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The Gouna Film Festival, scheduled for October, will be held next year, organisers announced on Sunday evening, saying that “global challenges” were not conducive for the event in Egypt, which has been hit by soaring prices due to the war in Ukraine. No specific date has been set for the sixth edition of the Arab film festival, which each year… Read More

The First Lady of Rwanda, Jeannette Kagame, spoke of the new challenges facing women across the world at the Commonwealth Women’s Forum taking place in the capital, Kigali. The Forum runs alongside the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting that opened on Monday and culminates with high-level meetings on Friday and Saturday. “From the disproportionate impact of climate change on women… Read More

After two years without football because of Coronavirus, the Night of African Football is back in Kinsasha, giving a certain rhythm to the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo A mega football match took place at the Martyrs stadium where the former legends of the continent once again went against the DRC’s former stars. The match was also graced… Read More

East African leaders agreed Monday to set up a regional force to try to end the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and called for an immediate cease-fire. The announcement was made by the Kenyan presidency at the end of a meeting on Monday in Nairobi of the seven members of the East African Community (EAC) devoted… Read More

Senegal’s main opposition leader on Monday called for a fresh demonstration to be held on June 29, despite the previous one being banned and the ensuing clashes leaving three dead. Ousmane Sonko, who came third in the last presidential election, also called on citizens to bang pots and pans in protest on Wednesday. “On the 29th, with or without authorization,… Read More

China offered Monday its mediation for the settlement of “disputes” in the Horn of Africa, at the opening of a conference with the countries of this region plagued by conflicts where it has many interests, noted a journalist from AFP. The first conference “China-Horn of Africa on security, governance and development” brings together until Tuesday in Addis Ababa China, represented… Read More

The head of Guinea’s ruling junta, Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, has “imposed” a 14-day deadline for the creation of a joint venture to exploit a huge iron ore deposit, Guinean state television RTG reported. A tripartite agreement was signed three months ago for a period of 35 years between the Guinean state, Anglo-Australian Rio Tinto Simfer and Winning Consortium Simandou, with… Read More

Gunmen attacked two churches in rural northwestern Nigeria on Sunday, killing three people, witnesses and a state official said. This follows a similar attack in the West African nation week ago which left 40 worshippers dead. The attack in Kajuru area of Kaduna State targeted four villages, resulting in the abduction of an unspecified number of residents and the destruction… Read More

More than 60 years after his death, the remains of assassinated Congolese prime minister, Patrice Emery Lumumba, are being handed over to his family this Monday. Lumumba, along with two fellow fighters, were murdered on the 17th of January 1961 in Katanga. Only one tooth was found in Belgium years later. It is this relic that the Belgian justice system… Read More

Former Ivorian cleaning lady Rachel Kéké was elected to the French parliament on Sunday. The new member of Parliament was part of the new left-wing alliance, NUPES. The 48 year-old promised a voice to the voiceless. “I am the voice of the voiceless. I am a maid, I am a cleaner, security guard, care assistant, home helper, I am all… Read More