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As the number of victims linked to a suspected starvation cult in Kenya climbed to 95 on Wednesday, relatives have been anxiously waiting for news of their loved ones at a morgue in the coastal town of Malinda. Last week, investigators unearthed mass graves on the property of cult leader Paul Mackenzie Nthenge, accused of driving his followers to death… Read More

Thousands of Sudanese have been crossing the northern Arqin border into Egypt as they flee fighting in their country between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces that erupted in mid-April. Buses are lining up at the border area and families have been sleeping outside in the desert, waiting to be let in to the neighbouring country. “I left… Read More

The Stockholm-based International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, IDEA, launched a new website on Thursday that closely monitors the state of democracy and human rights around the world. It will provide monthly analysis and data on 173 countries based on over 100 indicators, from holding clean elections to fair access to justice and civil liberties. Seema Shah, head of… Read More

Activities have resumed at the port of Mutsamudu on the island of Anjouan, in the Comoros archipelago. And The Comoros will allow boats arriving from Mayotte to dock once again. The port had closed for work on Monday (Apr. 24). The docking suspension had come as French authorities on the neighbouring island of Mayotte were to start expulsing undocumented migrants while… Read More

The Nigerian government has announced that it will take the first step towards the creation of a new state of the nation’s military in the coming years, according to a new report released by the Nigerian Ministry of Defence on Wednesday. The military unit was on patrol Monday in the village of Laayi, near the town of Damasak (not far… Read More

The Mozambican president, Filipe Nyusi, assured on Wednesday that the conditions are met to allow TotalEnergies to resume its huge natural gas exploitation project in the country, suspended since 2021 following a major jihadist attack, a few kilometers away. The poor but resource-rich northeastern province of Cabo Delgado, which has a Muslim majority and borders Tanzania, has been plagued by… Read More

Children with autism are referred to as “wizards”, “bewitched” or “lost” in Congo-Brazzaville, where a school has been set up to promote their “socialization” and raise awareness of this neurodevelopmental disorder. Located in the heart of Poto-Poto, the most cosmopolitan of Brazzaville’s neighborhoods, the Case Dominique school, run by Catholic nuns, welcomes 350 autistic children and others suffering from Down’s… Read More

Sudanese and foreigners streamed out of the capital of Khartoum and other battle zones, as fighting Tuesday shook a new three-day truce brokered by the United States and Saudi Arabia. Millions of Sudanese trapped in their homes since violence began April 15, between forces loyal to the country’s top two generals. Civilian life has come to a standstill as tens… Read More

Morocco has recorded a record number of arrivals in the first quarter of 2023, with the latest figures from the tourism ministry showing it attracted 2.9 million tourists in the three-month period. “Tourism in Morocco continues its rise to levels never seen before, as evidenced by the exceptional figures recorded at the end of March 2023,” the tourism ministry said… Read More

Eight veteran Senegalese riflemen will be finally returning home for good this Friday, after President Emmanuel Macron’s government in January lifted a six-month residency condition for their military pension. For 95-year-old Yoro Diao, after nearly 20 years of living thousands of miles from his family, he is happy to leave his tiny studio in a suburb of Paris, to return… Read More