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Last updated: 28 minutes ago Municipal workers in Kharkiv pile sandbags around major monuments in the centre of Ukraine’s second city to protect them from Russian bombardment. “These are the symbols of the city’s history,” says Ilona Kalashnikova, a 49-year-old municipal gardener. “Houses can be rebuilt, but the monuments are unique.” More about Sourced from Africanews Read More

Last updated: 20 minutes ago A strawberry-scented air freshener dangles from the Ukrainian military’s latest vehicle to head to war. In a welding shop just a few hundred metres (yards) from Russia’s latest airstrike in the western city of Lviv, volunteer workers add steel plates to a donated pickup truck so another volunteer can drive it to the frontline. “We… Read More

Hotel and helicopters seized, a string of arrests: Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema came to power last year promising to eradicate corruption, and he is fighting an all-out battle to live up to his ambitious commitments, while also drawing criticism. His first targets were members of the government of his predecessor, Edgar Lungu. The former head of state is accused of… Read More

A carved mask from Central Africa, dating from the 19th century, was sold in France for 4.2 million euros ($4.6 million) on Saturday, despite Gabonese protesters in the auction house calling for the item’s “‘restitution”. The rare wooden “Ngil” mask, used in ceremonies by the Fang ethnic people of Gabon, smashed its estimate of 300,000-400,000 euros at the auction in… Read More

The leader of an anti-migrant protest movement in South Africa which has gained momentum in recent months was arrested on Thursday, police said. Nhlanhla Lux Dlamini, a black activist in his 30s, was taken to Johannesburg’s central police station for questioning, a police spokesman told AFP without giving further details. Dlamini is known in his community for parading around in… Read More

Heavily armed men attacked the airport in Kaduna, a major city in northwestern Nigeria, killing a security guard and temporarily halting air traffic, authorities and a security source said Saturday. The attack was repelled by security forces, Kaduna State Security Commissioner Samuel Aruwan said on Twitter. This is the latest violence blamed on gangs known locally as “bandits” who plague… Read More

Dozens of Tunisian journalists protested on Friday to demand press freedom and the release of a reporter who was detained for refusing to reveal his sources to authorities. Demonstrators gathered outside the SNJT national journalists’ union chanting “journalism isn’t a crime” and accusing authorities of a clampdown on the media since President Kais Saied’s July 2021 power grab. One protestor… Read More

People in Addis Ababa welcomed news of a humanitarian ceasefire in the north of the country. Ethiopia’s government declared a surprise truce Thursday, saying it hoped the move would ease humanitarian access to Amhara, Afar, and Tigray regions hit by fighting. On Friday, the Tigray People’s Liberation Forces (TPLF) rebels said they were ending hostilities in response to Addis Ababa’s… Read More

They are 70, 80, 90 and even 100 years old. Teachers or administrative agents, they are civil servants in the Democratic Republic of Congo and still work, desperately waiting for a stipend, a pension and recognition that do not come. “I would like the state to make me leave with honor,” says Bayard Kumwimba Dyuba, 84, an elementary school teacher… Read More

In Lagos, the commercial centre of Africa’s most populous nation, young people are developing interest in Animation. Though there is scarcity of formal training opportunities in the animation space, Nigerian animators are carving a niche for themselves by creating local production and short films. With creative directors and animators leading the way, Adebimpe Adebambo, is one of them. This creative… Read More