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The Virunga National Park in eastern DRC is under threat. The conflict between government forces and the M23 rebels, allegedly supported by Rwanda, has led tens of thousands of civilians to flee the conflict.  Many of the internal displaced have resorted to cutting down trees for firewood and charcoal. “Since we have been in the refugee camp, humanitarian aid has… Read More

A Senegalese judge has ordered a prominent opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko, to face trial for alleged rape, lawyers for Sonko and his accuser said on Wednesday. Sonko, who came third in Senegal’s presidential election in 2019 — has enjoyed a rapid political rise thanks in part to his popularity with young people and has declared himself a candidate for the… Read More

A Ugandan court on Tuesday remanded in custody an American couple charged with child trafficking in a case that might see them serve life in prison if convicted. Nicholas Spencer and his wife Mackenzie Leigh Spencer allegedly tortured and held a 10-year-old boy in a small, cold room without clothes between 2020 and 2022, according to a charge sheet presented… Read More

The head of Italian diplomacy on Wednesday said Italy is “ready to increase” the flow of legal migrants from Tunisia but calls for more efforts against illegal immigration. Antonio Tajani, Italian foreign minister on his visit to the north African country reiterated on the need to reduce irregular immigration and strengthen regular immigration between the two countries. “Italy is also… Read More

Authorities in Goma in eastern DRC have clashed with demonstrators on Wednesday. Around one hundred demonstrators gathered to demand the withdrawal of the East African Community (EAC) forces deployed to fight armed groups in the east of the country. The regional force consists of hundreds of Kenyan and Burundian soldiers.Another 750 soldiers from South Sudan will be joining them soon.… Read More

South African great Hashim Amla has announced his retirement from professional cricket at the age of 39. An elegant right hand top order batter, Amla retired from international cricket in 2019 having scored 9,282 runs – second only to Jacques Kallis’ 13,206 – at an average of 46.64 in 124 Test matches. His 311 not out against England in 2012… Read More

The police officer who killed the African-American George Floyd and set the United States on fire in 2020 is trying from Wednesday to have his murder conviction overturned during an essentially symbolic appeal trial. Derek Chauvin, 46, was convicted of murder by a northern Minnesota state court following a high-profile trial in 2021 and sentenced to 22.5 years in prison.… Read More

Inflation in Ghana is slowing after peaking at 78,1% in November. According to data collected by the statistics service, producer price inflation retreated in December reaching now 52,2%. Last month, consumer price inflation accelerated to 54.1% year-on-year driven by rising fuel, utilities and food costs. According to experts, the decline in month-on-month producer inflation could represent a positive sign for… Read More

Gambia’s Vice-President Badara Alieu Joof has died of illness in India, President Adama Barrow said on Tuesday. Barrow said on Twitter that Joof had died “after a short illness” without providing further detail. Joof, 65, was appointed vice president of the West African country in 2022. He had previously served as education minister. The vice president had left the Gambia… Read More

Entrepreneurial young Egyptians are helping combat their country’s huge plastic waste problem by recycling junk-food wrappers, water bottles and similar garbage that usually ends up in landfills or the Nile. At a factory on the outskirts of Cairo, run by their startup TileGreen, noisy machines gobble up huge amounts of plastic scraps of all colours, shred them and turn them… Read More