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At least 21 people including six children have died in Somalia’s flash flooding over the last week, according to the U.N. humanitarian agency. Nearly 100,000 people have been affected by the heavy rains and flash floods that hit the previously drought-stricken area in the Bardhere district of the Gedo region of southern Somalia, according to the U.N.’s Office for the… Read More

Almost two years after the French president made a highly symbolic trip to Rwanda, the presidency announced Friday the upcoming erection of a memorial dedicated the victims of the 1994 genocide. The move has been welcomed by survivors. Analyst Seidik Abba highlights a major step forward. “The mere fact of erecting in the heart of the French capital a monument… Read More

Rwandans in France marked Friday (Apr.07) the 29th anniversary of the last genocide of the XXth century. The commemoration came as France announced it will build a memorial to victims of the 1994 genocide. This Paris ceremony was attended by members of genocide survivor associations and by French officials. “I think it’s very important to have a place in the… Read More

**Former athlete Oscar Pistorius was denied parole last week. He is now seeking to overturn that decision and have a new hearing to be considered for early release from prison as soon as possible, his lawyer told The Associated Press. “I’m confident that common sense will prevail,” lawyer Julian Knight said on April. 3rd, claiming that Pistorius was not given… Read More

Rwanda commemorates the the 29th anniversary of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsis. This morning, as every year, an official ceremony, organized at the Gisozi National Memorial in Kigali, marks the beginning of the 100 days of commemoration. “I thank all of you for refusing to be defined by this tragic history” says the President Paul Kagamé, who speaks at… Read More

The Gabonese National Assembly and Senate met in Congress on Thursday to revise the country’s constitution, reducing the term of office of the President of the Republic from seven to five years, and the election from two to one round. A change denounced by part of the opposition. With the most recent Constitutional revisions in 2018, which instituted a two-round… Read More

At a youth-focused event that marked the International Mine Awareness Day in South Sudan’s capital Juba, Jurkuch Barach Jurkuch, Chairperson of South Sudan’s National Mine Action Authority (NMAA) expressed his regrets about the use of landmines in the country during decades of conflict. Singing their hearts out, some 50 South Sudanese students from three primary schools in the capital Juba,… Read More

From one moment to the next, they can appear on the straight horizon. Long lines of silhouettes making their way through the desert, the strongest in front, the weakest behind. Every week, hundreds of migrants who have been turned back from Algeria come to Assamaka, the first village on the border with Niger. There are now more than 4,500 of… Read More

Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Sudan’s capital Thursday, as talks with the country’s military rulers to bring in a civilian government hit a roadblock. Security forces met the demonstrations in Khartoum with tear gas and stun grenades, according to protester Waleed Adam. No injuries were immediately reported. Protesters have rejected any settlement involving Sudan’s military leaders following… Read More

Entirely immersed in a 3-dimensional world. In a Tripoli arcade, players banter amid the bleeping and music of video games. Isolated by decades of Khadafi tenure and of post-revolution chaos, Libyan gamers are now taking on the world. It’s late at night in the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, and in the suburb of Tajoura, teenagers with headphones clamped to their ears… Read More