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UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has flown to Burundi for talks with its President about the conflict in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo. Burundi has contributed around a hundred soldiers to a regional peacekeeping force in eastern DRC just across its border where Congo’s army is fighting the rebel M23 group. “I renew my call for de-escalation, appeasement, and restraint.… Read More

Pomp and ceremony After a lifetime as heir to his late mother Queen Elizabeth II, Charles III has finally met his date with destiny and been crowned king. A coronation ceremony steeped in ancient ritual and brimming with bling at a time when the monarchy is striving to remain relevant in a fractured modern Britain. In displays of royal power… Read More

At least 176 villagers were killed in flooding and landslides brought on by torrential overnight rains in eastern Congo’s South Kivu province, a local official said Friday. Thomas Bakenge, a regional government official, gave the estimate after overseeing recovery efforts. He described the scale of destruction as “enormous, beyond words … whole houses were carried away.” He said bodies were… Read More

Malians have been digesting the news that there’s finally to be a referendum on whether to update their constitution on June 18th. It’s supposed to move the vast country towards civilian rule after a military junta seized power in 2020. The referendum, in which voters can choose to either accept or reject a draft already contested by political opponents, was… Read More

Election registration centres opened on Saturday and within hours long queues had formed with people who want to vote in local and legislative elections that are due to be held sometime this year. And whilst some have been registered successfully, others have been told that there’s no paper left to register them or that the computers aren’t working. “It’s a… Read More

UN officials returning from a border town in Central African Republic say around 9,700 people have crossed over from Sudan so far and that they expect more to come. About a third of them were Central Africans returning home. Some have been taken in by local families whilst other have had to form makeshift camps around the town of Am… Read More

Mali’s ruling junta announced that it would hold a referendum on a new constitution on June 18th. The referendum was initially scheduled for March 19th but was postponed indefinitely. The decision was relayed by government spokesman Aboulaye Maïga on national television on Friday :  “The electoral college is convened on Sunday, June 18, 2023 throughout the national territory and in… Read More

A senior Nigerian politician has been sentenced to nine years and eight months in a UK prison for masterminding a scheme to extract a kidney for his ailing daughter from a young man he had trafficked to London. The politician was deemed to be the “motivating factor” behind the plot. Ike Ekweremadu, 60, a former deputy president of the Nigerian… Read More

The doors are open, and 18-year-old Natasha Mwangi is welcoming guests into Ayira’s Neuro Soul Café. The establishment aims to be a welcoming space for everyone, including guests who have cognitive disabilities. It’s also a source of employment for young people like Mwangi, who was born with cerebral palsy. Job opportunities are scarce for young people with neurological disorders such… Read More

A young entrepreneur in the Democratic Republic of Congo has opened up a coffee factory that is helping revive the coffee industry in Kinshasa, the capital of the central African nation. Tisya Mukuna set up her business in 2022 after completing her studies in France. She’s introduced mobile coffee carts to target low-income earners in a city where many coffee… Read More