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Sudan’s military ruler Abdel Fattah al-Burhan met with Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen, Thursday (Feb.02). The unprecedented one-day visit by an Israeli official to the African nation ended in the announcement of a future peace agreement. Sudan and Israel will move towards normalising relations. “Less than an hour ago, I returned from Khartoum. I am happy to announce that as… Read More

Pope Francis has met with bishops of the National Episcopal Conference of Congo before leaving for South Sudan. In Kinshasa, the capital of Africa’s largest Catholic country, the pontiff condemned the deadly violence in the east, called on leaders to put an end to corruption and on young people to be “actors” in the country’s future. After a final address to… Read More

A group of six teachers were arrested and suspended in Kenya on Thursday after a video of primary school pupils being forced to simulate sex as punishment caused an outcry. In a 29-second video that has gone viral, four boys in school uniforms simulate sex acts under a tree in the schoolyard as teachers watch. In the background, the six… Read More

Civil society organisation Stand Up SA gathered droves of supporters to march to power utility Eskom’s Sunninghill headquarters in Sandton,  Johanesburg, Thursday to demand an end to load shedding and a pending electricity tariff hike. Their demands echoed those of many South Africans facing an energy crisis.  South Africa’s energy crisis is now a major disaster that needs urgent fixing, according… Read More

Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno on Thursday opened his majority-Muslim country’s first embassy in Israel, four years after the countries renewed ties following a decades-long rupture, an Israeli statement said. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office called the embassy’s inauguration in Ramat Gan near Tel Aviv “a historic moment”. Netanyahu said in 2020 that he had discussed “the possibility of… Read More

Zimbabwe’s upper house of parliament has approved legislation that critics say will gag civil society groups, placing them under the threat of harsh sanctions and strict government control. The senate voted late Wednesday in favour of the Private Voluntary Organisations Amendment Bill, which needs to be ratified by the president before passing into law. The text sailed through the country’s… Read More

Back at the very beginning, right when a daring idea started swimming into reality, Asante Prince got out a couple of water polo balls and caps in a front of a handful of curious kids in Ghana.’ Prince decided to try a scrimmage, but he had no nets. So they put a soccer bench on each side of the pool.… Read More

On his third-day visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Pope Francis met with young people and catechists at the Martyrs’ Stadium in Kinshasa. Enthusiastic young people from all the Catholic movements of the country welcomed the Pontiff. This was a crucial meeting for the pope in a country of nearly 95 million people where more than 65 percent of… Read More

A group of heavily armed men attacked an electoral commission office and a police station in southeastern Nigeria on Wednesday, killing one teenager and wounding another, three weeks before the country’s presidential election, official sources said Thursday. Nigerians are due to choose a successor to President Muhammadu Buhari on 25 February, a former general who is not standing for re-election… Read More

Pope Francis arrives in South Sudan on Friday for a long-awaited “pilgrimage of peace” in the devout country torn by years of conflict, where leaders have so far turned a deaf ear to calls for reconciliation. The Pope is making his first visit to the predominantly Christian East African country, which gained independence in 2011 after decades of struggle with… Read More