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At least 750 civilians were killed between July and December 2021 in two regions of northern Ethiopia where war has been raging for the past 16 months, according to a report published on Friday by the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC). The independent but government-affiliated body conducted its investigations in the Afar and Amhara regions, where the conflict that broke… Read More

Her name is Scheena Donia. She is an image coach, a communication consultant, a mother of four children, and a very active blogger on social networks. She is a woman with multiple hats who lives in Paris but remains intrinsically linked to her Gabonese roots. A woman you will have understood with an already busy life, but who found the… Read More

Africa is set to receive coronavirus pills following an agreement signed between Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Pfizer Pharmaceutical company on Thursday. The COVID pills by the name Paxlovid are intended for use soon after symptoms develop in people at high risk of severe disease. Paxlovid has nearly 90% effectiveness in preventing hospitalization compared to… Read More

The history of jazz is explored in a fun exhibit inspired by the 2020 Pixar Animation Studios movie “Soul” that was produced for Walt Disney Pictures. The executive director of the National Jazz Museum in Harlem, Tracy Hyter-Suffern, told The Associated Press that the exhibit, “The Soul of Jazz: An American Adventure,” is the first partnership for the center. “We… Read More

President Yoweri Museveni’s son has not retired from the Ugandan army despite his social media announcement. According to the army spokesperson, Brig-Gen Felix Kulaigye, Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, who is also the commander of Uganda’s land forces, is still active and has not even applied for retirement. Gen Kainerugaba, widely believed to be Mr Museveni’s successor, on Tuesday (8 March)… Read More

South African judge Raymond Zondo was appointed on Thursday as head of the constitutional court, the country’s highest court. Justice Zondo was previously in charge of South Africa’s inquiry into state corruption under President Jacob Zuma who ruled the country between 2009 and 2018. The judge was already a deputy president of the court. His appointment by head of state… Read More

South African mining is a major source of foreign exchange and jobs. The country’s minerals are key to its economic growth and recovery strategy. Many of South Africa’s mineral reserves, estimated to be worth $2.5 trillion remain unexploited. Pretoria is now seeking a two-fold increase in investment in the sector by 2030. A commodity boom partly fueled by the pandemic… Read More

Dozens of people have been killed in an outbreak of inter-communal violence in a disputed oil region in South Sudan, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and a local official said Wednesday. According to Ocha, fighting in the oil-rich border region of Abyei, disputed between Sudan and South Sudan, has left 36 people dead as of… Read More

Tunisia has approved the 2008 sport city project to be constructed. The Bukhatir group has secured 90% of the approvals from public facilities, such as STEG and SONEDE, to carry out the project of the Tunis Sport City, Afif Bejaoui, executive chairperson of the Bukhatir group in Tunisia. Speaking at a press conference in Tunis Thursday, Afif Bejaoui announced the… Read More

Algerian giants CR Belouizdad take on Jwaneng Galaxy of Botswana in CAF Champions League Group C on Friday and on the eve of the match head coach Marcos Paqueta said that his side had prepared well for the game and that he hoped to take advantage of fatigue amongst the opposition squad. The Algerian champions for the past two seasons… Read More