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As soon as Bridget Mosanya went to get a book from her bag to study, it started to rain. The power immediately went out, as it virtually always does in Nigeria, even if it is barely drizzling. “Nepa has taken light,” the 17-year-old said in her now-dark room. She was referring to the national electric power authority, a long-defunct public… Read More

The countries bordering Sudan, which has been shaken by fighting for the past two months, must “keep their borders open”, urged the United Nations high commissioner for refugees (UNHCR), Filippo Grandi, in an interview on Tuesday, after announcing that more than half a million people had fled the country. “My appeal to all neighbouring countries is to say ‘I understand… Read More

Fulgence Kayishema, accused of playing a major role in the genocide in Rwanda and arrested last month near Cape Town after 22 years on the run, is to seek asylum in South Africa, his lawyer announced on Tuesday. “My instructions are to apply for asylum in the republic of South Africa”, Juan Smuts shared at the end of a court… Read More

South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa and the governments of the Netherlands and Denmark launched a $1 billion green hydrogen fund to help kick-start an industry in the fight against climate change. South Africa’s energy transition plan to set up an export hub for green hydrogen aims to use renewable energy without producing greenhouse gas emissions. During a business forum held… Read More

The 5th edition of North Africa’s most significant dance festival, Journées Choréographiques de Carthage (Carthage Dance Days), mesmerized audiences in the capital Tunis. The festival took place from 10 to 17 June in Tunis and the city’s nearby Roman ruins of Thuburbo Majus and featured 179 dancers and artists from Tunisia and seven partner countries.  A cross-cultural performance The Municipal… Read More

Senegalese President Macky Sall said the country’s commitment to democracy will continue “despite those that try to paint with darker colours.” Sall was speaking in Lisbon to reporters along with Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. In recent weeks, Dakar has seen deadly clashes break out between Senegalese police and supporters of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko after Sonko was convicted… Read More

Following a visit by African heads of state to Ukraine and Russia last week, French Minister of Foreign Affairs has reacted to the mission, calling it “positive”. During a visit to South Africa, Catherine Colonna spoke about the African delegation. “From our point of view, any peace effort is positive if it aims to restore the principles of the UN… Read More

Sierra Leone, which is to elect its president on Saturday, is associated with white sandy beaches and lush tropical forests, but also with the history of slavery and a bloody civil war. Here are five things you need to know about the former British colony whose name, meaning “lion mountain”, derives from an old Portuguese phrase 1. Freed slaves Sierra… Read More

Egypt’s top diplomat met with the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on Sunday (June 18). The officials talked among other things on strategic relations, economic partnership and close cooperation in the Mediterranean, the Egyptian Foreign ministry tweeted.  The EU representative announced an allocation to back Egypt as it welcomes refugees from neighbouring Sudan.… Read More

As Malians awaited the results of Sunday’s referendum on a new constitution, the chairman of the Modele Mali observation mission gave Monday (June 19) an overview of the voting process. The disenfranchisement of voters living in the northern region of Kidal which is controlled by former rebels is highly contested. Modele Mali says its observers witnessed no vote there. ”There… Read More