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South Africa’s funeral parlour industry is feeling the pinch as small and big scale mortuaries are experiencing the rise in maintaining cold room temperatures due to ongoing electricity blackouts. The South African Chamber of Undertakers Chairman,Nhlanhla Bembe says parlours are spending around 40 US dollars per day to power generators and the organization believes government needs to offer subsidies to… Read More

In DR Congo’s bustling capital Kinshasa, Christian faithful are flocking to impromptu market stalls in churchyards to buy t-shirts and wax tissues adorned with the image of Pope Francis, ahead of the pontiff’s arrival on January, 31. Papal souvenirs have become hot-selling items in the city ahead of the Argentinian pope’s four-day trip to the deeply religious central African country.… Read More

Tunisia has witnessed an upsurge in the ill-treatment of President Kais Saied’s opponents since he seized power in 2021, in what amounts to “psychological torture”, a rights group said Tuesday (Jan. 23). Saied froze parliament and seized far-reaching executive powers on July 25, 2021 in what critics have called a “coup” and an attack on the only democracy to have… Read More

Cameroon and Mali crashed out of the African Nations Championship (CHAN) on Tuesday (Jan. 24) as the group phase in Algeria came to a shock-riddled climax. Two-time runners-up Mali needed only a score draw against Mauritania to top Group D, but lost 1-0 with Mamadou Sy scoring the 53rd-minute goal that took his country to the quarter-finals. Cameroon, who hosted… Read More

Over 800 kg of cocaine were seized on a ship off Dakar by the Senegalese navy, the Senegalese Directorate of Public Relations (Dirpa) announced Tuesday (Jan. 24). The seizure of 805 kg (around 1,700 pounds) of cocaine was carried out on Sunday (Jan. 22) by a “high seas patrol boat” of the army at 335 km off the capital, a… Read More

Ivory Coast on Tuesday handed out top awards for 49 soldiers whose detention by Mali triggered a bitter diplomatic spat between the two West African nations. The troops had been arrested at Bamako airport in July. Mali accused them of being mercenaries, while Ivory Coast and the United Nations said they were flown in to provide routine backup security for… Read More

Uganda on Tuesday launched the drilling of its first oil well, a key milestone as the country races to meet its target of first oil output in 2025. President Yoweri Museveni cut the ribbon at a site operated by China National Offshore Oil Company (CNOOC) near Lake Albert in Kikuube district.  The field, known as Kingfisher, is expected to produce… Read More

Several districts of Mahajanga, in the northwest of Madagascar, have flooded as well as the roads that connect them to the capital, Antananarivo. Cyclone Cheneso continues to hit the island with more than 15,000 people affected to date. “I left my house because it was destroyed by the strong winds of the cyclone. The house tilted, so I ran away.… Read More

Portugal and Cape Verde have reached a debt settlement.  Portugal will invest in the Cape Verdean fund for climate and energy transition by repaying Cape Verde’s debt.  The Portuguese-speaking country owes Portugal around 600 million euros. The agreement signed states that each time a part of the debt is paid off, the amount will be reinvested in the country in… Read More

Police arrested Mauritania’s former president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz on Tuesday on the eve of his trial for abuse of power and amassing an illicit fortune, a lawyer said. The 66-year-old was first told to report to police, but refused, defence lawyers said. The police “came to look for him at home” in the capital Nouakchott, armed with a warrant.… Read More