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For decades, Raymond’s family has been growing maize and rearing chickens on land entrusted to the king of Eswatini, Africa’s last absolute monarch and one of its richest royals. Now Raymond’s 17-year-old son has a rubber bullet lodged in his back, shot last week after stumbling into a pro-democracy protest on his way to play football. In the worst unrest… Read More

Dozens of Sudanese took to the streets of Paris in France on Saturday to protest against the coup d’état of General Abdel Fattah al-Burhane, after violent protests claimed the lives of three demonstrators and injured around 100. “All Sudanese in Sudan, all the people came out and said +no, we cannot accept the coup. Enough is enough+. The people are… Read More

Sudan’s military coup opponents are demonstrating against General Abdel Fattah al-Burhane on Saturday, determined to get the democratic transition back on track despite five days of deadly repression. The junta’s response, with nine protesters already killed and more than 170 injured according to doctors, will be watched around the world, a senior US official has warned. “It will be a… Read More

Last updated: 12 hours ago Members of the Iglesia Maradoniana, a church in Rosario, Argentina, dedicated to the late football star Diego Maradona, pay tribute to him on what would have been the footballing legend’s 61st birthday. More about Sourced from Africanews Read More

Last updated: 8 hours ago Almost six weeks after a volcano erupted on the Spanish island of La Palma, vast amounts of ash and lava continue to cover buildings and farmland. Workers from Spain’s military emergency unit (UME) could be seen working in the exclusion area on Friday, taking pictures with a drone. Officers also filmed some signs of life… Read More

Last updated: 8 hours ago Climate campaign group ‘Fridays for Future’ staged a march in Rome Saturday as world leaders met in the city for the Group of 20 summit. Protesters brought home-made placards and shouted slogans. Italy is deploying 5,300 extra troops and police officers, curbing public transport and sealing off a whole neighbourhood of Rome to keep the… Read More

Africa’s last absolute monarchy, Eswatini, needs to enact reforms in the wake of pro-democracy protests that have rattled the country since June, Deputy Prime Minister Themba Masuku told AFP. “I would agree with those who say we need to have some change,” he said in an interview in his office in the capital Mbabane. “Because these are the 2000s, it’s… Read More

Last updated: 2 hours ago Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg arrived in the Scottish city of Glasgow on Saturday, a day before the start of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, known as COP26. A media scrum awaited the 18-year-old as she arrived at Glasgow train station, and police officers had to escort her through the crowd. Many environmentalists are… Read More

A spokesman for Sudan’s main opposition coalition, the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC), on Friday criticized the U.S. decision to withhold 700 million dollars in aid to the country, saying Sudan should not have to be punished for what occurred in the previous regime under former President Omar al-Bashir. The United States on Monday suspended 700 million U.S. dollars… Read More

South Africa’s veteran anti-apartheid icon Desmond Tutu on Saturday appeared before journalists for the third time in 2021 to cast an early vote for local elections this week. The Nobel peace laureate, who recently turned 90, voted alongside his wife Leah in their Cape Town home. The couple appeared healthy and in good spirits as they briefly paused for the… Read More