African Essence

Gbagbo and Soro Officially Back in the Presidential Race

Initial Bid Rejection Two more candidates are officially in the running to be president in Cote d’Ivoire in time for…

September 1, 2020

Malian M5 RFP Propose 18 to 24 month Transition

The June Opposition Movement that saw numerous Malian citizens in the streets of Bamako calling for the resignation of the…

August 31, 2020

South Africa: Protest against farm attacks

Hundreds of farmers on tractors, motorbikes, trucks or horses took to the streets of the small South African town of…

August 30, 2020

DRC: UN Calls to Investigate Death Threats Targeting Laureate Mukwege

A series of terrifying death threats — which began back in July, is being aimed at Congolese Nobel Peace Prize…

August 29, 2020

South Africa records 2,585 new COVID-19 cases

South Africa on Thursday registered 2,585 new cases of the novel coronavirus over the last 24 hours, bringing the total…

August 28, 2020

Mali’s Protest Movement Finally Meets Junta I

Mali’s June 5 protest movement that mobilized for weeks against President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta has given its vote of confidence…

August 27, 2020

Kenya: tribe’s circumcision ritual maintained amid pandemic

Among the Bukusu, of the Luhya tribe in western Kenya, teenage boys become men during celebrations that last several days,…

August 26, 2020

African films enter Netflix catalogue

African films are making a debut on Netflix. "Santana" is an action film that shows the rivalry between two brothers…

August 25, 2020

W.H.O. labels COVID-19 related graft as murder

All 54 countries on the continent have been affected by the highly infectious COVID 19, with over 1.1 million cases…

August 24, 2020

ECOWAS optimist over talks with military junta in Mali

The ECOWAS envoy, which arrived in Mali saturday for talks with the military junta, has called on restoring power in…

August 23, 2020

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