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Some of 74-year-old Betty Cobb’s earliest and fondest memories involve the swirling waters of the Tar River. “Being baptized down at the foot of the bridge,” she says. “The dike is there now. But we used to cut right down there and go right to the river.” But those same waters that gave her salvation as a child have brought… Read More

Somalia’s parliament elected a veteran politician as speaker of the lower house in a drawn-out process that concluded in the early hours on Thursday, as the fragile nation edges closer to holding a delayed presidential vote. The election is more than a year behind schedule, with the process marred by deadly violence and a power struggle between the current president… Read More

The police in Morocco have arrested several people at a cafe in the megacity of Casablanca on suspicion of failing to observe the Ramadan fast, which is penalised by Moroccan law, local media reported. “Customers and employees of the café, located in central Casablanca, were arrested amid a large public gathering of citizens,” the news website Hespress reported without specifying… Read More

Africa faces a race against time to increase food production. As climate change, population growth, and conflict constrain agricultural productivity, Genetically Modified (GM) crops as being touted as the solution to ensuring food security. Supporters of crop biotechnology argue that transgenic crops will aid farmers in reducing the burden of pests, drought and improve yields and quality with limited cost… Read More

Last updated: 1 hour ago In Kosovo, far from their homeland, Ukrainian women undergo intensive demining courses to help their country remove numerous planted or abandoned explosives, a process that will most likely last for decades after Russia’s invasion ends. More about Sourced from Africanews Read More

The state of emergency imposed in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has come under scrutiny and debate. It comes as more than 2,500 civilians have reportedly \been killed in two eastern provinces under siege, nearly double the number killed a year earlier. Prime Minister Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde in an interview on Tuesday said, the state of siege and… Read More

In Ghana, the push towards community vaccination has increased at a time when the country still faces the threat of rising infections as well vaccine hesitancy. The government is pushing to innoculate around 23 million out of a total of 31 million people. “The house to house vaccination has really been very effective. Because most people say when they come… Read More

As the Rainbow nation marked on Wednesday the 28th anniversary of its first democratic elections, Maharaj who spent more than a decade alongside Mandela in the Robben Island prison, warned of a tough times for South Africa. Freedom Day which is locally celebrated on 27 April marks the day South Africa held its first fully democratic elections in 1994. It… Read More

South African rugby union captain Siya Kolisi has established the first Red Bull Roots rugby clinic for young female and male rugby players in order to upskill and empower them. The legendary South Africa skipper on Tuesday said investing in the youth of South Africa through rugby is one of the reasons he established the Kolisi Foundation, which is committed… Read More

The Central African Republic has adopted bitcoin as its official currency alongside the CFA franc. The country has also legalised the use of cryptocurrencies, the presidency announced on Wednesday. The National Assembly voted “unanimously” and considered the law “governing cryptocurrency in the Central African Republic” and President Faustin Archange Touadéra promulgated it. The Minister of State and Director of Cabinet… Read More