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A Nobel Prize winner and two of DR Congo’s presidential hopefuls have accused President Felix Tshisekedi’s regime of pursuing a “policy of outsourcing” the vast country’s security. The accusation was made in a joint declaration released on Monday and signed by Nobel Peace Prize winner Denis Mukwege and presidential hopefuls Martin Fayulu and Augustin Matata Ponyo.  It also said that the DRC is… Read More

Fourteen Iranian fishermen held in Somalia by the radical Islamist group Al-Shabab, some for eight years, have returned home, local media reported on Sunday. The fishermen had been abducted in international waters near Somalia and were released after “lengthy negotiations” involving “Iranian government officials and Somali tribal leaders,” the ISNA news agency reported. They were welcomed in a ceremony at… Read More

Three people were killed on Monday in a helicopter crash at an army base near Niger’s capital Niamey. “A Niger Armed Forces MI-17 helicopter, returning from a routine training flight, crashed while landing on the military airstrip from Niamey airport,” the Nigerien Ministry of Defence said in a statement sent to AFP. “Unfortunately the three crew members – an officer… Read More

South African authorities have updated to 18 the number of victims that resulted from Saturday’s gas tanker explosion near Johannesburg. Initially, the authorities had announced 10 deaths, updated to 15 on Sunday. Of the 18 victims announced on Monday, half were staff working at Tambo Memorial Hospital which suffered extensive damages due to the explosion. A total of 37 people… Read More

The first time he saw the ocean, Sibusiso Sizatu was amazed by the gigantic dimensions of what he naively took for a lake. Twenty years later, the South African, a former herdsman, is preparing to sail across the Atlantic. On January 2, he will set sail from the southern tip of the African continent to Brazil for the 17th edition… Read More

An artist in Kenya is using eggshells to create intricate pieces of art.  The idea came to him as he was looking for materials to use in his paintings. “I get my raw materials from dump sites, from five-star hotels, and sometimes from vendors, and then I bring them to the studio, then I clean them, then I paint them… Read More

The Democratic Republic of Congo DRC is set to receive the The Holy See, Pope Francis. The visit planned for January 31st comes after an earlier planned visit for July 2022 was postponed due to the Pope’s strained knee. At the time the pontiff was undergoing therapy for his strained knee ligaments. Abbé Martin Yamuremye, a parish priest in Kanyaruchinya, said… Read More

More than 20 million children are facing the threat of hunger, thirst and disease, up from 10 million in July, as climate change, conflict, global inflation and grain shortages devastate the region according to UNICEF. Lieke van de Wiel, UNICEF Deputy Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa said, “while collective and accelerated efforts have mitigated some of the worst… Read More

Shell will pay 15 million euros in compensation to Nigerian farmers for oil spills that severely polluted three villages in the Niger Delta, the oil giant said Friday. A Dutch court ruled in 2021 that Shell’s Nigerian subsidiary was liable for damages resulting from the spills and ordered Shell to pay compensation in the long-running lawsuit brought by four Nigerian… Read More

Health authorities in Malawi announced on Thursday that the death toll from the cholera outbreak has passed 400. Since the first cases were reported in March the number of infections has been increasing nearing almost 14 thousand. Malawi’s health minister Khumbize Chiponda urged people in worst-hit areas to get vaccinated. According to official numbers, 13 out of 15 districts earmarked… Read More