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These two women are among a minority who still have Berber tattoos. Fatima Masoudi, 89, and Ighoudane Taguelmane, 86, live in Khemissat, a Berber town in Morocco. Masoudi always wanted to get tattooed, especially because it was a common thing to do when she was young. “One day when we were moved to the city, I decided to do it.… Read More

Uncertainty is back on the streets of Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, in the aftermath of Monday’s military coup. Many residents erected barricades as the army continued to patrol the streets chasing demonstrators. Three prominent pro-democracy activists were detained overnight by security forces. Many fear the prospect of military rule. “General Burhan’s decisions stole the revolution and stole the blood of the… Read More

Bird flu is ravaging South Africa’s endangered Cape cormorants, killing as much as five percent of the world’s remaining population, a conservation group said Wednesday. “We know that we have over 12,000 dead cormorants so far, which is most likely underreported,” said Katta Ludynia, research manager for the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds. The long-necked birds… Read More

On the edges of Timbuktu is a dying lake. The lake has been fading off for years with sand dunes taking over the lands. The situation has made life unbearable for residents here some of whom are dying. Abdul Karim is one of the many residents here who has been hardly hit by this crisis. He explains “This whole area… Read More

It’s been over five years since the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, in Nigeria announced a ban on open grazing within the city center, but despite the ban, cows continue to roam the streets and roads of Nigeria’s capital freely, in disregard of the directives. In 2016, former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Muhammad Bello had prohibited… Read More

Global leaders have condemned the detention of high-ranking Sudanese officials in what appears to be a coup attempt, as a senior military official Abdel Fattah al-Burhan dissolved the government and called for a state of emergency across the country. US deputy representative to the UN Richard Mills has condemned the military coup in Sudan stating, it puts US assistance at… Read More

The United Nations Security Council and the United States have imposed sanctions on a Libyan official over the alleged abuse and torture of migrants in a detention center. The Security Council and the U.S. said in separate statements late Tuesday that Osama al-Kuni is the de facto head of a detention center in the North African nation’s west. Migrants there… Read More

Sudan’s Khartoum International Airport remained closed Wednesday despite unconfirmed reports that the airport will soon reopen. Airport officials did not respond with confirmation. Cairo airport officials said they have not recieved a notice that it will be reopened. The airport was closed since Sudan’s military seized power on Monday, dissolving the transitional government hours after troops arrested the prime minister.… Read More

Last updated: 1 hour ago Bad weather has begun to rage over Italy. Extreme phenomena are increasingly frequent and the victims and the severity of damage are increasing. The red alert this time, once again, to better say, has been triggered in Sicily and Calabria. Strong winds and storms have returned to rage over eastern Sicily and Calabria, after having… Read More

In a move with potential ramifications for other European museums, France is displaying 26 looted colonial-era artefacts for one last time before returning them to Benin. The works are exhibited at the Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac museum in Paris one last time after almost 130 years abroad. The pieces were taken from Benin during the colonisation wars over a century ago.… Read More