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Frenchman Geoffrey Soupe (TotalEnergie) won the 16th edition of the Tropicale Amissa Bongo in Gabon on Sunday , one of the most important cycling races on the African continent. Algeria’s Hamza Amari and Mauritian Christopher Rougier-Lagane came second and third respectively. The 7th and last stage of the race ended in Libreville, the capital of Gabon, on Sunday. “The victory… Read More

Investigations into a string of beheadings in southern Mali that have shocked the Sahel nation have scored a breakthrough, judicial and police sources said on Monday. Ten people in the cotton-growing town of Fana have been decapitated since 2018, sparking fears of ritual killings. “We have arrested the main suspect,” local prosecutor Boubacar Moussa Diarra told AFP by phone. He… Read More

In advance of the Harlem Fine Arts Show celebrating its 15th anniversary, some of the artists that will be featured in the February 24-26 show gathered in Harlem to talk art and the importance of HFAS’s platform for “African diasporic artists.” Ademola Olugebefola is an artist that has believed in the mission of HFAS from the very beginning. Olugebefola was… Read More

In Kinshasa’s Ndolo airport everything is ready to welcome Pope Francis.  The Holy Pontiff arrives on Tuesday in Kinshasa, capital of the DRC and Africa’s largest catholic country. On Wednesday more than a million people are expected to attend a morning mass. In total, Pope Francis will deliver twelve speeches and will meet, in addition to the authorities, victims of… Read More

The first U.S. Cabinet member to visit Somalia since 2015 urged the world’s donors on Sunday to give immediate help to a country facing deadly famine, which she described as “the ultimate failure of the international community.” The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, heard perhaps the starkest warning yet about the crisis facing the Horn of Africa.… Read More

Tunisian citizens have expressed little hope one day after the second round of parliamentary elections with record abstention. Preliminary results suggest that nearly 89% of the electorate decided to stay away from the political process. “Those who have been elected, what are they going to do again? What will they bring? Don’t tell me that they are going to make… Read More

The strategic partnership between the U.S. and Egypt is of “great consequence”, according to Secretary of State Anthony Blinken.Blinken made the comment on Sunday in Cairo where he addressed a meeting of Egypt’s youth. Noting that the majority of Egypt’s population is under 25, Blinken said it was important to engage with them “because quite literally, you will be the… Read More

The judge in the corruption trial of former South African President Jacob Zuma announced Monday at a hearing that he would recuse himself from the case, risking the case going back to court. “I have come to the conclusion that I must recuse myself from the trial. This is what the proper administration of justice, the Constitution and my conscience… Read More

Young Congo female referee integrated by FIFA On this episode, we bring you the story of the 24-year-old Congolese female football referee who has now been recruited by FIFA. Kenya edible starch from grass A group of Kenyan students have come up with an innovation that they say can help to fight global hunger Kunda Kids: telling ancient African history… Read More

Official initial results after voting ended in Tunisia, Sunday (Jan. 29), highlighted that just 11.3 percent of voters had taken part in the poll. The country’s main opposition coalition which includes the Islamist-inspired Ennahdha urged a united front against president Kais Saied. “I call on all those who are part of the political movement and those who are in the… Read More