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Last updated: 1 hour ago Environmental activists from the Extinction Rebellion group staged a protest on Friday in front of the offices of the agrochemical company Monsanto in Buenos Aires. The protesters said the company’s practices were damaging the environment and contributing to climate change. Argentina has undergone a remarkable transformation since 1996, when Monsanto commercialised a new model promising… Read More

Al Ahly are set to book their place in the African Champions League final when they face ES Setif in Algiers this Saturday. The two-time defending champions, led by their star coach, the South African Pitso Mosimane, are with the advantage having won the first leg of the duel in Cairo by 4 goals to 0 But there is no… Read More

At his workshop in Goma, Désiré Kabengela, a young Congolese student, spends his time after college thinking about innovation. This 24-year-old has just made Africa’s first treadmill that conforms with the international standard. His major innovations are strictly made of wood. “This is a place where I am always busy using or making our mechanical treadmills. This is our workshop,”… Read More

At his workshop in Goma, Désiré Kabengela, a young Congolese student, spends his time after college thinking about innovation. This 24-year-old has just made Africa’s first treadmill that conforms with the international standard. His major innovations are strictly made of wood. “This is a place where I am always busy using or making our mechanical treadmills. This is our workshop,”… Read More

Ten Nigerian cabinet ministers have resigned to run in next year’s election, the information minister announced on Friday. This comes two days after President Buhari asked all ministers, ambassadors, agency heads and other political appointees including the central bank governor to resign on or by May 16 if they decide to join the 2023 election race. The ministers who have… Read More

Ten Nigerian cabinet ministers have resigned to run in next year’s election, the information minister announced on Friday. This comes two days after President Buhari asked all ministers, ambassadors, agency heads and other political appointees including the central bank governor to resign on or by May 16 if they decide to join the 2023 election race. The ministers who have… Read More

A day after French Foreign minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian was sommuned by a Malian Judge for “damage to public property and other offences”, Maliko, the organisation who dragged the case in front of the Justice explains why they filed a civil suit. “Jean Yves Le Drian’s only motivation was to preserve his personal interests and his deal for the manufacture of… Read More

Like its neighbours in the horn of Africa, Kenya is experiencing extreme drought conditions. Some 3.5 million people are suffering from starvation. A UN humanitarian official went to the northerwest region of Turkana and insisted on the need to support the population. “The world’s attention is elsewhere and we know that. And the world’s misery has not left Turkana, and the… Read More

Keys to the past and the future of a community descended from enslaved Africans lie in a river bed on Alabama’s Gulf Coast. In the waters of the Mobile River a crew including archaeologists is examining the remains of the Clotilda – the last known U.S. slave ship – which is resting a few miles from what’s left of the… Read More

Namibian political activist Michael Amushelelo handed himself over to the police on Friday, May 13. The 31 year-old was being hunted down for “terrorising the business community” after he raided shops in Windhoek’s China Town. Amushelelo is a member of the political party Namibia Economic Freedom fighters (NEFF). His action conducted without a court order or mandate came after the… Read More