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French rappers, singers, songwriters and personalities from various fields gathered Thursday (May 11) for a historic evening. They attended the first edition of the French Urban Music Awards known as ‘Les Flammes’ ceremony. The Paris event was dedicated to celebrating rap, R&B and afro Caribbean music among other popular genres. Guests in attendance welcomed a long overdue ceremony. “It’s a… Read More

Local hero Ferdinand Omanyala said he wants to improve his African 100m record (9 sec 77 in 2021) at the Kip Keino Classic, an international meeting held on Saturday in Nairobi “I’ve already run pretty fast this season. But if you think you have seen it all, you are wrong! The previous African record was too long. If the conditions… Read More

Thousands or protesters took to the streets of the Senegalese capital Dakar, Friday 12 May, against President Macky Sall’s refusal to rule out standing for a third term in office. The demonstrations were organised by a group callled the “Movement of the living forces of Senegal F24”; referring to the scheduled election date of February 24 2024 Tensions have been… Read More

Ghana joined forces with China and France on Friday to form a committee which will help pave the way for a $3 billion dollar International Monetary Fund loan. In December Ghana agreed to a three-year credit programme with the IMF to strengthen the country’s finances and restore confidence as the country faced its worst economic crisis in decades. Since then,… Read More

Voters in Mauritania went to the polls on Saturday (13 May) in the first local elections since President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani came to power in 2019. It is being seen as a test of the leader’s popularity ahead of presidential elections next year in which he has not yet confirmed his decision to stand. However, Ghazouani, who has overseen the West… Read More

Thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes in central Somalia after the River Shabelle burst its banks in Beledweyne. Heavy rain has led to flooding in the area, causing damage to towns and villages and the UN’s humanitarian response agency (OCHA) warned of an increase in diseases such as cholera as local infrastructures are affected Local resident,… Read More

Amnesty International has welcomed a UN report accusing the Malian army and “foreign” fighters of having executed over 500 people in 2022 during anti-jihadi operations in the Moura region. The figures by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) amount to the worst atrocity the Sahel country has experienced since a jihadist insurgency flared in 2012. It is also… Read More

While world’s biggest chocolate companies see their profits soar, they fail to keep their promises to improve the wages of the farmers who grow cocoa in Ghana, one of the main producing countries, NGO Oxfam denounced in a report. In a report published Thursday (May 11) Oxfam said earnings for US companies Hershey, Mars and Mondelez in addition to Italy’s… Read More

A week after the devastating floods in Rwanda which cost the lives of 131 people, Rwandan President Paul Kagame has visited the Rubavu district; one of the three most badly affected areas. On Friday, he surveyed the damage caused by the Sebeya River and met some of the displaced people of the Inyemeramihigo camp. Speaking to crowds, President Kagame said;… Read More

Sudan’s warring military sides signed in Jeddah, late Thursday (May 11), a commitment to abide by humanitarian principles. The United States and Saudi Arabia are leading the nearly week-long talks. “Today’s agreement is the result of your true will to spare our brotherly Sudanese people from bearing the consequences of the ongoing military conflict,” Waleed A. Elkhereiji, the Saudi Deputy Foreign… Read More