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Muslims gathered along a street-long table to break their Ramadan fast together in a mass “Iftar” meal on the 15th day of the Muslim holy month, in the Matariya suburb in the northeast of Egypt’s capital Cairo. The wonderful scene brought together thousands of Muslims and Christians as the event is held in the middle of the Ramadan fasting period.… Read More

A truck-full of unwanted human waste will soon be turned into fuel. Trucks bring the material to a social enterprise called Sanivation based in Naivasha,100 kilometres from Nairobi. It might seem like an unlikely source for cooking meals and heating homes, but this unpleasant mixture will be treated and turned into profita ble briquettes. “Initially, it was very hard for… Read More

Terrorist group al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for a mortar fire attack on Somalia’s parliament Monday that injured at least six people during a joint session. Explosions were heard in the middle of a parliamentary session. Several people were injured, but no elected officials were hit by the shrapnel that landed in the fortified airport compound near parliament in the capital… Read More

An Egyptian court has reduced to three years, the prison sentence of TikTok influencer, Haneen Hossam for “human trafficking”, a judicial source told AFP on Monday (April, 18 ). The 20-year-old student was slapped with a ten-year prison sentence in absentia in June last year. Her case returned to court under a routine process because she was no longer in… Read More

Firefighters say they contained a blaze that broke out in an informal settlement in Cape Town on Saturday, despite their efforts being hampered by local residents. Although no fatalities or injuries were reported, around 300 homes were destroyed in Langa’s Joe Slovo informal settlement, affecting 1200 people. According to fire and rescue services, the crowd became unruly and as the… Read More

The Easter weekend saw massive patronage of the annual easter paragliding festival in Ghana which resumed after a two-year break due to covid 19. 13 paragliding Pilots from around the world were present to fly hundreds of revellers from the paragliding field on the peak of the Odweanoma mountain at Atibie into the plains of Nkawkaw in the Eastern Region.… Read More

The Equatorial Guinea-flagged oil tanker, Xelo, which sank Saturday in the Gulf of Gabes along Tunisia, has been checked with divers finding no leaks from fuel-laden ship. The Tunisia branch of the World Wildlife Fund had also expressed concern about another environmental catastrophe” in the region, an important fishing zone. The Xelo was travelling from Egypt to Malta when it… Read More

South African authorities have found 6 more bodies amid ongoing rescue operations following devastating flooding in the country’s east coast. KwaZulu-Natal Premier assured South Africans search missions were back in “full swing” despite having being impacted by extensive damage to the province. “As of this morning, KwaZulu-Natal received 38 callouts and on the scenes that we attended, six bodies were… Read More

The Biden administration has given approval for Nigeria to buy advanced attack helicopters worth nearly $1 billion despite concerns about the country’s human rights record. Nigeria is battling a series of threats from criminal gangs and extremists in the north. The State Department on Thursday announced the approval of the $997 million sales of 24 Bell AH-1Z Viper helicopters and… Read More

Traditional, eco-friendly crafts are being adapted for new markets thanks to a project born in the Tunisian desert. Nefta, a quiet town in the south of Tunisia, is renowned for its desert oasis and palm groves. But the town has been gaining recognition thanks to its carpets since 2014. Here, women working in the El Mensej association earn a living… Read More