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Hundreds of Mauritanian soldiers and civilians attended Sunday (Mar. 12) in Nouakchott, the funeral of a gendarme who was killed during an operation to arrest four terrorists who escaped from prison. Relatives, a number of ministers, heads of security services, and the rest of the audience performed the funeral prayer in front of the coffin of Gendarmerie Mustafa Ould Khudair… Read More

The death toll in the ferry disaster off the coast of Gabon last Thursday has risen to six, with thirty-one people still missing. The privately-owned Esther Miracle was carrying 161 passengers and crew from the capital Libreville to the oil town of Port-Gentil when it sank in calm waters in the middle of the night. Most of the 124 survivors… Read More

At the 95th Academy Awards, American costume designer Ruth E. Carter made history becoming the first Black woman to win two Oscars. Four years after winning Best Costume Design for Marvel’s “Black Panther”, on Sunday she took home her second award in the category for its sequel, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”. As lead costume designer, Carter played an influential role… Read More

An Ethiopian journalist who received an award at the White House in the United States last week, has sounded the alarm over press freedom in her country. Meaza Mohammed was one of a group that was presented with an “International Women of Courage” award by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, on International Women’s Day, Introducing her, the White House… Read More

South Africa’s largest public sector workers union continued to protest outside various hospitals across the country on Monday. The protest, including union members in health and education, has run into its second week, with heavy law enforcement on display to monitor the rallies. The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union is demanding a 10% wage increase, while the government has… Read More

At least 15 people have been killed in Malawi and Mozambique as Cyclone Freddy battered the region for the second time in a month. Torrential rain caused flooding and mudslides as it made landfall in Mozambique on Saturday night before hitting neighbouring Malawi on Sunday. Meteorologists say the looping pattern which has seen Freddy strike southern Africa twice is extremely… Read More

Tems, the Nigerian singer-songwriter, has unfortunately failed to win the Best Original Song award at the 95th edition of the prestigious Academy Awards. Tems was nominated for her exceptional contribution as a songwriter on ‘Lift Me Up,’ one of the songs featured in Marvel’s ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’. Tems was up against some tough competition, including ‘Applause’ from ‘Tell It… Read More

At Least 36 people were killed by extremists in conflict-riddled eastern Congo, the military said on Thursday. The Allied Democratic Forces, a rebel militia with links to the Islamic State group, killed civilians in Mukondi village in North Kivu province, said Congo army spokesman in Beni town, Capt. Anthony Mwalushayi. “The enemy made the incursion into the chiefdom of Bashu… Read More

As extremist violence in West Africa´s Sahel region spreads south toward coastal states, the United States military has launched its annual military training exercise aimed at helping armies contain the jihadi threat. Soldiers from several African countries are being trained in counter-insurgency tactics as part of the annual U.S.-led exercise known as Flintlock, that began this week. Some 1,300 military… Read More

When doctors diagnosed Lillian with cervical cancer, “it was a really scary moment.” But a new, tailored treatment gave the 30-year-old Rwandan woman hope. “The medical diagnosis was very scary, my husband couldn’t believe it,” Lillian, whose name has been changed, told AFP. “We had heard it was incurable, so it was a really scary time,” she continued.And her fears were… Read More