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The government of Rwanda has halted the organization of the national event to select Miss Rwanda following several allegations of misconduct and abuse towards the contestants. The country’s Minister of Youths and Culture Rose Mary Mbabazi said that the Rwanda Inspiration Backup which is the official body that organizes this event has been barred from going ahead with the preparations.… Read More

Rumours persist that Liverpool forward Sadio Mane could be set to dramatically leave Anfield at the end of this season after new reports emerged of his agent meeting with Bayern Munich. Senegal forward, who is out of contract in 2023, is reportedly asking for a wage increase on his current £100,000 per week deal. The 30-year-old has scored 118 goals… Read More

At least 11 people are missing after a trawler sank off the coast of Ghana on Friday, Ghanaian authorities said on Monday. The “MV Comforter II”, a Ghanaian vessel operated by a Chinese company, sank during a storm about 180 km off Takoradi (southwest), Ghana’s second-largest port. “26 crew members were on board when the incident occurred. So far we… Read More

Egypt’s public prosecutor on Monday ordered that 13 teenage boys arrested over the weekend and accused of harassing two women tourists at the Giza Pyramids near Cairo remain in custody pending an investigation. The arrests came after a video surfaced on social media showing a crowd of boys swarming around two young women at the famous archaeological site, one of… Read More

“Let’s act fast!”. The COP15 against desertification began Monday in Abidjan in the presence of several African heads of state, to try to take concrete action against the rapid degradation of land and respond “to the climate emergency. Less known than its “big sister” on climate, this 15th Conference of the Parties (COP) of the United Nations Convention to Combat… Read More

Cesar Lobi Manzoki is the latest revelation of the Ugandan Premier league. The native of Bunia in the DRC arrived at Vipers SC in 2021 where he is a favourite. “My exclusive contract with the team had expired. So after I was contacted directly to play in the Champions League” Cesar Lobi Manzoki says Having played for Vita Club, Cesar Manzoki… Read More

At least 44 migrants drowned after their boat sank on Sunday off Western Sahara in southern Morocco, the Spanish NGO Caminando Fronteras said. Moroccan authorities are yet to confirm the deaths. However,  according to Helena Maleno, the founder of the NGO Caminando Fronteras,  44 migrants died after their boat sank off Cape Boujdour, Western Sahara. “Seven bodies were transferred to the… Read More

A former senior Rwandan official went on trial in Paris on Monday accused of complicity in the African nation’s genocide, the most high-ranking figure yet to face justice in France over the 1994 massacres. The case of Laurent Bucyibaruta is the fourth from the Rwandan genocide to come to court in France, which had long been under pressure from activists… Read More

There is need for concrete action against the rapid degradation of land and its harmful consequences for biodiversity and populations. This is according to the fifteenth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP15) , which opened Monday in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Less known than its “big sister” on the climate, this 15th Conference of the Parties (COP) of the… Read More

Nigerian airlines have suspended plans to ground domestic flights due to soaring fuel prices, the Association of Nigerian Airlines (AON) has announced. The AON arrived at this decision after receiving “numerous calls from the highest levels of government promising urgent intervention.” Part of the statement on Sunday read. The AON had initially announced on Friday the suspension of domestic flights… Read More