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At three months old, even future kings of the savannah like to play. In Senegal, a video of three cubs that would have hardly been imaginable a few years ago, has given hope that the revered West African lion, which has been decimated over time, will be revived. The US-based wild cat conservation organisation Panthera has released never-before-seen images of… Read More

The African forest, the Congo Basin, is the largest tropical forest in the world after the Amazon, and spans six countries, including Gabon. As well as being a treasure trove for biodiversity, forests like these act as the planet’s green lung, with the International Union for Conservation of Nature estimating that they absorb approximately 2.6 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide… Read More

Prosecutors in the trial of six people accused of murdering Italy’s ambassador to DR Congo in 2021 requested the death penalty Wednesday, during an indictment hearing in the capital Kinshasa. The central African country has observed a de-facto moratorium on capital punishment since 2003, according to the United Nations, but courts continue to hand down death sentences. Luca Attanasio, Italy’s… Read More

Pope Francis met two Nigerian women, formerly held by Boko Haram militants, on International Women’s Day.Pope Francis met two Nigerian women, formerly held by Boko Haram militants, on International Women’s Day. The two girls escaped from Boko Haram’s captivity after enduring years of violence. Both Christian, they were brought to meet the Pope and Italian policymakers by a Vatican NGO.… Read More

About 100,000 people fleeing fighting in Somaliland, Somalia’s self-declared independent region, have taken refuge in a month in a remote area of Ethiopia already suffering from severe drought, the UN and Ethiopian refugee agencies announced Tuesday. Citing authorities in the Doolo administrative zone, part of Ethiopia’s Somali region and located at the southeastern tip of the country, more than 1,300… Read More

A network of Human rights organizations throughout Africa is joining forces to demand an end to the neglect and discrimination that LBTQI women continue to face. This rallying cry comes on the heels of International Women’s Day, as advocates work tirelessly to protect the rights of marginalized women across the continent. The Pan Africa International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, and… Read More

Lucy Toho is one of many women here in Meru County, Kenya, who are on their daily journey to back breaking work. Toho is from Ntulli village where a river used to water farms where she and her neighbours worked. Now, after successive periods of drought in the Horn of Africa, the river has dried up and Toho, like other women… Read More

“Sixty” people were killed on February 26 in a suspected jihadist attack in Partiaga, a town in eastern Burkina Faso, for which no official toll has been released, a defense movement said on Tuesday. human rights. No reaction to confirm this assessment could be obtained by AFP from the national and regional authorities. On the morning of February 26, “armed… Read More

The Tunisian opposition leader Sihem Bensedrine announced on Tuesday that she has been banned from leaving the country after being charged in connection with an investigation into a report by a body she chaired on crimes committed under the dictatorship. Created in 2014 in the wake of the revolt that ended the dictatorship in 2011, the Truth and Dignity Commission… Read More

Beninese president Patrice Talon was welcomed Tuesday (Mar. 7)  by his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron. According to the agenda of the president uploaded on the Elysee palace website, both leaders met for working lunch. The discussion is a follow-up to Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Benin last July. And was reportedly to focus on “vocationnal training, the strengthening of economic ties,… Read More