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Millions of Libyans began Monday to collect their voters card in various electoral commission offices across the country. More than 2.8 million of Libya’s seven million residents have registered to vote in the upcoming general elections. “All Libyans should come , how can we build Libya? We need to build Libya with elections and God willing, the elections will… Read More

Portuguese authorities have detained ten suspects as part of an investigation into an alleged network of trafficking of diamonds, gold, drugs and weapons from Africa by Portuguese troops on mission. The police conducted over one hundred searches in military facilities and private homes both in mainland Portugal and the island of Madeira. The Portuguese Minister of Foreign Affairs believes that… Read More

The bodies of dozens of more than 100 victims killed during an explosion in Sierra Leone last week were buried in a mass ceremony on Monday in Waterloo. The coffins were transported in military trucks from the morgue in the capital Freetown to the cemetery in Waterloo, a neighboring city. The trucks passed by the site of the explosion, where… Read More

More than 20 children were killed and dozens injured when a fire broke out in a school in Niger’s second-largest city on Monday morning, according to authorities in Maradi. Three school classrooms made with straw were consumed by the fire, killing children aged between three and eight, local media reported. The cause of the fire and where it started was… Read More

Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa, a city of over 5 million sprung to more limelight last week when armed groups fighting the federal government announced they were advancing towards it. One of the groups is the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA). A leader from the group is now reported by AFP to have said “its fighters were near the capital and preparing… Read More

Sudan’s top general the military leader, Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan has promised he will not hold a government position in the upcoming July 2023 elections. He makes this statement weeks after he had collapsed a transitional government in a globally condemned coup. The military leader, Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, has on several occasions promised to hand over power to an elected civilian… Read More

Last updated: 3 hours ago Footage provided by the Polish ministry of the interior appears to show hundreds of migrants try to force their way across the Polish-Belarusian border with shovels and shears in Kuznica, while Belarusian soldiers look on. The Polish army, assisted by the police, spray tear gas. More about Sourced from Africanews Read More

Mourning and anger in the town of in Banibangou, western Niger after the massacre of 69 residents. The population here is now concerned about the state of security in their town. They say they are in “turmoil” and are calling on the state authorities to come to their rescue. Some of their frustrations were shared with President Mohamed Bazoum when… Read More

21-year-old painter Sana Ashraf Sharif Muhsin lives in Mogadishu, Somalia. She wants to help her country – which has been ravaged by civil war on and off over decades – through her paintings. Art in many countries still suffering a shadow war, is seen by dictatorial and violent regimes as an expression of dissent. Artists are rare in Somalia, a… Read More

In Tunisia for the first time three prisoners were allowed the opportunity to leave prison for a few moments to help make a documentary about the Carthage Film Festival. The prisoners were selected for their good behaviour as well as skills and the experience was life-changing as explained by one of the inmates. Previously, all prisoners had undergone eight months… Read More