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America’s first newspaper dedicated to ending slavery is being resurrected and reimagined more than two centuries later. The revived version of The Emancipator will push for racial justice and equity as the United States continues to grapple with its legacy of racism. The initiative is a joint effort by Boston University’s Center for Antiracist Research and The Boston Globe’s Opinion… Read More

Cyclone Emnati overnight lashed the island nation of Madagascar, still reeling from the impact of another cyclone earlier this month, local authorities said Wednesday. The cyclone “made landfall around 2300 GMT just north of the southeastern district of Manakara,” Faly Aritiana Fabien, a senior official of the National Risk Management Office (BNGRC) told AFP. No casualties have been reported yet.… Read More

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA on Wednesday disclosed that it has destroyed a total of 255 hectares of cannabis farms spread across five areas of Ondo state. NDLEA said thirteen (13) suspects were arrested and 250 kilograms of cannabis seeds as well as 63.85kg cannabis weeds were retrieved during the operation deep inside five major forests. Local media… Read More

Supporters of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party rallied in Cape Town to denounce South Africa’s borrowing from the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. The protestors had gathered outside the venue where finance minister Enoch Godongwana was delivering the annual Budget Speech. Last July, South Africa’s Treasury announced that it had secured $4.3 billion from the IMF. The… Read More

The programs of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Somalia could stop in three months in case of new delay in the elections, said to the AFP the institution, which began Tuesday a mission in this state of the Horn of Africa. Delayed by more than a year, the parliamentary elections must, according to an agreement between the Somali leaders,… Read More

The Ugandan writer Kakwenza Rukirabashaija, who was prosecuted in Uganda for insulting President Yoweri Museveni and his son, has arrived in Germany for medical treatment after being “tortured” in detention. Rukirabashaija, who fled the country illegally on 9 February, “arrived in Germany this morning,” his lawyer Eron Kiiza told AFP on Wednesday. “It’s a great relief. He can now start… Read More

West Africa’s mediator in the Mali crisis, Goodluck Jonathan, on Tuesday said it was imperative for the country to return to democratic rule as soon as possible. He made the comments a day after Mali’s army-dominated legislature approved a plan allowing the military that seized power in August 2020 to stay in office for another five years, despite regional sanctions.… Read More

Thousands of Senegalese gathered on Tuesday for the inauguration of a 50,000-seater stadium aimed at making the country Africa’s go-to venue for international events. The stadium is in Diamniadio, a town being built about 30 kilometres (20 miles) from the capital Dakar, for which an express train link opened in December. The venue, to be named in honour of former… Read More

Cyclone Emnati, moving quickly towards Madagascar, is expected to hit late on Tuesday with wind speeds of up to 170 kilometres per hour. The government’s meteorological department announced this, adding this makes it the fourth major storm to slam into the Indian Ocean island in a month. Tens of thousands of people have already been displaced as a result of… Read More

The Zimbabwean government has welcomed the decision of the European Union (EU) to lift travel and financial sanctions imposed on Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, former First Lady Grace Mugabe and military chief Valerio Sibanda. The EU took the decision despite acknowledging that Zimbabwe’s human rights record had not improved and has the potential of getting worse. The sanctions were first imposed… Read More