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A charity show called ‘My Scars are Beautiful’ took palce on Scar Appreciation Day. The event held in Kampala Saturday (Oct 22), also celebrated different body shapes and rare conditions and diseases. Winning the fight against stigma surrounding scars one fashion show at a time. Ugandan fashion store Khatz Moniq Apparel organized a charity show called ‘My Scars are Beautiful’… Read More

The final meeting of African nations’ climate negotiators ahead of the global U.N. summit kicked off in the Namibian capital Windhoek on Monday. Participants expected to focus on how to ramp up renewable energy on the continent. Organizers of the annual Climate Change and Development in Africa conference said the meeting serves as the final chance for the continent’s negotiators,… Read More

The United States Embassy yesterday issued a security alert on the elevated risk of terror attacks in Abuja, the Nigerian capital. Following US Embassy’s terror warning, the British High Commission also issued an advisory to its staff on movement while also announcing reduced services.  According to reports, other European countries, are reducing services and will be attending only to critical… Read More

The Somali government has announced that it will take action to protect the country’s people from the threat of terrorism, according to a new report by the UN Security Council. The large port city is the latest to be hit by a spate of violent actions by the Shebab in recent months, which have included bloodshed in the capital Mogadishu… Read More

The market town of Kousseri in the Far North Province of Cameroon, close to the border with Chad, has been struggling with major floods for a week. Two regional rivers have their confluence here, the Logone and Chari, and both are seeing exceptionally high water levels that are predicted to rise further. Sandbags were being used in an attempt to… Read More

A trade union close to the main Moroccan Islamist party on Sunday mobilised several hundred supporters in the capital to protest against the high cost of living. The rally, outside parliament and witnessed by AFP journalists, came after several protests already this week in Rabat and other Moroccan cities. “Our Union is organising this demonstration today to address public opinion,… Read More

A nighttime curfew has been declared in 3 Chadian cities, N’Djamena, Moundou, Doba and Koumra, the Prime minister announced after banned protests took place and were violently repressed. On Thursday, security forces opened fire on demonstrators in the country’s two largest cities killing at least 60 people and wounding hundreds. The protesters demanded the ouster of Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno who… Read More

A nighttime curfew has been declared in 3 Chadian cities, N’Djamena, Moundou, Doba and Koumra, the Prime minister announced after banned protests took place and were violently repressed. On Thursday, security forces opened fire on demonstrators in the country’s two largest cities killing at least 60 people and wounding hundreds. The protesters demanded the ouster of Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno who… Read More

Nigerian police fired tear gas and water cannon on Thursday to clear a rally in Lagos marking the second anniversary of the country’s #EndSARS protests against police brutality and bad governance. The youth-led October 2020 demonstrations in Lagos and elsewhere evolved into the largest anti-government protests in Nigeria’s modern history before security forces ended them in a crackdown. Rights groups… Read More

Nigerian police fired tear gas and water cannon on Thursday to clear a rally in Lagos marking the second anniversary of the country’s #EndSARS protests against police brutality and bad governance. The youth-led October 2020 demonstrations in Lagos and elsewhere evolved into the largest anti-government protests in Nigeria’s modern history before security forces ended them in a crackdown. Rights groups… Read More