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The Sahrawi pro-independence Polisario Front reminded on Sunday the organizers of the Africa Eco Race car rally that the whole Sahrawi territory is “a war zone” and warned them against the consequences of the passage of this race. The organizers of the rally announced that the 2022 edition scheduled from October 15 to 30 would cross the disputed territory of… Read More

The death toll from a migrant shipwreck off Tunisia last week has risen to 12, Tunisia’s ministry of interior said on Monday. A total of 37 migrants, all of Tunisian nationality, were involved in this attempt to illegally reach the Italian coast from the region of Sfax (central-east), according to a security official. Their makeshift boat capsized during the night… Read More

Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, the head of Guinea’s transitional authorities, is targeted by a complaint filed in Paris by the opposition alliance known as FNDC. According to the AFP, the coalition of parties, trade unions and civil society organisation together with relatives of 3 people killed during anti-junta demonstrations and of one person who died in custody, lodged the complaint Thursday.… Read More

Kenya is a few hours away from the inauguration of president-elect William Ruto. On Tuesday, Uhuru Kenyatta is expected to hand over the instruments of power including a ceremonial sword and a copy of Kenya’s Constitution to the new president. Ruto will be the first to to take the Oath of Office, becoming Kenya’s fifth president since independence. He will… Read More

Dozens of people protested in central Tunis on Friday to demand the release of a journalist and activist detained earlier this week and held on suspicion of “terrorism”. Ghassen Ben Khlifa, the editor of the website Inhiyez and a prominent pro-Palestinian activist, was arrested at his home on Tuesday. Police officers also searched the house and seized two computers, according… Read More

A court on Friday quashed President Cyril Ramaphosa’s suspension of South Africa’s public protector a day after she launched a probe into a burglary at his farmhouse, calling the move “improper”. The Western Cape High Court said the “hurried nature” of the suspension of Busisiwe Mkhwebane suggested it “may have been retaliatory” and thus unlawful. “The decision of the applicant… Read More

Tahir Levy, born in 1935 and raised in District Six, Cape Town, has always been a big fan of the late Queen of England, Elizabeth II. Over the years, Levy has collected various memorabilia of the Queen and the Royal family. “Queen Victoria, who died 1901, I call her Auntie Vickie. That’s what you can see over there, and that… Read More

Renewed conflict in the north, crippling drought and stubbornly high inflation: Ethiopians rang in their new year on Sunday with little to celebrate. At a livestock market in the capital Addis Ababa, traders and visitors alike bemoaned the various crises confronting Africa’s second most populous nation. “As you can see now, everything is expensive. If there was peace it wouldn’t… Read More

When Rachel made an appointment for a pap smear, she didn’t expect to feel neglected. While she knew it would be a long wait, the doctor left without seeing her. “The receptionist actually tried to stop the GP but the GP’s like ‘no I’m done for the day.’ I was so discouraged, I was so sad,” says Rachel. A colleague… Read More

Ivory Coast has accused Bamako of “hostage-taking” after its neighbour laid out conditions for the release of 46 Ivorian soldiers held in Mali for two months. “It’s a hostage-taking that will not remain without consequences,” a source close to the Ivorian presidency told AFP on Sunday, adding that Ivory Coast would continue to seek a solution through “diplomatic channels”. Ivory… Read More