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With a mushrooming diaspora community, remittances have become the largest source of external financing in many African countries. Research has found that these inflows are critical for households in the face of disasters and crises like the ongoing financial crunch.  Almaz Negash is the Founder and  Executive Director of, African Diaspora Network, she joins us to share insights on the… Read More

Every day hundreds of desperate people arrive at Dadaab seeking food and shelter, most from across the border in Somalia, where violent instability and a record-bad drought has made life impossible for many. Ugash Adan Abdulahi shook a jerry can. Inside rattled a few grains of sorghum — the only food to last his family another 10 days in Kenya’s… Read More

Former Mauritanian president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz pleaded not guilty on Thursday (Apr. 04) to charges of illicit enrichment on which he began to be questioned by a Nouakchott court. The court was resuming hearings after a two-week recess and reading out the charges against him. Aziz faces charges of “abuse of office”, “influence peddling”, illicit enrichment” and “money laundering” along with… Read More

10 members of the Central African Armed Forces who spent several months in captivity arrived Wednesday (Apr. 05) at the Bangui Mpoko airport. They were welcomed by ministers and the chief of staff. According to officials, 9 others will soon be freed. The last one was injured and is undergoing treatment at the Red Cross. He will be sent to… Read More

Nine suspected armed robbers were killed in an early-morning shootout with police Thursday in South Africa, authorities said. Three other suspects were wounded, said Police Minister Bheki Cele, who visited the scene in the Sebokeng township south of Johannesburg. Two of the injured suspects were in critical condition in the hospital, Cele said. The suspects were believed to be responsible… Read More

The Guinean navy seized more than 1.5 tons of cocaine on Sunday from a ship flying the Sierra Leonean flag, the Guinean army said Wednesday in a statement. Sixty-two bags of 25kg of cocaine each and another of 22kg were found in the hold of the vessel boarded by the army during one of its permanent surveillance missions of the… Read More

Morocco condemned Wednesday the intervention of Israeli police in the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, and denounced “the aggression and terror of the faithful in the middle of the holy month of Ramadan. The Cherifian kingdom stressed “the need to respect the legal, religious and historical status of Al-Quds (Jerusalem) and the Holy Places and to avoid all practices and violations… Read More

At least 10 students were abducted by gunmen in northwest Nigeria, authorities said on Tuesday. Students from the Government Secondary School in Kaduna state were abducted during an attack Monday, however, it was unclear exactly where they were kidnapped from, said Samuel Aruwan, the state commissioner of security. “The exact location of the incident is yet to be ascertained but… Read More

Between 1984 and 1985, artists Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol created around 160 paintings together, including some of the largest works produced during their respective careers. A new exhibit in Paris is now dedicated to their prolific collaboration. The two artists first met through their agent, art dealer Bruno Bischofberger. In autumn 1982, Bischofberger brought 21-year-old Basquiat to 54-year-old Warhol’s… Read More

Amidst ongoing energy crisis, South African officials have revoked the national state of disaster wednesday. The South African government has revoked the national state of disaster Wednesday, declared in February to manage the crippling power crisis. Government officials announced they will be working to reduce the impact of power cuts using existing legislation. The country’s ongoing energy crisis has crippled… Read More