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Collective action on investment is needed to raise the quality of the African road network. This was one of the recommendations at the official opening ceremony of the 21st General Assembly of the Association of African Road Maintenance Funds (AFERA) that took place Monday in Abidjan the Ivorian capital. The event with the theme “Towards sustainable financing of road funds for… Read More

London will consider an appeal after a judge on Monday ruled the UK law to deport asylum-seekers to Rwanda shouldn’t apply in Northern Ireland. Judge Micheal Humphreys found that parts of the law violated human rights protections of a post-Brexit deal signed between the U.K. and the European Union last year. U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said that the government… Read More

Earmarked for demolition but now collapsed. At least four people were rescued from the rubble of the collapsed building in the Mathare neighborhood of Kenya’s capital on Tuesday. Three of them were critically injured, while one person sustained minor injuries. The Kenya Red Cross has said more people were likely to be trapped in the rubble. The building was undergoing demolition… Read More

Music legend Stevie Wonder has become a Ghanaian citizen, taking the Oath of Allegiance and receiving his Certificate of Citizenship at a ceremony in Ghana’s Jubilee House. Wonder’s decision to become a citizen of Ghana follows his announcement three years ago, citing a desire for a brighter future amidst political turmoil in the US. His passion for Ghana was evident… Read More

Conflicts and natural disasters left a record nearly 76 million people displaced within their countries last year, with violence in Sudan, Congo and the Middle East driving two-thirds of new movement, a top migration monitoring group said Tuesday. The Internal Displacement Monitoring Center report found that the number of internally displaced people, or IDPs, has jumped by 50% over the… Read More

Chad’s opposition leader says he has filed an appeal with the country’s constitutional council to challenge the preliminary results of the May 6 presidential election. In social media posts Sunday, Succès Masra shared a copy of a receipt showing that documents had been filed with the council. The election’s preliminary results showed President Mahamat Deby Itno won with just over… Read More

In South Africa, the tragic toll of the George building collapse has reached 32, with the recovery of eight more victims on Tuesday. Currently, 20 individuals remain unaccounted for, while 13 are receiving medical care in hospitals. Despite a week passing since the multi-story building’s collapse, the cause of this devastating event remains elusive, prompting ongoing rescue efforts and investigations… Read More

Fires being used as a weapon in Sudan destroyed more villages and towns in the country’s west in April than in any other month since the conflict began more than a year ago, an analysis by a U.K.-based rights group said Monday. Sudan Witness, an open-source project run by the nonprofit Center for Information Resilience, said 72 villages and settlements… Read More

A curator at the American Museum of Natural History was detained in Istanbul on Monday while allegedly attempting to smuggle spider and scorpion samples, Turkish media reported. Lorenzo Prendini, an expert on arachnids at the prestigious New York-based institute, was held by police at Istanbul Airport while trying to take some 1,500 samples out of the country, several news outlets… Read More

Labor unions in Nigeria staged nationwide protests on Monday over recent increases in electricity prices following the removal of subsidies by the West African nation’s government. The unions made up of government workers were picketing offices of public electricity utilities in major cities as they asked authorities to counteract price hikes that have worsened the country’s cost of living crisis.… Read More