Alarme Phone Sahara (APS) is a grassroots network for solidarity that works in the Agadez area of Niger. It helps people who are trying to cross the Sahara Desert, which is one of the most dangerous ways to move around the world. APS doesn’t try to stop people from migrating; instead, it works on saving […]
The feast of sweets during Ramadan in Egypt is made up of scrumptious candy, cookies, pastries, and other desserts. These delightful confections are created using a variety of different textures, flavours, and aromas. Families enjoy Ramadan dessert treats together after breaking their fast and are often sold by street vendors throughout the city of Cairo. […]
The chief of the Movement for the Rebirth of Cameroon (MRC) party, Maurice Kamto, is traumatic an clarification from the Cameroonian government — in an interview Monday, for what he perceives to be a de facto residence arrest in mild of deployed regulation enforcement patrolling his dwelling day and night time following demonstrations with the […]
It was hoped the Sunday appointment of Mali’s new civilian prime minister, Moctar Ouane, should elevate sanctions imposed by neighbouring countries. ECOWAS imposed sanctions on Mali soon after the junta led August 18 coup and said they would be lifted after civilian leaders have been appointed at some stage in the transition period. But the […]
Guinea commemorate the September 28 massacres. On Sept. 28, 2009, the Guinean Security Forces attacked its very own populace at some point of a giant pro-democratic protest in a stadium in Conakry, the capital. The political tournament used to be geared up through a Guinean opposition birthday party where a number of thousand opponents had gathered. […]
Another 22 humans died of Covid-19 in South Africa over the past 24 hours, bringing the wide variety of Covid-related deaths to 16 398 in the us of a as of Sunday, in accordance to Health Minister Zweli Mkhize. Seven of the deaths had been said in the Eastern Cape, 5 from KwaZulu-Natal, two from […]
A saddening sight on the Mauritius coastline. Two months after a cargo loaded with gasoline ran aground off Mauritius, the shores are nonetheless taking inventory of the damage. The wealthy fishing grounds and touchy marine habitats have been severly damaged via the oil. Conservationists are mainly worried about the long-term ecological injury to the island’s […]
At least 40 humans have been reportedly killed in a gasoline tanker explosion in Nigeria’s Logos State, local media suggested Friday. One witness informed newshounds no much less than 40 victims were killed however the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) was capable to confirm solely 23 deaths, along with seven children, The Tide website reported. […]
Ethiopia Prime minister Abiy Ahmed stated the country has “no intention to harm” neighouring Egypt and Sudan. Comments that come after months of negociations over the Renaissance Dam, situated upstream of the two countries, have failed to produce any agreement. Egypt has warned the Dam project could have devastating effects on its economy. As the […]
The African Court of Human and Peoples’ Rights dominated on Friday to reject the exclusion of former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo from the upcoming presidential elections of October 31 — ordering the Ivorian nation to “take all necessary measures to straight away get rid of all obstacles” hindering his participation in the race as his […]
Guinea’s primary opposition leader called on neighboring West African states to help to give up a political crisis in Guinea where President Alpha Conde is running for a third term in the October elections. The 15-nation West African crew known as ECOWAS supports democracy in the location and has currently pressed Mali’s junta, who seized […]
Charges have been filed towards greater than 2,000 suspects in connection with the assassination of Oromo activist-singer Hatchalu Hundessa, and the ensuing violence, the Ethiopian government introduced Thursday. The killing in early July precipitated sizable violence in quite a few parts of Oromia, and the capital Addis Ababa, main to lots being killed and enormous […]
The West African bloc ECOWAS will probable figure out on Friday whether or not to carry probably crippling sanctions imposed on Mali after last month’s coup, its mediator said. The mediator, Nigerian former president Goodluck Jonathan, known as the 15-nation bloc’s sanctions “unfortunate” during a go to to Mali’s capital Bamako on Wednesday. West African […]
At least 9 cholera instances have been tested in southwestern Cameroon, with one death, nearby media pronounced Wednesday. “The cholera outbreak declared in Buea is very regarding due to restricted get right of entry to to easy water, a health machine weakened with the aid of the COVID-19 pandemic and the truth that Buea town […]
Protesters gathered outside the Casablanca Appeal Court on Tuesday, as Moroccan investigative journalist and human rights activist Omar Radi appeared to be questioned by an examining magistrate. Radi was first tried in March and was given a four-month suspended sentence after he was arrested for a tweet in which he criticized a judge for upholding […]
The escalating extremist insurgency in Northern Mozambique has displaced heaps of thousands of people. The rebels have recently stepped up assaults in Cabo Delgado province, seizing the strategic port of Mocimboa da Praia, which they have occupied for six weeks. Clashes between the extremist combatants and government forces have induced huge numbers of nearby residents […]
A video showing soldiers executing two ladies at shut range, kneeling and blindfolded, alongside with a woman and a baby two years ago had prompted massive outcry in Cameroon. But there is even extra outcry now. At the time, the government denied any involvement before recanting and arresting seven soldiers. Four of them have now […]
With the seventy fifth Session of the United Nations General Assembly taking region this week, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday harassed the urgent want to support the U.N position in confronting challenges. It is crucial to make sure that the UN be top resourced and representative, Ramaphosa said in his weekly presidential address. […]
Residents of quite a few neighborhoods in Nouakchott, the capital of Mauritania, observed their toes in the water on Sunday after a rare abundance of rain. Driving used to be impossible in some neighborhoods whose degree is one meter under that of the sea, although pumps had been activated at some stage in the night […]
At least six bodies of humans who drowned in Sezibwa River, Central Uganda when their boat capsized had been retrieved on Sunday. Among the deceased is a mother and her year-old baby, police spokesperson Hellen Butoto said. Three humans who managed to swim held onto shrubs till they have been rescued, she added. “Using volatile […]