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In Tunisia, human rights activists protested on Monday outside an appeals court in Kairouan, a city in the centre of the country, as a man known only as “Daniel” appeared before judges on the first day of an appeal hearing. The defendant is accused of homosexuality and faces returning to prison for more than two years in a case dating… Read More

Tens of thousands of Moroccans thronged the capital on Tuesday to welcome home their national football team, the first Arab or African squad ever to reach the semi-final of a World Cup. The team and their coach Walid Regragui waved from an open-topped bus as they were driven from the airport and around central Rabat, accompanied by dozens of police… Read More

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa vowed to unite the ANC and tackle graft after the ruling party re-elected him for a second term despite a recent scandal. Ending a five-day conference, around four thousand delegates chose Ramaphosa after a bruising battle against his former health minister, Zweli Mkhize. SOUNDBITE 2 – Cyril Ramaphosa, ANC President (male, English, 24 sec): “We… Read More

A song by female black singer-songwriter Jessy Wilson was nominated for the prestigious Grammy Awards. The song “Keep Rising” was nominated for best song written for visual media after the track was included in “The Woman King”, the hit movie released this year starring Viola Davis. “I wrote “Keep Rising” from a space of frustration and internal frustration, but also… Read More

The couple, both 32 years old, were charged on Friday and remanded to Luzira Prison, a maximum security facility on the outskirts of the capital Kampala, police said in a statement. The charges allege that the couple “constantly tortured” the boy between 2020 and 2022, with neighbours sounding the alarm for the child who attended a school for children with… Read More

Yams are the fifth most widely harvested crop in Nigeria, and one of the most expensive to produce; the planting and harvesting processes require significant labor input, yam seeds are expensive, and the supply of seed is limited. “It is not easy to see and it is too expensive to plant, it is not everybody can afford to plant yam… Read More

The largest opposition party in Suriname, NDP, has condemned the Dutch government for failing to adequately consult with the descendents of enslaved people. On Monday, Dutch prime minister, Mark Rutte, apologised on behalf of the Dutch government for the country’s role in slavery and the slave trade. The descendants of slaves say the apology is not enough and demand reparation. “(We… Read More

Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud said Monday that soldiers who have been training in Eritrea for months would begin returning to the country in the coming days. For months, rumours have been circulating in Somalia that these soldiers were sent to the war-torn Ethiopian region of Tigray. “Before the end of this December they will start to return and in… Read More

More than 20 villagers were killed in two separate attacks by gunmen in the troubled northern state of Kaduna in Africa’s population giant Nigeria, local officials said Monday. The death toll from Sunday’s violence against the villages of Malagum 1 and Sakwong in Kaura district rose to 28 or 37, according to sources. Criminal gangs have been attacking villages in… Read More

The French Foreign Ministry has called for a resumption of discussions between the Tunisian authorities and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) “with a view to reaching a final agreement. In mid-October, the Washington institution reached an agreement with the Tunisian government to allow the release of a payment of 1.9 billion dollars to help Tunisia face serious economic difficulties. But… Read More