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The UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Ocha, have announced that violence in northern Mali has led thousands of people to seek refuge in neighbouring Niger. According to the UN, citing security sources, more than 400 civilians are reported to have been killed during the fighting. The majority of refugees are settling in localities in the Tahoua region,… Read More

The UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Ocha, have announced that violence in northern Mali has led thousands of people to seek refuge in neighbouring Niger. According to the UN, citing security sources, more than 400 civilians are reported to have been killed during the fighting. The majority of refugees are settling in localities in the Tahoua region,… Read More

25 years after the death of Nigerian music legend Fela Kuti, his son, Femi, accompanied by his grandson are taking the sounds of Afrobeat to the US. The new double “Legacy” was nominated for a Grammy. The father and son duo are hoping to win in the Global Music category. “It’s a joint release with my son, which makes it… Read More

Qatar will host for the first time in the country’s history the World Cup. The great football event will take place from November 21 to December 18, 2022. Here is what you need to know about this year’s edition. The 2022 FIFA World Cup will kick off at the Lusail stadium on Monday 21 November for the first match of… Read More

Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, winner of 2021 Goncourt prize in France for his novel entitled « La Plus Secrète Mémoire des hommes » was in Dakar to promote his book. This was his first visit home since he won the prestigious prize. The Senegalese writer Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, winner of the Goncourt prize, said Thursday evening in Dakar not to be… Read More

Guinea’s former prime minister and leader of the party of former President Alpha Condé has resumed duties of the leading the country’s opposition after been appointed as the head of a provisional body to lead his party. Ibrahima Kassory Fofana was on Thursday appointed as provisional coordinator of the RPG party until a congress. “When in May 2018, I decided… Read More

In Africa, governments are stepping up their efforts to mitigate the impact of the Russia-Ukraine crisis on their citizens’ wallets. According to UNCTAD data, no less than 25 African countries import more than a third of their wheat from Russia and Ukraine; 15 import more than half and two countries, Benin and Somalia, import 100%. So how is Africa trying… Read More

People on the streets of the Tunisian capital expressed distrust in their elected representatives Thursday, a day after the president dissolved parliament in a blow to the North African country’s young democracy. “The Tunisian parliament reminds me of football stadiums. Is that a parliament? It is a football stadium,” said Ali, the owner of a handicrafts shop. He accused the… Read More

Kenya’s top court ruled Thursday that President Uhuru Kenyatta’s bid to change the constitution was illegal, dealing a blow to him and his allies ahead of key elections in August. “The president cannot initiate constitutional amendments or changes through popular initiative under article 257 of the constitution,” six of the seven judges overseeing the case at the Supreme Court said,… Read More

Angola announced on Thursday the suspension of salaries of striking doctors, who represent the vast majority of the profession in the country and have been demanding better working conditions for ten days. “We will not pay the salaries of the strikers,” said Labor Minister Teresa Dias at a press conference. Most of the country’s approximately 5,600 doctors joined the movement… Read More