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Two months after the ceasefire agreement, crowds of Ethiopian Orthodox flocked to the town of Lalibela to celebrate Christmas in the hope of a long-awaited reconciliation. After two years of devastating war in northern Ethiopia between the federal government and rebels in the Tigray region, Africa’s largest Christian site returned to the excitement and fervor of Genna, a major religious… Read More

The Senegalese government has announced a rise in fuel and electricity prices starting Saturday January 7th 7 pm GMT. The cost of diesel and petrol will increase by 100 CFA francs. As for electricity, the increase will be applied in instalments and will not affect users who consume less than 150 kilowatts per hour, every two months, an effort to… Read More

Mali’s military junta leader, Colonel Assimi Goita, pardoned the 49 Ivorian soldiers convicted of undermining Mali’s state security and conspiracy against the government on Friday. The pardon comes one week after 46 of the soldiers were sentenced to 20 years in prison. The three women who had been freed early September were tried in absentia and sentenced to death. Government… Read More

Egypt’s Coptic Christians gathered on Friday night to attend Mass on Christmas Eve at Saint Stephen Coptic Orthodox Church praying for peace and prosperity for the coming year amid grave uncertainty about the nation’s economy. “ We wish to achieve economic stability in the country and that we can reap the fruits of all the efforts that we have been… Read More

Authorities in Mozambique have issued a storm warning for the southern coastal province of Gaza. The National Weather Institute has urged residents to take precautionary measures to reinforce their houses and to not venture outside. According to the Institute, gusts of wind could reach up to 60 km per hour with heavy rains predicted. Mozambique, considered one of the African… Read More

Edwin Chiloba, a notorious Kenyan LGBTQ activist, lifeless body was found by Kenyan officials stuffed in a metal box on Wednesday. Officers who opened the box found the decomposing body of a man, whom they described as wearing women’s clothes. Chiloba’s body was taken to the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital to establish the cause of death. Nairobi based photographer,… Read More

In a bid to cement Pele’s legendary status, Brazil’s city of Rio di Janeiro has renamed a road outside the Maracana stadium ‘King Pele Avenue’. In Africa, Cape Verde has become the first country to respond to FIFA boss Gianno Infantino’s call to name stadiums after Pele. The country prime minister announced Thursday that 15,000-seater Estadio Nacional de Cabo Verde,… Read More

M23 rebels on Friday handed over the Rumangabo army base to east African regional forces, after nearly two months in charge.  At a brief ceremony held at the facility, a rebel representative said the gesture symbolizes the group’s commitment to peace.  A summit held in the Angolan capital last November ordered the rebels to vacate all Congolese territory under their… Read More

A journalists’ union in South Sudan confirmed on Friday that six staffers with the national broadcaster have been detained in connection with footage apparently showing the country’s president urinating on himself during an event. The South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation footage aired in December and was widely shared online. It showed 71-year-old President Salva Kiir standing during the national anthem and… Read More

A French-Rwandan man sentenced in Paris in 2021 for complicity in genocide, has been released from prison pending his appeal. Claude Muhayimana was released from detention on 21 December and placed under judicial supervision pending his appeal. The former driver, who has appealed his conviction, was referred to the investigative division of the Paris Court of Appeal, which ruled on… Read More