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Mamadou Mustafa Fall, is the host of the program “Miracles of the Ummah,” broadcasted weekly on the radio station “Africa 7” in Senegal, and brings together young people from all over the country. Sometimes two or three guests participate in the program, which is broadcasted live on Africa 7 television every Friday. Young Hafiz (Musulims who have learned the Koran… Read More

After almost a year in a Seychelles prison, French street artist Thomas Debatisse will now return home as a free man. The 35-year-old from Nice-France had been accused of murdering his Franco Congolese partner Emmanuelle Badibanga on April 27 last year. After two months of trial, the jury gave their verdict on Friday, April 15 declaring that Debatisse was innocent… Read More

In Egypt natural curls were considered “Shaggy,” “messy,”and “unprofessional.” They were once looked down upon in favor of Western beauty with sleek, straight locks. For Rola Amer and Sara Safwat, their curls were once a career-hindering nuisance. Now part of an aesthetic liberation movement sweeping Egypt in recent years, they own a curly hair salon that caters for women and… Read More

Somalia sworn in almost all of the members of its lower and upper houses of Parliament on Thursday. The 290 new lawmakers took oath of office at a ceremony heavily secured in the capital Mogadishu. The electoral process has been delayed for months amid a power struggle between the current president and the prime minister. “It is a great honor… Read More

The President of Niger has welcomed German’s foreign minister who is on a tour of west Africa. Annalena Baerbock arrived in Niamey on Wednesday afternoon. Mohamed Bazoum said their meeting focused on “the decades of cooperation between Niger and Germany, a very important cooperation”. The security situation, in particular terrorism, the consequences of the climate crisis, the food situation, education,… Read More

A first of its kind in Africa, Zimbabwe’s Zimbaqua mine is uniquely employing an entirely female workforce. Located near Karoi, a town 200 km northwest of the capital Harare, Zimbaqua is changing the lives of women in the region. Zimbaqua provides relief to the plight of women in the region, most of them unemployed. “My family suffered a great deal… Read More

German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock has urged the Malian transitional government to stop cooperating with Russian forces. This was after a meeting with the transitional president of Mali, Colonel Assimi Goïta in Bamako on Wednesday. The minister said crimes in Mali had the same pattern used by Russian forces in Syria and Ukraine. “I have made it very clear that… Read More

Senegalese authorities have sacked the director of a public hospital and suspended the staff on duty on the day a pregnant woman died after waiting in vain for a caesarean section. These were the first sanctions taken after the death, which caused an outcry all over the country with many social media users in the country questioning the quality of… Read More

It is just the beginning for video gaming in Africa. Gamers have more than doubled in recent years. The market’s untapped potential is immense, with many expecting it to explode as the continent produces more content. Until recently, gamers mostly came from the United States, Europe and Japan. But a shift is underway. There is a big market waiting to… Read More

Tensions between the Algeria and Morocco have risen again after reports of a Moroccan air strike, which killed 3 people in the contested territory of Western Sahara. Algeria has claimed that the attack on a convoy close to the Mauritanian border was “targeted.” Although Morocco has de facto control of much of the territory, its claim to it is not… Read More