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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

With Kenya fast becoming one of Africa’s booming tech leaders, teaching young children computer skills has become increasingly important. Educational experts believe that in the future, many jobs will be carried out through technology and that it is therefore imperative that they start learning the skills at a young age. Anne Njine, an education specialist at the organisation, Opportunity International… Read More

The World Health Organization said on Wednesday that Covid-19 deaths had dropped by 95 per cent since the start of the year. However, it warned that the virus was still on the move and countries would have to learn how to manage its ongoing non-emergency effects, including the post-Covid-19 condition, Long-Covid. “We’re very encouraged by the sustained decline in reported… Read More

A former head of the al-Bashir’s regime in Sudan wanted for crimes against humanity has announced that he fled prison with other former collaborators in this country in full chaos. According to the army, former leader Omar al-Bashir did not flee with his lieutenants because he is currently in hospital. Ousted Sudanese strongman Omar al-Bashir is “still in a hospital… Read More