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Moscow vowed Thursday to continue military cooperation with Mali and to defend the Sahel state’s territorial integrity while denying any links to Russian military contractors in the country. The Kremlin came under scrutiny earlier this year from France and Germany over a reported deal to send 1,000 fighters from the Kremlin-linked Wagner mercenary group to the conflict-ridden state. “We realise… Read More

Senegalese writer and 2021 winner of the prestigious literary prize, Prix Goncourt, was awarded a top honour by Senegalese President Macky Sall. “Mr Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, we make you a Commander in the National Order of the Lion” announced president, Macky Sall. Thirty-one year old Mohamed Mbougar Sarr is the first sub-saharan African writer to receive one of France’s most… Read More

Residents of Bamenda in the North West region of Cameroon are protesting the death of a 7-year-old girl who was allegedly shot by a police officer on her way back from school. The tragic incident happened on Friday, November 11 at about 12 30 in the Nkwen area. Some residents expressed worry about their safety in the town. “Every father… Read More

Residents in the Tunisian town of Agareb have taken to the streets to protest regardless of the tear gas being fired. Here in the Tunisian town of Agareb, the residents are protesting the poor waste management system which has been a burden for years. In the midst of the protest there is one Ben Ibrahim who has vowed to demonstrate… Read More

Sudanese security forces shot dead at least one protester on Saturday in a crackdown on anti-coup demonstrations. This is after the military had tightened its grip by forming a new ruling council. The comes nearly three weeks after top general Abdel Fattah al-Burhan ousted the government, detained the civilian leadership Other demonstrators in Khartoum’s twin city were wounded by “live… Read More

The “Great Green Wall” that was once envisioned as a way for Africa to fight climate change has stalled. The idea behind the project was to plant a 5,000-mile line of trees that would span the entire continent and hold back the Sahara Desert. farmer and chief of Ndiawagne Fall village, Ibrahima Fall says “The water and forestry service had… Read More

At least 34 people remain missing after a boat capsized on Lake Kivu in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday. As at Friday, volunteers and relatives wear still searching for missing dozens missing and others who are feared dead in the lake. Local say, 15 bodies have been recovered since Thursday, when a “pirogue” carrying about 100 people… Read More

Sudanese armed forces have been deployed at vantage points in sudan ahead of planned anti-coup rallies, two days after the military formed a ruling council that excludes the country’s main civilian bloc. Almost three weeks after the military coup, civil society and resistance committees are calling on Sudanese to take to the streets for a so-called “million march”. All this… Read More

Aminata Sall, who rents out brilliantly coloured dresses in the Senegalese city of Saint-Louis, systematically quizzes her clients about their motivations for the prized cultural heirlooms. Kept in a storeroom near her office, the gowns represent a now-vanished group of mixed-race merchant women known as the Signares. “If it’s just for show, I won’t rent them to you,” Sall says,… Read More

Aminata Sall, who rents out brilliantly coloured dresses in the Senegalese city of Saint-Louis, systematically quizzes her clients about their motivations for the prized cultural heirlooms. Kept in a storeroom near her office, the gowns represent a now-vanished group of mixed-race merchant women known as the Signares. “If it’s just for show, I won’t rent them to you,” Sall says,… Read More