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Last updated: 42 minutes ago Burials of Ukrainian soldiers killed in action continued Tuesday at Lviv’s Lychakiv cemetery as the death toll from the invasion mounted. In the rain, dozens of relatives and friends of Ukrainian armed forces sergeant Andriy Kostiv, 37, and soldier Viktor Markov, 52, both recently killed in action, buried the men in solemn silence. The latest… Read More

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) announced Tuesday the suspension of its humanitarian activities in an English-speaking area of Cameroon due to the detention four local employees accused by local authorities of “complicity” with separatists. “MSF has officially announces the suspension of its humanitarian activities in the South West region of Cameroon today“, the NGO wrote in a statement Tuesday. Three months… Read More

One week after gunmen attacked a train with explosives in northwestern Nigeria, the whereabouts of 168 passengers are still unknown,according to the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC). At least eight people were killed and others missing on March 28 when gunmen detonated a bomb on the track and opened fire on the train linking the capital Abuja with the northwestern city… Read More

Kenyan motorists endured another day of major fuel shortages on Monday, with hours-long queues and strict rationing at petrol stations as pumps across the country ran dry. The government blamed hoarding and panic buying for the snaking lines at bowsers that worsened over the weekend, but oil dealers said they were owed outstanding subsidy payments from the state. “If you… Read More

Last updated: 10 hours ago A Ukrainian couple who met whilst volunteering to support others amid the Russian invasion got married Sunday in a metro station serving as a bomb shelter in Kharkiv. Before the war, Anastasiya Grachova was a nurse in an oncology department and Anton Sokolov was a dental surgeon with his own clinic. The pair met when… Read More

Polygamy is illegal in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Yet, it is still practised by two percent of the population, like in the church of Pastor Zagabe Chiruza, in the eastern city of Bukavu. In 2012, he married three women at the same time in his church. Pastor Zagabe Chiruza, leader of the “Primitive Church of the Lord” is… Read More

The US and France have called Mali’s transitional authorities to allow an international inquiry after a military operation alledgly claimed the lives of numerous civilians. “We call on Mali’s transition government to grant access to the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) to conduct a rigorous investigation as mandated by the UN Security Council“, the U.S Department… Read More

Children and young people displaced by the war in Cabo Delgado, northern Mozambique are expected to benefit this year from community social protection networks that the Portuguese organisation Helpo is creating on the ground. They are part of around 25,600 people displaced by the war in Cabo Delgado, northern Mozambique. “These networks aim to give more support to children and… Read More

Khaled al-Drebi, a volunteer restorer of old or damaged Qurans, has his work cut out for him as Ramadan begins, with an influx of customers to his workshop in Tripoli, seeking his expertise to preserve the book they inherited from an ancestor or avoid buying a new one. “Buying a Koran before the beginning of the month of Ramadan was… Read More

Rwanda’s Court of Appeal on Monday upheld a 25-year prison term against “Hotel Rwanda” hero Paul Rusesabagina, who was convicted last year on charges of “terrorism”, rejecting a prosecution appeal to increase the penalty to life. The court gave the ruling arguing that the “Hotel Rwanda” hero was a first-time offender, and 25 years sentence was in accordance with the… Read More