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Moroccan human rights activists on Thursday welcomed a resolution by the European parliament critical of Morocco’s human rights record. Last week, a resulotion urging Rabat to respect the freedom of expression was overwhelmingly adopted by the EU parliament. It focused in particular on the case of Omar Radi, a freelance journalist critical of the government who was jailed for rape… Read More

Germany apologized on Thursday (Jan. 26) for using a leopard emoji in a tweet refering to the Russian Foreign Minister’s visit to Africa. The post that was regarded as offensive by some users was called out by the spokeswoman for the African Union chairman Chairman Moussa Faki Mahamat. The German foreign ministry attempted to poke fun at Russia’s top diplomat during his tour… Read More

Fighting has intensified around  Kitchanga, a town in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as the M23 rebel group seeks to expand its territory. The group has increased pressure on government troops defending the town in North Kivu province, which has led to hundreds of civilians fleeing their homes. Videos on social media appeared to show fighters in the M23 group… Read More

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in Eritrea on Thursday for a surprise one-day visit where he met with both President Isaias Afeworki and Foreign Minister Osman Saleh.  Eritrea, an authoritarian country in the Horn of Africa, is one of just five states that voted in March 2022 against the UN resolution condemning the invasion of Ukraine, along with Russia, Belarus, Syria… Read More

In an exclusive interview with the Associated Press at the Vatican, just a week ahead of his scheduled trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan, Pope Francis denounced a “colonialist mentality” of the international community toward Africa. “There is a historical, geographical reality. In Italian it is said ‘Africa va fruttata’, that is, Africa is meant to… Read More

Soweto is full of gritty urban landscapes and alleys which evoke its history as one of apartheid’s battlegrounds. Yet there is also a gentler, folksier side to the vast Johannesburg township, and one that local entrepreneurs are portraying to curious tourists. Every Sunday morning, Masike Lebele takes about 20 hikers for a walk in his childhood neighbourhood, opening their eyes… Read More

Witnesses allege that several dozen civilians and fighters have been killed in the new clashes between Ethiopians from Oromo and Amhara groups in the centre of the country. The fighting would have erupted Saturday (Jan. 22) in Jewuha town in the Amhara region. One witness, like others speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation said that fighters thought… Read More

A bomb exploded at a market in eastern Congo on Wednesday (Jan. 25), injuring at least a dozen people, authorities said. An unknown person detonated a bomb inside a bag in North Kivu’s Beni town, said Tharcisse Katembo, a local official. “Damage was documented (and) at least 12 people were injured. They were injured in the lower limbs, others in… Read More

Libya’s National Oil Corporation said Wednesday (Jan. 25) it had reached an $8-billion deal with Italian energy giant ENI to develop offshore hydrocarbon sites. “We have reached a deal with ENI to develop the oil and gas sector, by developing two offshore sites which together will be able to produce 850 million cubic feet of gas” per day, NOC head… Read More

France said on Thursday that it was recalling its ambassador from Burkina Faso, a day after agreeing to demands from the ruling junta to pull out troops from the former French colony in Africa’s Sahel region. “In the context of the latest developments in Burkina Faso, we have decided to recall our ambassador to Paris for consultations on the state… Read More