the future of the country has to be discussed by all groups, especially the youth. “It is about how the majority of the population, the 30-year-olds… Read More

A court in Morocco is trying fifteen people including a former cleaner in the royal household and gold traders, accused of stealing dozens of luxury watches belonging to King Mohammed VI. Defence lawyers said the suspects, arrested at the end of last year, were also charged in a Rabat court of forming “a criminal gang”. The main suspect is a… Read More

Zimbabwe’s vice president Constantino Chiwenga and the military were on Friday criticised for abusing state resources, when soldiers were used in a divorce-related dispute. Judge Christopher Dube-Banda handed out a scathing ruling saying the military’s involvement was ‘frightening’ and ordering that Chiwenga’s wife should regain custody of their children and be allowed to access the family’s luxury home. The ruling… Read More