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Hundreds of people fleeing the fighting in Sudan cross the main border post at Metema in western Ethiopia every day. Around 15,000 people from sixty different countries have crossed over between April 21st and May 7th.  Redin Abdela Ahmed, a student from Khartoum, was one of them. “We have to live together, suffer together, share our stuff with each other,… Read More

Twenty civilians, including women and children, were killed between Monday and Wednesday in two attacks by suspected jihadists in central-eastern Burkina Faso, security and local sources told AFP on Friday. On Wednesday, “armed groups carried out an incursion into Bilguimdouré”, a village in the commune of Sangha, in the province of Koulpélogo (center-east), bordering Ghana and Togo, “causing a dozen… Read More

Kenyan marathon specialist Eliud Kipchoge has won the Princess of Asturias Award for sports for 2023 the Spanish foundation that organizes the prizes  announced. Kipchoge, 38, who took Olympic gold medals in the marathon in 2016 and 2020 and was world 5,000 meters champion in 2003 “is considered a legend in world athletics and the best marathon runner of all time,”… Read More

Arab leaders are to welcome Syrian President Bashar al-Assad back into the fold Friday at a summit in Saudi Arabia that is also expected to confront conflicts in Sudan and Yemen. Assad arrived in the Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah on Thursday for the Arab League gathering, his first since the bloc suspended Syria in 2011 over the brutal… Read More

A three-year old South African toddler reads better than 80 percent of the country’s schoolchildren who are more than three times her age. Lethukuthula Bhengu became famous after after her clips on social network TikTok reached over one million followers. Bhengu’s parents started teaching her how to read after she turned two, seeing that she could memorise and associate words… Read More

What do artificial nails, crypto currencies, spaghetti and social media influencers have in common? They are all being targeted by Kenya’s taxman in a raft of new proposals aimed at filling the coffers of President William Ruto’s cash-strapped government. Ruto is seeking to repair a heavily-indebted economy inherited from his predecessor Uhuru Kenyatta, who ramped up borrowing to fund a… Read More

For the first time, the Venice Biennale of Architecture is curated by an African, featuring a preponderance of work by Africans and the African diaspora. Scottish-Ghanaian architect Lesley Lokko is giving a platform to voices that have long been silenced. The 18th architectural Biennale titled “The Laboratory of the Future,” explores decolonisation and decarbonisation, topics about which Africans have much… Read More

G7 leaders convene in Japan to tackle urgent global concerns including the Ukraine invasion, climate change, and food insecurity. Simultaneously, African nations prioritize economic recovery from the pandemic and debt risks, with the digital economy emerging as a pivotal driver of employment and growth, projected to dominate the global workforce by 2100. A recent report by the World Bank titled… Read More

South Africa has a prison population of over one hundred fifty thousand. Some of those held behind bars await to be released and reintegrated in their communities. However, one of the major challenges ex-convicts face in South Africa is unemployment. Criminologist and Researcher, Africa Monyai explains that the country’s law stipulates that an ex-offender can apply for the expungement of… Read More

A large presidential amnesty saw the release of about a fifth of all prisoners in the Zimbabwe Thursday (May 18). A total of 4270 inmates were let out, according to the country’s correctional service, which described the amnesty as a “noble gesture” by the president. The move brings down overcrowding in the country which numbers over 50 detention centres, that… Read More