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The European Union has signed six financing agreements with Mozambique. They are worth more than 148 million euros for development programs in the country. The documents were signed Monday in the opening day of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, which brings together in Maputo members of the European Parliament and the ACP, which represents 79 countries in Africa, the Caribbean… Read More

Somali students are descending on hospitals to donate food and water as well as their blood to the victims of a twin bombing in the country’s capital. More than 100 people died in the blasts near the Somali Education Ministry. “I have nothing more I can do for them except to donate my blood to save lives,” says 23-year-old student… Read More

Patrolling the vast Kafue National Park in Zambia, these rangers are always on alert. Their team leader is Neddy Mulimo. He works for the anti-poaching unit of Game Rangers International, a non-profit wildlife conservation organisation established in Zambia in 2008. Mulimo’s work has been recognised and he year’s recipient of a prestigious award, the Tusk Wildlife Ranger Award. Sponsored by the Nick Maughan… Read More

A French-Australian hostage kidnapped in eastern Chad has been released and is in “good health”, the Chadian Prime Minister announced in a tweet Sunday. “The kidnapped Franco-Australian hostage… has just been found and taken to safety in good health,” said Prime Minister Saleh Kebzabo, congratulating “the defence and security forces for this quick and successful action”. The individual had been… Read More

Burkina Faso’s Prime Minister Appolinaire Kyelem de Tembela has said that the country’s seven-year history of jihadist violence has not ruled out a review of its relations with Russia. During demonstrations in support of the 30 September coup that brought Captain Ibrahim Traore to power, Burkinabe regularly wave flags of Russia. In several French-speaking African countries, Moscow enjoys growing popular… Read More

Above-average rainfall and devastating flooding have affected 5 million people this year in 19 countries across West and Central Africa, according to a recent U.N. World Food Program situation report. Nigeria has recorded at least 600 deaths while authorities in neighbouring Niger say at least 192 people have died there as the result of storms, either from homes collapsing or… Read More

The son of Ugandan leader Yoweri Museveni, Muhoozi Kainerugaba, said in a tweet on Thursday that he will “certainly” be president after his father. The 48-year-old Muhoozi Kainerugaba, who recently became embroiled in a diplomatic row with Kenya, has long been seen by observers as a possible successor, even though Kainerugaba said in 2013 that “Uganda is not a monarchy”.… Read More

A tiny goal, no goalkeeper and a field the size of a handball court: in Côte d’Ivoire, some dream of seeing the popular maracana, a kind of six-a-side soccer born on campuses some 50 years ago, become an Olympic sport. On an empty field on the banks of Abidjan’s Ebrié Lagoon, youngsters dribble in the sand, two tires serving as… Read More

An estimated three thousand people demonstrated Saturday on the streets of the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, against UN mediation efforts between civilian and military rulers. The gathering took place in front of the headquarters of the UN mission in Sudan. The crowd chanted pro-Bashir slogans and burned photos of UN envoy Volker Perthes. The demonstrators described the UN-led efforts as “foreign… Read More

The authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo announced on Saturday the expulsion of the Rwandan Ambassador in Kinshasa. The expulsion follows months of tensions between the DRC and Rwanda accused of supporting the M23 rebels in the east of the country. The spokesman for the Congolese government, Patrick Muyaya, made the announcement.  “In view of the above facts, the… Read More