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British judges gave the go-ahead on Monday for the Court of Appeal to consider challenges to the U.K. government’s plan to send some asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda. Two High Court judges ruled in December that the controversial policy is legal, rejecting a lawsuit from several asylum-seekers, aid groups and a border officials’ union. The same judges said… Read More

Authorities in South Africa are searching for a tiger that escaped from its enclosure at a private farm near Johannesburg over the weekend, injured a man and killed a dog. Local media said the man survived the attack but was taken to the hospital. Residents have been warned to be on high alert in the Walkerville region south of Johannesburg… Read More

Twenty-five Zimbabwean opposition activists arrived in a truck at the Harare magistrate court on Monday (Jan. 16). Police on Saturday stormed the home of Costa Machingauta, a legislator with the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC). The Citizens Coalition for Change party condemned the arrests, insiting its members meeting was a private gathering. The actvists’ lawyer told the press the state… Read More

Ahead of an unlimited bus drivers strike, fear is growing among Senegalese passengers as tension builds among drivers. On Monday, a new fatal bus accident cost the life of at least 19 people, bringing the death toll of car crashes to about 60 in a matter of days. In order to achieve safe mobility, road users identify different causes to… Read More

Algeria head coach, Madjid Bougherra, said on Monday that his side are approaching Tuesday’s 2022 African Nations Championship Group A clash against Ethiopia as a “final”. The Algeria began well with their campaign in group A at the newly inaugurated Nelson Mandela stadium when they defeated Libya 1-0 to scoop full three points. “So listen as I said before we… Read More

The first group of about 40 women was abducted about 10 km southeast of Arbinda and another group of about 20 the next day north of the town, according to the reports of several residents and local officials who wished to remain anonymous. Some were able to escape and return to their villages to bear witness. Two waves of abductions “The… Read More

The Amazigh, also known as Berbers, are celebrating their new year in North Africa. In Morocco’s capital, Rabat, people took to the street on Friday to mark the holiday, also known as Yennayer. They wore traditional costumes and prepared Amazigh dishes as troupes performed, celebrating the 2973rd year of the Amazigh calendar. “Happy New Year to all Berbers, we are… Read More

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron agreed on Sunday to schedule Tebboune’s state visit to France “for next May”, during a telephone interview, according to the Algerian presidency. The two presidents discussed “questions relating to bilateral relations and the state visit of the President of the Republic to France, agreeing to schedule it for next May,”… Read More

At least 10 people were killed and 39 wounded Sunday in a bomb attack on a church in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo claimed by Islamic State jihadists. Congolese military spokesman Antony Mualushayi said the “terrorist act” happened in a Pentecostal church in North Kivu province’s Kasindi, a town on the border with Uganda. The explosion killed at least 10… Read More

Sierra Leone’s ‘cookeries’ are more than snack stalls  for many people, they provide the only affordable meal of the day. Jariatu Kargbo hauls a wooden spoon longer than her arm through a vat of rice as customers patiently wait their turn to buy lunch on the side of a busy road. The 38-year-old widow runs a stall called a “cookery”… Read More