Tag: Africaglobalvillage

Nigeria’s opposition leader Atiku Abubakar who came second in a February 25 presidential poll took to the streets on Monday along with his supporters to contest the election results. The electoral body last week declared Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner to take over from President Muhammadu Buhari in May. Almost 25 million people… Read More

This ancient city has stood proud since the Roman era. But now graffiti covers the walls of Sabratha, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In 2016 UNESCO added the site to the list of World Heritage in Danger. Sabratha started out as a Phoenician trading post according to UNESCO, a part of the Numidian Kingdom of Massinissa before the Romans rebuilt… Read More

Hundreds of those displaced by conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo marched through Goma on Monday, demanding aid and improved conditions at camps in Rutshuru territory. This demonstration brought socio-economic activities on the road known as 1 Km to a halt with protesters barricading it. Several displaced people living in the Kanyaruchinya site in Nyiragongo territory, North Kivu, demonstrated… Read More

One of the main leaders of the Central African rebellion, ex-president François Bozizé, has left Chad where he was exiled for Guinea-Bissau, which has agreed to host him, the Chadian foreign minister announced on Monday. Mr. Bozizé, whose fall in 2013 to a rebel movement had triggered a civil war, had taken refuge in N’Djamena at the end of 2021,… Read More

At least 12 civilians were killed Thursday in an attack by suspected jihadists in northern Burkina Faso, AFP learned Monday from local sources. A group of terrorists” attacked the village of Aorema, some 10 kilometres from Ouahigouya, capital of the northern region, local residents told AFP on Thursday. “The attackers opened fire on a group of young people sitting in… Read More

Fans and lovers of basketball in South Sudan have welcomed their men’s side after they made history by qualifying for this year’s World Cup – becoming the first African nation to qualify at their first attempt. Many of the national basketball players, are mostly from diaspora. But to improve the home’s recruitment, South Sudan has started to train young people… Read More

Hundreds of Tunisians rallied in Tunis Sunday (Mar. 5) in defiance of a protest ban. They demanded the release of more than 20 prominent figures opposed to the president who were arrested in recent weeks. The personality included members the main opposition coalition, the National Salvation Front (NSF). Among the protestors NSF members, relatives of imprisoned public figures some of… Read More

Late Ghanaian player Christian Astu Twasam was celebrated by his family, friends, people from the sports fraternity and authority. On Saturday (Mar. 4), they gathered in Accra for the one-week observation, a traditional remembrance ceremony. Those who couldn’t attend paid tribute to the player from abroad. That day marked two weeks after news broke of the footballer demise in Turkey.… Read More

Thousands of people have come from near and far on a Sunday to an area some 30 kilometres outside of Ougadougou to see a young woman. Twenty-year-old Amsetou Nikiéma, also known as Adja, is famous across Burkina Faso for what people believe are her healing powers. In this country with a weak health infrastructure and where traditional beliefs remain strong,… Read More

Angolan president Joa Lourenço hosted his French counterpart Friday (Mar. 3rd). Emmanuel Macron was in Luanda with an aim to develop links with the Lusophone country notably in food industry and energy. Macron touched on the war in eastern DRC. Mid-February, East African leaders gave rebel groups in the east part of the country until March 30th to withdraw. “We… Read More