Tag: Africaglobalvillage

Conflicts, climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic made more than a quarter-billion people suffer acute food insecurity last year in 58 countries. That’s roughly three percent of the global population which now stands at eight billion. Acute food insecurity is when a person’s inability to consume adequate food puts their lives or livelihoods in immediate danger. In seven of them… Read More

Senegal and Tunisia are among the countries that have fallen the most in the annual press freedom ranking, published on Wednesday by Reporters Without Borders (RSF). The 21st edition of this ranking highlights in particular the effects of disinformation, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. In two thirds of the 180 countries assessed, the specialists who contribute to the development of the… Read More

South African Singer, Pretty Yende is set to perform at the coronation of Charles III on May 6, in front of tens of millions of television viewers. Pretty Yende has performed in some of the world’s greatest opera houses, from the Metropolitan Opera House to the Paris Opera, via La Scala in Milan. The 38-year-old Opera singer, who will be… Read More

After an absence of two years caused by the pandemic, the Nomads Festival returned to Morocco. Deep in the desert and over three days, the event aims to keep alive the old ways in a fast moving society dominated by new technology. “The international nomads festival is looking to connect with various activities all linked to nomadism. This festival is… Read More

A person has died in Senegal of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever, a viral disease transmitted by ticks, the health ministry told AFP on Tuesday. A butcher on duty at the Dakar slaughterhouse was declared ill on April 21 and died on April 22, Dr. Boly Diop, coordinator of the fight against Congo fever at the health ministry, told AFP. “It was… Read More

The Kenyan police on Tuesday used tear gas to disperse a delegation of opposition politicians who wanted to visit the president’s office in the capital Nairobi, in a day of anti-government protests without major incident. Elected officials from the opposition Azimio coalition wanted to petition about the “unacceptably high” cost of food, fuel, and electricity. After being denied access to… Read More

The head of the Arab League held talks n Tuesday with a representative of Sudanese military leader General Abdel Fattah Burhan at the organisation’s headquarters in Cairo. Speaking after the meeting, Dafa’alla Al-Haj Ali said that the crisis in his homeland was an “internal matter” and warned against any external interference. “I am talking to you now, and there are… Read More

Pick a portrait of yourself, have the picture hand-carved on a gravestone of your own design — and pay for the monument before you die. That is how a former banker in Zimbabwe, Tafadzwa Machokoto, found an unusual formula for making a hugely successful business. Four years ago, the 35-year-old holder of a computer science degree quit a job with… Read More

The warring parties in Sudan have agreed to a seven-day truce starting May 4, in a phone conversation with South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir, the foreign ministry in Juba said Tuesday, raising hopes of an end to weeks of bloodshed. Sudan’s army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his deputy turned rival, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the paramilitary Rapid Support… Read More

Two pastors based in coastal Kenya have appeared in court over the deaths at least 110 of their congregants, many of whom are believed to have starved to death. Self-proclaimed pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie, who set up the Good News International Church in 2003 and is accused of inciting followers to starve to death “to meet Jesus”, appeared in the… Read More