As the search for dead bodies in Blantyre, Malawi continues, local authorities have brought on search dogs to support a team of soldiers and local people. “The search for dead bodies is faster today than yesterday because of the sniffer dogs that have come. We are able to see what …
Read More »Transforming African Economies through Pan-Africanization
How to strengthen intra-African trade, which only accounts for 17% of trade on the continent? The AU advocates a pan-Africanization of the economic system. The 5th UN Conference on Least Developed Countries in Doha, Qatar, emphasized the key role of financing for SMEs. In sub-Saharan Africa, women produce up to …
Read More »Senegal opposition party launches protest over leader’s trial
Thousands of supporters of Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko rallied in Dakar on Tuesday, the first of several days of protests as the country prepares for elections in less than a year. Tensions are rising ahead of the vote in a country seen as a democratic mainstay in the region, …
Read More »South Africa: Public sector workers protest, demand wage increase
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 …
Read More »UN envoy to Libya calls for agreement on elections
The UN envoy to Libya,Abdoulaye Bathily, has called on Saturday for the rival administrations in the country to reach an agreement by mid-June and hold long-delayed elections by the end of the year. Libya remains split between a nominally interim government in Tripoli in the west, and another in the east …
Read More »JSK and Vita Club preview their CAF Champions League Group A clash
JS Kabylie of Algeria take on Congolese club AS Vita in the fourth round of matches in Group A of the CAF Champions League on Saturday, with both qualification places for the knockout phase still very much up for grabs. Moroccan champions Wydad AC currently top the standings with 6 …
Read More »Around 5,000 migrants in Libyan detention centres, not counting unofficial centres – IOM
Around 5,000 migrants are being held in official detention centres in Libya but they could represent just the tip of the iceberg, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) chief said. Speaking in Geneva Wednesday (Mar. 8) Antonio Vitorino decried “the violation of the rights of migrants” in Libya as he …
Read More »Around 5,000 migrants in Libyan detention centres, not counting unofficial centres – IOM
Around 5,000 migrants are being held in official detention centres in Libya but they could represent just the tip of the iceberg, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) chief said. Speaking in Geneva Wednesday (Mar. 8) Antonio Vitorino decried “the violation of the rights of migrants” in Libya as he …
Read More »Around 5,000 migrants in Libyan detention centres, not counting unofficial centres – IOM
Around 5,000 migrants are being held in official detention centres in Libya but they could represent just the tip of the iceberg, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) chief said. Speaking in Geneva Wednesday (Mar. 8) Antonio Vitorino decried “the violation of the rights of migrants” in Libya as he …
Read More »‘Creed III’ breaks box office records
“Creed III” punched above its weight at the domestic box office in its first weekend in theaters. The MGM release knocked “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” out of first place and far surpassed both industry expectations and the opening weekends of the first two movies in the franchise. Playing in …
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