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The police and armed forces in South Africa announced on Friday that security would be reinforced this weekend following an alert launched by the US embassy in Pretoria last Wednesday.  The alert warned of a possible attack this Saturday in a suburb north of Johannesburg. South Africa hosts four major events this weekend including the coronation of King MisuZulu Zulu… Read More

The leader of Guinea’s ruling junta, Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, was greeted in Freetown during a visit to neighbouring Sierra Leone. Doumbouya was met by Sierra Leone’s president, Julius Maada Bio, and promised to strengthen the ties between the two countries. “It is an honour for me to come and see my brother Bio, because he is the first president who… Read More

Two car bombs exploded in Mogadishu on Saturday at the Somali Education Ministry, killing “several people” and causing serious damage to surrounding buildings, police and witnesses said. The two “simultaneous explosions” occurred on a road alongside the ministry and caused “several casualties”, Somali police spokesman Sadik Dudishe said, adding: “We will give more details later”. Sourced from Africanews Read More

The Secretary General of Amnesty International, Agnès Callamard, says she is concerned about a “narrowing of the space for individual freedoms” in West Africa. Speaking in Dakar after visits to Senegal and Mali, the Secretary General deplored the excessive use of force by security forces in Senegal following June’s legislative elections. “Excessive use of force by security forces must end.… Read More

The sound of gunfire has returned to the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.  Fresh fighting has erupted on Friday between government forces and the M23 rebels. UN forces were also on the move heading towards the front line. The fighting prompted many locals to flee. “We saw Tutsis (referring to M23 rebels allegedly supported by Rwanda, Ed.) had… Read More

The narrow streets and alleyways of Rabat’s old town in Morocco have been turned into an open air art gallery. From portraits to abstract paintings, the work of many local artists is on full display since Thursday bringing many visitors to the capital. “This atmosphere, that starts at 10 in the morning every day for 10 days, is about the… Read More

At least six schoolchildren from 3 different schools tested positive for the Ebola Virus in Kampala Uganda, with one of them losing the battle to the disease that has been on the rise in the country. Ugandan Minister for Health Doctor Jane Ruth Aceng told journalists on Wednesday six children who hail from the same neighborhood were from an earlier… Read More

A bone infection brought Carlos and Evadula together in Germany. The young Angolan spent two years at the NGO Friedensdorf International headquarters, but now he returns home. Besides the free treatments, the two young people shared personal experiences. Carlos took a lot of things in his luggage, some given to him by Evadula from Afghanistan, in this long awaited return… Read More

A “first” in Kenya: police officers are being prosecuted for “crimes against humanity,” including the murder of a baby, during post-election violence in 2017, the prosecutor announced Friday, denouncing “systematic attacks on the civilian population.” The Kenyan National Commission on Human Rights had documented 94 deaths, 201 cases of sexual violence and more than 300 injuries, attributed mainly to law… Read More

Diamond tycoon and political maverick Sam Matekane on Friday took the oath as Lesotho’s new prime minister at a packed soccer stadium in the southern African kingdom’s capital of Maseru. The 64-year-old political novice, who arrived at his inauguration ceremony in a light gold, convertible Rolls Royce, vowed to scale back on government spending as well as publish a lifestyle… Read More