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Sudan’s top general declared a state of emergency, dissolved the authorities leading country’s democratic transition, and announced the formation of a new government after soldiers detained civilian leaders Monday in what activists denounced as a “coup”. General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan’s announcement in a televised address came after armed forces detained figures of the government in charge of leading the transition… Read More

Nigeria is officially launching a new digital version of its currency, the eNaira, after postponing the operation initially planned for early October, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari announced Monday. With this launch, Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy in terms of GDP and the continent’s most populous country (over 200 million inhabitants), is a pioneer on the continent, alongside Ghana, which has been… Read More

Mali’s transitional government has ordered an envoy of the 15-nation West African regional bloc to leave the country within 72 hours because of actions “incompatible with his status.” The Economic Community of West African States, known as ECOWAS, is pressing Mali’s transitional leader Col. Assimi Goita, who seized power in a coup in August 2020, to respect his pledge to… Read More

Zimbabwean author and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga was honored with the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade. Dangarembga is “a widely audible voice of Africa in contemporary literature,” the jury said in its statement. The 62-year-old was honored for her artistic work, but also for her political commitment. She has been fighting for freedom and against corruption for years and… Read More

Last updated: 19 minutes ago A temporary David Bowie-themed pop-up store opens in London to commemorate 75 years since the visionary singer’s birth upcoming on January 8th, 2022. The pop-up at 14 Heddon Street — the London location where the album cover for ‘The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars’ was shot — offers a… Read More

The head of Libya’s election commission Emad Al-Shadly Al-Sayah said Sunday that the commission will open registration for the presidential and parliamentary candidates in November. During in a news conference held in the capital Tripoli, Al-Sayah announced that the registration process will start by mid-November when technical and logistical preparations are completed. The elections are a major step forward in… Read More

Somali film-maker Khadar Ahmed won the top prize at the Fespaco film festival in Burkina Faso Saturday for “The Gravedigger’s Wife”, which he wrote and directed. The 40-year-old was not at the ceremony to receive the Golden Stallion award, but his work beat 16 other African films to the top prize. The films in competition were made by directors from… Read More

Last updated: 57 minutes ago A group of about 2,000 mainly Central American migrants continued their mass exodus from the southern Mexico city of Tapachula Sunday, reaching a town about 16 miles away. Migrants walked in the early morning, starting out before dawn, to avoid the burning heat. Mostly from Honduras and El Salvador, many were accompanied by small children.… Read More

Ugandan police said Sunday that a deadly explosion that killed one person and injured three others at a roadside eatery in the capital Kampala was an “act of domestic terror”. Police spokesman Fred Enanga said the attackers arrived at the popular grilled pork joint in northern Kampala at around 8:30 pm (1730 GMT) on Saturday carrying a plastic shopping bag… Read More

Unidentified gunmen arrested several Sudanese leaders early Monday at their homes, a government source told AFP, after weeks of tension between the military and civilian transitional authorities in the East African country. The internet was cut off throughout the country, AFP journalists noted, while demonstrators gathered in the streets to protest against the arrests, setting fire to tires. The events… Read More