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The Vatican on Thursday responded to Indigenous demands and formally repudiated the “Doctrine of Discovery,” the theories backed by 15th-century “papal bulls” that legitimized the colonial-era seizure of Native lands and form the basis of some property law today. A Vatican statement said the papal bulls, or decrees, “did not adequately reflect the equal dignity and rights of Indigenous peoples”… Read More

The U. S. vice president has ended her weeklong trip across Africa. Kamala Harris met with Zambia’s, Tanzania’s and Ghana’s heads of state during her 3-leg journey.  If the influence of other foreign powers loomed over her trip, she tried to deepen and reframe U.S. relationships with the continent. She highlighted major steps in that direction, on Saturday (Apr. 1st).… Read More

Senior members of South Africa’s ruling party ANC are on a “working visit” to Russia. In a statement on Saturday evening, the African National Congress party said the visit followed an invitation from Russia’s ruling party and ally the United Russia Party. The meeting is set to include discussions on “the recalibration of the global order to reverse the consequences… Read More

A first batch of South Sudanese soldiers arrived in Goma, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday (Apr. 2nd). The group of at least 45 soldiers is joining a regional military force in the region wracked by the M23 rebellion. The seven-nation East African Community (EAC) military force was created last June. It is due to… Read More

Small shards of seashells are turned turned into works of art in Egypt’s village of Sakiet Al-Mankadi. A group of men are bent over a table collecting small shards of seasheels. The shells will soon adorn boards that will decorate walls. The town of Sakiet Al-Mankadi is renowned for its seashell industry. Items produced here will fill the shops in the Khan… Read More

92 migrants were rescued off the Libyan coast while attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Europe, SOS Méditerranée charity said on Sunday (Apr. 2nd). The group included 9 women and around 40 unaccompanied minors. They were without life jackets in an overcrowded and almost completely deflated dinghy. Some of them had suffered fuel burns and one sustained an orthopaedic… Read More

Sudan’s military leaders and the main pro-democracy network announced Saturday (Apr. 1st) they’d delay the signing of a political agreement. The deal was aimed at ushering in a civilian government following the October 2021 military coup. The signing was initially scheduled for later that day. The spokesman for the pro-democracy block explained the apparent deadlock. “The meeting discussed the developments… Read More

On this episode of Inspire Africa, Lauriane Vofo Kana and the Africanews team bring you the story of Ugandan engineer Gonzaga Ntege. He is trying to make 3D printing more accessible and solve the problem of low manufacturing for custom-made products that have not yet reached large volume production numbers – where one can use injection moulding. With peers, he opened a factory… Read More

Former South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius, convicted of killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp a decade ago, will remain in prison after a prison board denied his request for parole on Friday. The prison services informed, to the surprise of everyone and in a brief statement, that the refusal was related to the fact that the convict had not yet… Read More

Mourners have attended the funeral of celebrated Ethiopian nun and pianist Emahoy Tsegue-Maryam Guebrou at the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Jerusalem. Guebrou, who died on March 28 aged 99, composed more than 150 works and recorded four albums during her career. Born in 1923 to a wealth family in Addis Ababa, Guebrou was sent to Switzerland aged six where she… Read More