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Somalia failed to complete elections for the lower house of parliament by the Tuesday (15th March) deadline, marking yet another delay in the electoral process that should lead to the appointment of a new president, which has been expected for more than a year. The Somali government, which last month extended the deadline for completing the appointment of members of… Read More

Inspired by famous footballers and other African heroes, 27-year-old Teddy Kossoko creates video games with the aim of promoting the “cultural richness” of his native continent. Kosoko said,”we have countries in northern Europe with viking stories, in Asia, in South Korea, in Japan with samurai stories. Thanks to video games, people know these stories. So I thought that with all… Read More

The world is facing a potential food crisis, with soaring prices and millions in danger of severe hunger, as the war in Ukraine threatens supplies of key staple crops, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization has warned. The prospect that the Black Sea grain trade will be permanently affected, or that entire regions may not be cultivated, is fuelling speculation,… Read More

South African adventure cyclists Ron Rutland and Adam Nunn are already on their way to Auckland in New Zealand to deliver the whistle for the opening match of Rugby World Cup 2021, playing 2022 and to raise money for charity. For one of the cyclists the motivation is to promote womens sports. “So just motivates me every pedal stroke that… Read More

Cyclone Gombe has flooded large areas of northern and central Mozambique, killing 15 people, officials said Monday. The dead include five members of the same family in the Angoche coastal area of Nampula province, Governor Mety Gondola said. The number of injured is now at least 50, the prime minister’s office announced. Gombe is the most recent of a series… Read More

Thousands of protesters took to the streets of the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, on Monday to denounce the October military coup that plunged the country into further turmoil. Security forces fired tear gas canisters toward the anti-coup protesters. Some of the demonstrators picked up the canisters and hurled them back at security forces. “We are calling for the release of all… Read More

Last updated: 6 hours ago Thousands of pilgrims flock to the tomb of Prophet Hud — known in Arabic as Qabr Nabi Hud — in the Hadhramaut Valley, eastern Yemen for the four-day pilgrimage which precedes the holy fasting month of Ramadan. Most of the pilgrims follow Sufism — a mystical branch of Islam. Sufism is frowned upon by some… Read More

Last updated: 6 hours ago Opera singers gathered in the centre of Lviv in western Ukraine on Sunday to sing the country’s national anthem. They stood together on a street in the city centre where they sang the anthem in a demonstration of harmony that underlined the mood of national pride, as Ukraine seeks to resist Russia’s invasion. The brief… Read More

Along the road, green savannahs, dense forests crisscrossed by rivers, trees bursting with fruit or spotted with multicolored flowers. The fertile region of Lobaye, at the gates of the Central African capital Bangui, looks like a garden of Eden. The civil wars and exactions of numerous armed groups over the past 20 years have relatively spared this forest area. It… Read More

The Republic of Chad on Monday handed over the leader of an anti-balaka armed group, Maxime Mokom, to the International Criminal Court (ICC) on suspicion of war crimes and crimes against humanity, the Hague court confirmed on Monday. Mokom is suspected of war crimes and crimes against humanity allegedly committed in Bangui and other locations in the Central African Republic… Read More