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Hundreds gathered Friday in Mali’s capital Bamako to call for MINUSMA the UN peacekeeping mission in the West African country to leave. Protestors responded to a call by local political and activist groups close to the country’s military junta to attend the protest meeting. The protestors, many waving Russian flags, say the UN peacekeepers’ decade-long presence is no longer required.… Read More

A Burkinabe human rights organization counted 136 civilians, including 50 women and 21 children, killed on April 20 in the village of Karma in northern Burkina Faso by men wearing army fatigues. “Our teams have documented and recorded 136 lifeless bodies in Karma, including 50 women and 21 children, among them babies under 30 days old killed on their mothers’… Read More

Mohamed El Morabity of Morocco has won the 37th Marathon des sables, a desert ultra-trail in self-sufficiency (250 km), made difficult by the heat in the sahara desert. Running under 40.5 ° C El Morabity beat his compatriot Aziz Yachou in the last stage. The two men are in the same order in the general standings. Mohamed El Morabity won for… Read More

The World Food Programme’s Home-grown school feeding program has been making a big difference in the lives of schoolchildren in Rwanda. Implemented successfully in seven districts, this program provides nutritious meals to children, promoting their education, health, and sanitation. The goal of the program is to ensure that every child receives a healthy meal every day by 2030.Rwanda has also… Read More

A dozen mayors from several towns on the Comoran island of Anjouan protest on the streets of the capital Mutsamudu against France’s controversial operation “Wuambushu”, aimed at kicking out undocumented migrants, many of them Comorans, from the French island of Mayotte. According to Zarouki Bouchrane, the mayor of Mutsamudu, his city “cannot accommodate” all the people regularly expelled from Mayotte. The… Read More

So many migrants risking the dangerous sea crossing from Tunisia to Europe have drowned that morgues and hospitals in the key launchpad city of Sfax are full, officials said Friday. “On Tuesday, we had more than 200 bodies, well beyond the capacity of the hospital, which creates a health problem,” said Faouzi Masmoudi, justice official in the port city of… Read More

A group of environmentalists in Libya are hoping to save its remaining green spaces from logging, development, and the impacts of climate change. The “Friends of the Tree” association works to raise awareness about green areas around the capital Tripoli that are quickly disappearing because of drought, human activity, and desertification. “Man has destroyed forests” and much of the vegetation,… Read More

It is a trip they almost stopped dreaming of. Nine Senegalese veterans, aged 85 to 96, who fought for France during the XXth century, will join their families in Senegal. After years and sometimes decades of living thousands of miles from their relatives so they could claim their French army pension, the soldiers were moved on their way to the airport… Read More

Veteran Kenyan opposition leader, Raila Odinga, led a cavalcade of cars through the streets of Nairobi on Friday, shortly after his return from a trip to Dubai. In a festive atmosphere, the large crowd of supporters followed his convoy through the streets of the city as it made its way to a rally in the district of Kibera. It was… Read More

Shocking news struck the runners of the Marathon des Sables late Thursday (Apr. 27). 9-time winner of the race, Rachid El Morabity threw in the towel a few minutes after being caught red-handed with food in the bag. The goal of the race is to cover 250 km in 7 days across the Sahara, in food self-sufficiency. Any food provided by… Read More