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Dozens of migrants pose lined up in front of the press at a detention center in Libya. With these images recorded last May, the Libyan government was trying to deny that torture and rape of migrants were taking place in the country with impunity, as denounced by several NGOs. But the situation does not seem to have changed since then,… Read More

South African workers on Wednesday demonstrated against the country’s rising cost of living including record-high fuel prices and increased costs for basic foods. Around 1,000 workers marched to the Union Buildings, the seat of government in the capital Pretoria, calling for President Cyril Ramaphosa’s government to contain rising prices. South Africa’s economy is still reeling from the negative impact of… Read More

French President Emmanuel Macron will embark on a three-day “goodwill visit” on Thursday to Algeria. The visit comes at a time when some of Paris’ European allies, scrambling to replace Russian fossil fuels ahead of what promises to be a cold winter, are looking to Algiers for their energy needs. The memorial issue, the war in Ukraine and Algerian gas,… Read More

Last updated: 50 minutes ago Surrounded by dozens of men in chainmail and helmets playing dead in a field, an impersonator of mediaeval Russian prince Alexander Nevsky raises his sword and roars. “This land is Russian, always has been, and always will be!” It was on this spot near Lake Peipus on Russia’s border with Estonia that eight centuries ago… Read More

The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court urged the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday to accelerate action to help deliver justice for thousands of people in Sudan´s western Darfur region, which was wracked by bloodshed in 2003. Karim Khan said in a virtual briefing from the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, that his just- concluded visit to Darfur reinforced his resolve… Read More

Angolans started casting ballots on Wednesday in what is expected to be the most competitive vote in its democratic history, with incumbent president Joao Lourenco squaring up against charismatic opposition leader Adalberto Costa Junior. A struggling economy, the high cost of living, soaring poverty compounded by the Covid pandemic, drought in southern parts of the country and the death of… Read More

Seven unidentified bodies have been discovered in Tarhouna, a town in western Libya where dozens of mass graves have been uncovered since the summer of 2020, the Libyan authority in charge of the missing announced on Monday. A “new mass grave” was discovered on Sunday in a “public dump” from which seven bodies were exhumed, the authority said in a… Read More

The Benin National Museum will soon be welcoming home heritage that has been out of the country since the 19th century. The Horniman, a museum located in London, announced early this month that it would return 72 artefacts looted during the colonial era, including its collection of Benin bronzes. They will join other items that have already been repatriated, including… Read More

On the eve of general elections day in Angola, the reflection period imposed by law has put an end to campaign activities and rallies by the political parties. In the streets of the capital, Luanda, all seems set for the polls. For those who are at work on this Tuesday of reflection, the wish is only one.  “That tomorrow, the… Read More

The United Nations peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Monusco, is evacuating its base in the eastern town of Butembo. Local civil society actors say they feel ‘a sense of satisfaction’ and congratulate ‘the population who mobilised as one to demand the unconditional withdrawal of this contingent’. “We would like them (the Monusco contingents, ed.) to withdraw from… Read More