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Tunisian magistrates and lawyers staged a demonstration outside Tunis’ Palace of Justice on Thursday, protesting the recent announcement by the nation’s president that he intends to dissolve the national judiciary body. In a televised speech over the weekend, President Kais Saied said he planned to disband the Superior Council of the Judiciary, claiming suspicions of corruption and possible mishandling of… Read More

Libya found itself with two Prime ministers Thursday, after its parliament voted a rival to replace the existing unity government’s chief Abdulhamid Dbeibah. Libya’s eastern-based parliament named a new Prime minister, on Thursday. The House of Representatives said its decision followed PM Abdul Hamid Dbeibah’s failure to hold presidential elections in December. Abdullah Bliheg, spokesperson for the Libyan House of… Read More

*Lagos is experiencing an increase in the number of Fitness centres due to residents’ desire to take part in physical activities.* Lagosians have made regular physical activity like cycling, squatting, weighting lighting and taking part in sports or active recreation as a hobby. The world health organisation (W.H.O) defines physical activity as any bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles that… Read More

For coffee grower Farah al-Malki, growing coffee plants in Saudi Arabia’s southwestern region of Jizan is more than just a job, it is a family tradition passed down from generation to generation. The kingdom has a long history with coffee, which spread from Ethiopia to Yemen and then to the rest of the Middle East around the 15th century. Coffee… Read More

The death toll from Tropical Cyclone Batsirai has risen to 92 in Madagascar, authorities said Wednesday, as humanitarian organizations ramped up aid efforts with more than 110,000 people in need of emergency assistance. The National Office for Risk and Disaster Management (BNGRC) released data from the hardest-hit regions revealing that 71 of the dead were in Ikongo district, near the… Read More

Teachers in Zimbabwe have gone on strike just days after schools re-opened after a prolonged closure during the Covid-19 pandemic. In the capital, Harare, some schools were open on Thursday but not all teachers were working according to the teachers unions. The government and unions are locked in a dispute over salaries. Parents have voiced their anger at the situation.… Read More

Legendary festival Segou’Art held its 18th edition in Mali on the banks of the Niger river despite the sanctions and embargo imposed by ECOWAS that led to the interruption of direct flights as well as border closures. Despite the difficulties, Malian artists have shown their resilience and solidarity, among them several young female artists committed to women’s rights. Almost half… Read More

Last updated: 18 minutes ago Police and anti-vaccine protesters clashed on Thursday inside New Zealand’s parliament. More than 50 people were arrested after protesters who had been camped outside parliament for three days were ordered to leave. The activists chanted the Maori haka and shouted: “hold the line” as they clashed with a line of police moving to clear a… Read More

Rare interviews with captured members of a jihadist group terrorising northern Mozambique point to low morale in their ranks and to an insurgency that is losing steam in the face of Rwandan forces. The Rwandan army late last month let journalists interview some of the fighters that it had captured since launching operations in the troubled region last July. Linked… Read More

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Wednesday set at $325 million the amount of reparations that Kampala must pay to Kinshasa for the invasion by Uganda of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) during the 1998-2003 war. The DRC claimed more than 11 billion dollars, an amount described by Uganda as exorbitant. The ICJ, the UN’s highest court,… Read More