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More than 200 activists gathered outside the Ugandan High Commission in South Africa to demonstrate against the anti-gay bill recently passed by Ugandan lawmakers. The activists, led by South Africa’s leftist Economic Freedom Fighters opposition party, urged Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni not to sign the bill into law. “You know, they are preaching hate, you know, and like, you know,… Read More

A convoy of African Union peacekeepers has been hit by an explosion in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, on Monday. Reports suggest that at least three civilians who were in the vicinity lost their lives. According to a local security officer the explosion was caused by a landmine planted near the road. Troops from the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS)… Read More

From the first concerned to the Catholic bishops, through political parties and civil society associations, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, positions are being taken against a controversial bill on “congolity”. This bill, known as the “Tshiani law”, named after its initiator Noël Tshiani, himself a candidate in the 2018 presidential elections, Submitted to the National Assembly in July… Read More

The French Minister of State for Development, Francophonie, and International Partnerships, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, has renewed her call for the protection of the rights of the LGBTQ+ community. Speaking at a press conference in Accra on Monday, April 3,  she pledged to continue advocating for the rights of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, Transgender, and Queer people, regardless of where she is located.… Read More

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on Monday to “repeal” a cybercrime law recently enacted in Libya and to release people detained under it, which undermines freedom of expression, according to a report by the NGO. “The Libyan House of Representatives should repeal the anti-cybercrime law passed in September 2022 which restricts the freedoms of speech and expression,” the human rights… Read More

An exhibition with 181 objects from the Kingdom of Pharaoh Ramses II opens this Friday at La Grande Halle de La Villette in Paris. Among the objects on display until September 6th is the restored funerary mask of Egyptian King Amenemope. “It’s an absolutely extraordinary object, extremely fragile, extremely well restored, because originally this mask was sitting on a wooden… Read More

President Ali Bongo had been widely expected to announce his bid for a new term at celebrations to mark the 55th anniversary of the ruling Gabon Democratic Party in Libreville on Sunday. Instead, the 64-year-old discussed a stroke he suffered in 2018 which kept him out of the country for months. Bongo told his party faithful that he was determined… Read More

The main opposition coalition in Tunisia called on the government on Monday to reveal the reasons for President Kais Saied’s “absence” from the political scene in recent days. The National Salvation Front (FSN) added that it had been informed of “health problems”.  Since March 22nd that the president has not carried out any public activities. “The National Salvation Front was informed… Read More

A falling local currency, salary arrears payments and war spending have pushed up prices in impoverished Democratic Republic of Congo, leaving locals struggling to afford basics. Since the new year, the Congolese franc has depreciated about 15 percent against the US dollar, according to official figures and money changers, hitting the poorest hardest. Several people interviewed by AFP said that… Read More

Africa’s travel market is open and booming. This is a sentiment expressed by an estimated 600 exhibitors at this year’s World Travel Market Africa in Cape Town, South Africa. This after the industry sustained serious damage due to Covid-19.  The meeting saw a 35% increase compared to last year,  said Carol Weaving, Director of Reed Exhibition Africa.  “This year we have 577… Read More