Tag: africanews

Twenty-two-year-old self-taught painter, Johny Alexandre Gomes, is making waves on the Brazilian art scene. Known by the name “Jota”, his works are highly sought after by collectors both at home and abroad. His creations are drawn from the Rio’s Chapadao favela, or poor working-class neighbourhood, where he grew up, and where both he and his mother still live. He is… Read More

Thousands of people continue to escape to safety outside Khartoum, as fighting rages on in Sudan, despite rival forces agreeing to extend the latest truce. Hundreds have been killed and thousands others wounded in the nearly two weeks of warfare been the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. The intense warfare has caused widespread destruction and left people short… Read More

A transgender Rwandan fashion designer who counted President Paul Kagame among her clients has been arrested on charges of forgery after claiming her passport had been altered to reflect her new gender, police said Friday. Moses Turahirwa, 35, was taken into custody on Thursday after sharing a photo of her passport on Instagram, claiming that the gender section had been… Read More

A tough test for Simba and an equally challenging task for the hosts as the two sides lock horns in their Champions League quarter-final return leg on Friday at the Mohamed V stadium. . The Tanzanians picked a 1-0 win at home last Saturday, earning a slim advantage over the defending champions. Wydad and Simba have met twice in the… Read More

Kenya is battling to survive bio-diversity loss and climate change, and nowhere is this more obvious than here in Kitui County. The riverbed is completely dry and Peter Kakai and his friend are digging deep, with no sign of water yet. Kenya, like other countries in the east African region is suffering drought with three years of low, or no… Read More

Africa is struggling to bring down the price of the internet. Despite advances in the field, the road to a stable digital transformation is still long. Internet, key to digital transformation According to the World Bank, it will take $100 billion by 2030 to guarantee high-speed Internet access to all of Africa and an additional half million kilometers of fiber… Read More

*Movement will be restricted in the 320-hectare ranch owned by a Kenyan pastor who is accused of directing his followers to fast to death. The country’s interior minister announced Wednesday (Apr.26) that for 30 days, the area will be subjected to a curfew between 6PM to 6 AM. Human rights activists and journalists have however questioned the move to bar… Read More

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