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Ivorian sprinter Marie Josée Ta Lou let her emotions run wild as she shattered the African record in the women’s 100 meters at the Diamond League in Monaco on Wednesday, August 10. Ta Lou clocked an incredible 10.72s to finish third behind Jamaican sprinter Shericka Jackson, who came second with a personal best of 10.71 seconds and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who… Read More

A historic drought in Somalia has now displaced one million people and left the country in the shadow of famine, the United Nations said Thursday. More than 755,000 people have fled their homes but remain within the country’s borders, which, when added to those who have fled abroad, brings the total to a million, the UN refugee agency UNHCR and… Read More

Last updated: 1 hour ago Israeli artist Sigalit Landau wades into the warm, briny waters of the Dead Sea to inspect her latest creations — everyday objects coated in salt crystals that glisten in the bright morning sun. The lowest point on Earth is also Landau’s studio where she submerges objects — from a ballet dress to a lampshade’s wire… Read More

Rescuers were continuing to find survivors and bodies on Wednesday after a building collapsed in Nairobi. The four storey structure came down earlier in the afternoon in the Kenyan capital. Red Cross Society’s Head of Disaster Management, Micheal Ayabei said the number of people that had been trapped in the rubble was unknown. “It is not yet immediately possible to… Read More

A nationwide curfew has been declared in Sierra Leone, following massive protests in parts of Freetown and other areas in the Northern part of the country. Two police officers were killed Wednesday when protesters descended into clashes between security forces and youth demanding the president resign, because of  “economic hardship”. Dozens of protestors had been arrested, police said. A health… Read More

The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken landed in Kigali, Rwanda, late Wednesday. His third and final stop in Africa will see him meet with Rwandan president Paul Kagame Thursday. Blinken is expected to visit the Kigali Genocide Memorial before holding a press conference with Foreign minister, Vincent Biruta and meeting with civil society representatives. Wednesday morning, the United States top… Read More

Kenya has postponed the reopening of school to next Monday as vote counting continues across the country following Tuesday’s (August 9) elections. The schools were scheduled to reopen on Thursday. Hundreds of primary and secondary schools are normally used as polling stations in Kenya. In a statement, education minister, Prof George Magoha apologised to the public for any inconveniences that… Read More

The threat from the Islamic State extremist group is growing by the day in Africa and the continent could be “the future of the caliphate,” an African security expert warned the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday. Martin Ewi said the Islamic State “has expanded its influence beyond measure” in Africa, with at least 20 countries directly experiencing the extremist group’s… Read More

Ghana’s president, Nana Akufo-Addo has dissociated himself from a social media post claiming he had written to the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressive Congress in the 2023 general elections Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to support Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi. Akufo-Addo described the viral post authored in his name as disturbing, completely false and mischievous. The president said… Read More

Negotiations remain the preferred option to obtain the release of 49 Ivorian soldiers detained for a month in Bamako and accused by the military in power in Mali of being “mercenaries”, which Abidjan denies, claiming that they were on a mission for the UN. This case illustrates the tensions between Mali and Côte d’Ivoire, accused by Bamako of having incited… Read More