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Tina Turner, the trailblazing Black rocker whose powerful voice and imposing stage presence thrilled global audiences for decades, died Wednesday at the age of 83. Tributes poured in from around the world, with some of music’s biggest names lamenting the loss of a singular and instantly recognizable performer, whose popularity spanned generations. Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger — who, legend… Read More

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved an aid package for Ivory Coast totaling $3.5 billion. The first tranche is nearly $500 million. The programme, which has been endorsed by the Fund’s Executive Board, is spread over 40 months and should help the West African country implement “the national development plan put in place by the authorities while preserving its macroeconomic… Read More

 The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo filed a complaint on Tuesday at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands, against the Rwandan army-M23 coalition for crimes committed in the east of the country. “The DRC is deeply concerned by the serious violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law committed and perpetuated against the… Read More

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Tuesday it had agreed to a $1 billion (927 billion euro) loan for Kenya, an East African country facing liquidity and economic difficulties. Kenya’s economy is burdened by a debt of $70bn (about €65bn) and a sharp devaluation of its currency, the shilling, against the dollar. In an attempt to reduce its debt,… Read More

Tina Turner, the unstoppable singer and stage performer who teamed with husband Ike Turner for a dynamic run of hit records and live shows in the 1960s and ‘70s and survived her horrifying marriage to triumph in middle age with the chart-topping “What’s Love Got to Do With It,” has died at 83. Turner died Tuesday, after a long illness… Read More

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba urged African countries on Wednesday to abandon their stances of neutrality towards his country’s war with Russia. Speaking in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, on Wednesday, Kuleba said Ukraine was “very upset that some African countries chose to abstain” and called on them to lend Ukraine diplomatic support “in the face of Russian aggression.” Many… Read More

In Ziguinchor, southern Senegal, the summing-up for the prosecution in Ousmane Sonko’s rape trial were Wednesday’s hot topic. The trial of Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko on rape charges adjourned early Wednesday (May 24), with the prosecutor calling for a 10-year jail term in a case that has sparked tensions in the West African country since 2021. Highly popular among… Read More

North Korea, Eritrea and Mauritania have the highest prevalence of modern slavery in the world, according to the 2023 Global Slavery Index published Wednesday, which noted a “worsening” situation globally since its last survey five years earlier. The report said an estimated 50 million people were “living in situations of modern slavery” in 2021, an increase of 10 million over… Read More

A family from Hammanskraal, North of Pretoria is mourning the death of a relative who fell victim to a deadly cholera outbreak which has killed 15 people in recent days. They are seething with anger, blaming the government in Africa’s most advanced economy for failing to solve their perennial water woes. Kagiso Sadiki cannot remember a time when Hammanskraal’s tap… Read More

A man died in Namibia of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, known as Congo fever, a viral disease that is transmitted by ticks, we learned on Wednesday from the Ministry of Health. “A single case is enough to declare an eruption” of the disease and for sanitary measures to be put in place against transmission, according to international standards, Ben Nangombe, executive… Read More