Walk through any market in Lagos, Accra, Kampala or Dakar and the colour hits you before anything else. Bold circles, fat flowers, zigzags and tiny symbols repeat themselves across bolts of cloth. The full Ankara fabric history is a long and surprising one, and it starts thousands of kilometres from the African continent. A Cloth […]
Every cup of coffee you have ever enjoyed owes a debt to the highlands of Ethiopia. Ethiopian coffee is not just another origin on a café menu; it is where the whole story began. Long before coffee shops, espresso machines, or instant sachets, people in this part of the Horn of Africa were already picking […]
Kenya will earmark sufficient resources to promote conservation of vultures amid threat of extinction linked to habitat destruction and retaliatory poisoning by herders, officials said on Saturday at an event to mark International Vulture Awareness Day. Minister for Tourism and Wildlife Najib Balala, , said that protecting vultures and other birds of prey from myriad […]
A long queue of downcast Zimbabweans stretches out in Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe as inhabitants await their turn to receive their daily food handout. This way of life was not what many envisioned after the late former president Robert Mugabe was forced to resign from his position in 2017 after 37 years in power. A Chitungwiza resident, […]
Zimbabwe’s investigative journalist Hopewell Chin’ono was released from prison on Wednesday. He used to be arrested six weeks in the past for inciting public violence for tweeting his support for an anti-government protest. He had mentioned on alleged COVID-19 procurement fraud- which led to the fitness minister being sacked and charged with corruption. “I was […]
Not long after being released from the 10-day detention imposed by the military coup leaders, the National Committee for the Salvation of the People, the ousted Malian president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita was hospitalised late Tuesday at a private clinic in Bamako, Mali. Nouhoum Sarr, one of the leaders of M5 Rally for Patriotic Forces movement […]
Coffee Consumption is on the Rise in Uganda There’s a new trend brewing in Uganda amongst the younger generation that can be found in an aroma-filled cup of cappuccino or espresso. Indeed, despite being the second-largest coffee-producer on the African continent, Ugandans have been typically tea drinkers. However, Today’s cultural times are seeing the rise […]
Initial Bid Rejection Two more candidates are officially in the running to be president in Cote d’Ivoire in time for the Monday night submission deadline. Both candidacy bids were filed in their absence and in spite of the earlier decision taken in August to exclude the bid of anyone convicted of a crime or misdemeanour […]
The June Opposition Movement that saw numerous Malian citizens in the streets of Bamako calling for the resignation of the now-ousted ex-president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita proposed a transition back to civilian power of 18 to24 months — to the military coup leaders who ousted him. Issa Kaou Djim, M5RFP Strategy Committee member, spoke to the […]
Hundreds of farmers on tractors, motorbikes, trucks or horses took to the streets of the small South African town of Mookgophong on Tuesday, to protest what they said was a spike in attacks on farms. The protest was held as three suspects appeared in court on charges of murdering a 79-year-old farmer in March. A […]
A series of terrifying death threats — which began back in July, is being aimed at Congolese Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Denis Mukwege after he condemned the massacre of 18 people in South Kivu, the conflict-ridden province in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The United Nations is vehemently raising the […]
South Africa on Thursday registered 2,585 new cases of the novel coronavirus over the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases to 618,286, the health minister announced. Zweli Mkhize said 126 people died due to the virus on Thursday, pushing the total number of fatalities to 13,628. “We extend our condolences to the […]
Mali’s June 5 protest movement that mobilized for weeks against President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta has given its vote of confidence on the junta that overthrew the country’s former leader. On Wednesday the group said it was ready to join in the transition process that should return power to civilians. The meeting presented as contact between […]
Among the Bukusu, of the Luhya tribe in western Kenya, teenage boys become men during celebrations that last several days, and during which they are circumcised. Despite the dangers associated with COVID-19, the Bukusu have decided to keep their tradition alive and maintain the ceremony this year. “We know this year there is corona,” Peter […]
African films are making a debut on Netflix. “Santana” is an action film that shows the rivalry between two brothers and police officers in the fight against organized crime. It is a co-production between Angola and South Africa, directed by Maradona Dias dos Santos and Chris Roland, which premieres on August 28th on Netflix. Santana […]
All 54 countries on the continent have been affected by the highly infectious COVID 19, with over 1.1 million cases and and 27,000 deaths according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. There have been allegations of corruption scandals involving personal protective equipment in Africa such as in Zimbabwe, Kenya and South Africa. […]
The ECOWAS envoy, which arrived in Mali saturday for talks with the military junta, has called on restoring power in the country to a civilian government. The head ECOWAS delegate highlighted the efforts of Mali’s military to avoid bloodshed in the country after the recent coup. The delegation headed by former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan […]
South Africas largest union coprising of Education, Health and Allied Workers known as NEHAWU have threatened to go on strike beginning from Monday August 24 According to the union, this is in response to the govts failure to offer adequate personal protective equipment (PPE) against the coronavirus. “everybody is supposed to be taking the line […]
Some 3.3 million human beings are dealing with acute food insecurity in Burkina Faso at some stage in the present day lean season, the period which precedes the harvest in September, two UN businesses said in a declaration on Thursday. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Food Programme (WFP) stated pressing and sustained […]
The international community condemned the rebellion in Mali and called for the immediate release of the ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, who resigned on Wednesday. Rebelling soldiers detained the now-former president a day earlier, throwing the fragile nation already fighting against jihadism in the Sahel into further crisis. Moussa Faki Mahamat, chairman of the African […]