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It was a winding road that brought the Tucker family from the United States to Angola. They are descendants of the first Africans taken from Angola to America. Now they have returned to visit Luanda’s Slavery Museum and find answers. Their story began in 1619 on the shores of the American State of Virginia. “We are descendants of the first… Read More

A huge exodus of health professionals amid the Covid-19 pandemic is hitting Zimbabawe hard with more than 2,200 leaving to take jobs in the US, UK, Australia and neighbouring states. According to the government’s Health Service Board, this is more than double the number of doctors, nurses and pharmacists who left last year, and three times the number that left… Read More

Last updated: 1 hour ago Tens of thousands of people were being evacuated to emergency shelters in the southern and central Philippines on Thursday as a powerful typhoon approached. Several southern and central provinces were on typhoon alerts. Residents were warned to stay away from coastal and low-lying villages and other high-risk areas due to possible flash floods, landslides and… Read More

Its smell is widely known, but only here, in an Afro village in the Ecuadorian highlands, do the leaves on the fruit trees rattle. They are instruments, Isidro remarks, and he brings the green leaf to his mouth, clasped in his calloused farmer’s hands. What follows sounds like magic. A high, melodious sound floats across the avocado field where he… Read More

Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi, has urged people to comply with measures to control the spread of the new coronavirus variant. He told everyone to get vaccinated against Covid-19 while threatening to introduce restrictions of services to unvaccinated people. This comes amid a rise in recent days in the number of daily infections. On Tuesday, the country registered more than 700… Read More

Two shots of Pfizer’s Covid vaccine offers around 70 percent protection against severe disease from Omicron, according to results of a study published Tuesday in South Africa. The emergence of the highly mutated variant, first detected in South Africa last month, sparked fears that it could cause severe disease, be more contagious or could evade vaccines. Early indicators suggest that… Read More

One week after the fire at the Gitega prison in Burundi families of the victims are still in the dark about the remains of their loved ones. Some have already lifted their partial mourning. An orphaned father following the fire at the Gitega central prison “After the fire, we learned that our father was among the victims. We waited for… Read More

Chinese telecoms giant Huawei is looking to build data centres in collaboration with countries in Africa. The latest data centre was recently inaugurated in Senegal. “We contribute to the creation of data centres and the training of human resources. We are the partner to build the data centre, to provide the equipment, the platform and to improve the connection with… Read More

The Sudanese army has been deployed along the disputed border with Ethiopia. The military announced they have full control of the region increasing the tensions with Addis Ababa. On December 1st Sudanese troops announced they had dismantled and taken control of an Ethiopian settlement in the disputed al-Fashaga area. The announcement followed reports that 21 Sudanese soldiers had been killed… Read More

The Congolese Rumba has been added to UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list joining the Cuban Rumba and other traditional African styles already on the list. The recognition comes at the right time according to music critic Clément Ossinondé. “This comes at the right time, especially at a time when musical production between the two Congos is experiencing enormous difficulties. I… Read More