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Paoua in the Central African Republic’s northwest is famous for peanut farming. But production of the crop has been affected by the presence of armed groups in recent years. “This year, with the insecurity, there have been too many threats and thefts. We had to sell the crop very quickly and at low prices”, said Célestine Inforo, a farmer. Like… Read More

Just three days before the Africa Cup of Nations is launched in Cameroon, vaccination centers are packed. Football fans are queueing to receive their jab here in Yaoundé, and for good reason; the vaccine is required to access the stadiums. To attend the matches, spectators must show a proof of vaccination and a negative PCR test for the coronavirus that… Read More

Last updated: 6 minutes ago A vigil to “save democracy” in New York’s Upper West is held on the first anniversary of the January 6 Capitol riot. A few Donald Trump supporters celebrated the day in front of Saint Patrick Cathedral in midtown. Members of US Congress holds candles at a prayer vigil on the steps of the US Capitol,… Read More

We are in the city of Goma, in the east of the DRC. Here is a small company that makes charcoal briquettes like no other. While the production of charcoal has a devastating impact on the forests of the Congo Basin, here the charcoal briquettes are environment friendly because they are made from household and agricultural waste. This innovative company… Read More

The Nigerian government on Wednesday officially listed criminal gangs in the northwest as “terrorist groups”, including mass kidnappings. Heavily armed criminal gangs have been terrorizing people in Nigeria’s northwestern and northern states for years, attacking villages, looting them and kidnapping their inhabitants for ransom, and the violence is only getting worse. The government of President Muhammadu Buhari, which has also… Read More

Authorities in Tunisia have rescued two groups of up to 100 migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean. A rescue ship announced that it rescued 31 migrants from a drifting wooden boat before reaching another group of migrants that managed to seek refuge in an oil platform located around 120 km off the coast of Tunisia. The migrants were rescued by… Read More

It has been a year since the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) launched. Touted as a new dawn, a solution to unlock intra-African trade, investment, and industrialization, the scheme has had a quiet first year. AfCFTA is an ambitious trade pact to form the world’s largest free trade area by connecting almost 1.3bn people across 54 African countries. The… Read More

As the countdown to the opening ceremony of the 33rd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations continues, Cameroon mobilizes large numbers of security forces to ensure security. The Africa Cup of nations will begin in Cameroon on Sunday, January 9. Among the 6 stadiums that will host the matches of the competition, the stadium of Limbé where group F… Read More

Africa’s top public health official John Nkengasong says severe lockdowns are no longer the way to prevent the spread of Covid 19. At a news conference on Thursday, the director for the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), praised South Africa for the way it responded to its latest infection wave driven by the Omicron variant. “We… Read More

When fishermen sail on the Lake Kivu, they are afraid of bumping into bandits who rob and brutalize them. According to their local association, at least 4 of them were killed by bandits on the Lake Kivu last year. As the sun sets here on the fishery of Kituku, near Goma, a city located in the eastern region of the… Read More