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The unrest in Ziguinchor, a town in southern Senegal, came one day before the expected start of Sonko’s rape trial in the country’s capital, Dakar. Sonko was charged based on a woman’s accusations that he assaulted her when she worked at a massage salon. If convicted, Sonko faces up to 10 years in prison and would be barred from running… Read More

It is one month since fighting erupted in Sudan.  The capital, Khartoum, and its estimated five million residents, are enduring shortages of food and basic supplies, and runaway inflation. Fighting continued Monday morning, with loud explosions heard across the capital and thick smoke billowing in the sky while warplanes drew anti-aircraft fire. Many had no choice but to flee the… Read More

The African Development Bank said Monday it had developed the financial tools needed to make over $3 billion in compensation payments to white farmers who lost land and other assets in Zimbabwe. The bank’s president Akinwumi Adesina, while speaking during a press conference in Harare, said the new proposal would ‘leverage capital markets’ to avoid aggravating Zimbabwe’s debt situation. He… Read More

One of Kenya’s oldest wild lions was killed by herders and the government has expressed concern as six more lions were speared at another village on Saturday, bringing to 10 the number killed last week alone. The male lion named Loonkiito was 19 years old and was described as frail by the Kenya Wildlife Service who said it wandered out… Read More

Comoros said Monday it will resume accepting its nationals returning “voluntarily” from the neighbouring French island of Mayotte, following a weeks-long standoff with Paris over the expulsion of undocumented Comorans. France said last month that it would deport thousands of undocumented Comoran migrants and started razing slums as part of a security operation in Mayotte. The so-called Operation Wuambushu (“Take… Read More

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated 27-year-old gourmet chef, Hilda Bassey Effiong, aka Hilda Baci, who made history by breaking the world record of longest hours of cooking. The Akwa Ibom State-born broke the record which was hitherto held by Indian chef Lata Tondon on Monday. Hilda, who has so far cooked for 91 hours, 06 minutes will cook for 96… Read More

The United States says it has taken steps to impose visa bans on persons who disrupted the recent general elections in Nigeria. In a statement on the US State Department website, Secretary of State Antony Binken said “the United States is committed to supporting and advancing democracy in Nigeria and around the world.” Blinken clarified that the visa ban was… Read More

Sudan’s military chief has ordered the freezing of all bank accounts belonging to a rival paramilitary force. The two sides have battled for weeks across Sudan, pushing the troubled country to the brink of all-out war. The decree, issued on Sunday by Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan, will target the official accounts of the Rapid Support Forces in Sudanese bank, as… Read More

The prime minister of Guinea-Bissau, Nuno Gomes Nabiam, kicked off on Saturday the electoral campaign for the June 4th legislative elections. Nuno Gomes Nabiam is campaigning for his party, Assembly of the United People – Democratic Party of Guinea-Bissau. “We can’t have incendiary speeches, that doesn’t help. These speeches bring problems and it is the country that suffers. I, Nuno,… Read More

A new step on the road to peace for Casamance. A historic handshake on May 13 gathered the head of the Diakaye fighters, the governor of the Ziguinchor region and the representative of Senegal’s government. In Senegal’s southern region of Casamance, a rebellion has killed over 5000 people, forcing thousands to displace. Fighters from the Diakaye faction have now agreed to… Read More