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It’s a revenge thriller where a mother turns into a ruthless vigilante, tracking down and drowning a soldier who has killed her baby, in an explosion of violence and jubilation. What might sound like the plot of the latest flick by Quentin Tarantino or another Hollywood auteur is actually the fruit of a partnership between streaming giant Netflix and the… Read More

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday reiterated her call for a “rapid finalization” of Zambia’s massive debt restructuring, during a visit to the southern African country, the last stop on a continental tour. The U.S. has been pushing for creditors, including China, to ease the country’s estimated $17.3 billion foreign debt. Zambia defaulted in 2020 amid the Covid pandemic.… Read More

Demonstrators marched in South Africa’s Cape Town this Friday against Uganda’s draconian anti-gay law put in place last week. The proposed law, known as the Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2023, is ready to be sent to Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, who is facing calls from the United Nations and the United States to reject it. “Colonisation was enough, apartheid was enough, we… Read More

“They are going to arrest us because I cannot pretend to be what I am not,” said Alex, a gay man in Uganda, where MPs last week passed what has been criticised as among the world’s harshest anti-gay legislation. The proposed law, known as the Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2023, is ready to be sent to President Yoweri Museveni, who is facing… Read More

Senegal’s top opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was convicted on Thursday for defamation and insults against the Minister of Tourism. Sonko’s lawyer claims there is a political agenda behind the court’s decision. “I have said that ‘politics’ is in the courthouse and that it is losing its right (rule of law) and its understanding. But even if the defendant is not… Read More

Vice president Kamala Harris will arrive in Lusaka, Zambia on Friday for the final stop of her weeklong trip across Africa. She is expected to see the new airport that’s doubled in size. Rather than a symbol of promising local development, it’s a reminder of China’s deep influence there. Beijing financed the project, one of many that has expanded its… Read More

The provisional toll of the Marburg virus disease epidemic that has been raging for more than two months in Equatorial Guinea stands at nine confirmed deaths, the Ministry of Health said on Thursday. On Wednesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) called on Equatorial Guinea to report cases of the Marburg virus to it due to fears of more widespread contamination… Read More

Senegalese singer-songwriter Baaba Maal releases his first album in seven years, “Being,” on March 31st. “I’m so happy to be able share some piece of music with people and I was looking for that. But I did take my time to make the songs to become reality and to record them like we did, from Senegal to London to New… Read More

Fourteen people, including students, have died after a university bus collided with a passenger vehicle in Kenya, west of the capital, on Thursday. Police say 12 people died on the spot and two others succumbed on the way to the hospital. The bus had 30 people on board and the death toll may rise, Rift Valley Police Chief Tom Odera… Read More

A contingent of one thousand troops departed Uganda on Wednesday heading to the eastern part of the DRC. The Ugandan troops will be operating under the regional East Africa Community force that includes Burundi and Kenya. Hundreds of residents from both sides of the border between Uganda and the DRC attended the flag-off ceremony. Uganda’s contingent is led by colonel… Read More