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The authorities in Equatorial Guinea have announced on Saturday the re-election of T****eodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo for a sixth term. The 80-year old has been in power since 1979. Announcing the results, the head of the electoral commission said Obiang had won with 94,9% of the votes. “The results of the general election solemnly proclaim His Excellency Obiang NGuema Mbasogo… Read More

All eyes will be on Ghana on Monday as the Black Stars play against South Korea. Since Uruguay and South Korea did not score (0-0), the round of 16 remains accessible to the Black Stars even if presently they languish bottom of the table. For Ghana’s defender, after the defeat against Portugal, the priority is to learn and move forward.… Read More

Morocco pulled off another shock at the World Cup on Sunday, beating Belgium 2-0 to leave Kevin de Bruyne and the 2018 semifinalists in peril of a group-stage exit. Substitute Abdelhamid Sabiri got one past Belgium goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois by whipping in a free kick from a tight angle at the near post in the 73rd minute for Morocco’s first… Read More

The UN’s campaign against gender-based violence kicked off on Friday in Nigeria’s largest city, Lagos, with a play featuring an all-female cast. The play opened on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, the first day of a 16 day campaign that runs until December 10th, Human Rights Day. “Nothing connects with humanity the way poetry, music… Read More

Supporters of South Africa‘s ruling party, ANC, and South Africa’s Communist Party staged a protest outside the Constitutional Court in Johannesburg on Saturday. The demonstrators protested against the announced release of the killer of anti-apartheid activist Chris Hani, shot dead in 1993. “When I heard about the judgement to release Chris Hani’s killer I was disgusted.I was disappointed about our… Read More

Thousands of supporters cheered on Saturday the return to Ivory Coast of Charles Blé Goudé, a key figure involved in the violence that followed the 2011 presidential elections. Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara, who earlier this year pardoned his predecessor Laurent Gbagbo in the name of national reconciliation, has approved the return. “In reality when I was told to come, it… Read More

A coup attempt failed on Thursday night in Sao Tome and Principe, a small Gulf of Guinea island nation considered a model of parliamentary democracy in Africa, Prime Minister Patrice Trovoada said. Four men, including the former president of the outgoing national assembly Delfim Neves and a former military officer who had already attempted a coup in 2009, were arrested… Read More

Bambara Groundnut, the star ingredient of the second episode of our podcast, is a leguminous plant cultivated widely by subsistence farmers across sub-Saharan Africa and is something of a superstar amongst relegated crops. Known as a ‘complete food’, it’s versatile, hardy in marginal soils and highly resistant to adverse climate conditions. In Nigeria, particularly in the East of the country,… Read More

It is estimated that globally 65 million people live with limb amputations, according to a study by the African Journal of Disability. In South Africa, amputee care is a service most cannot afford. Prosthetics can cost anything from 20 000 US dollars to 100 000 US dollars. Sibongile Mongadi is the founder of Ukuhamba Prosthetics, a small business that uses… Read More

An Algerian court on Thursday (Nov. 24) sentenced 49 people to death over the lynching of Djamel Ben Ismail, a man falsely accused of starting deadly forest fires in August last year. The North African nation has, however, maintained a moratorium on carrying out death sentences since the last executions in 1993. Which means that the 49 people will likely… Read More