The United Nations’ top human rights body on Thursday held a one-day emergency session on Sudan to draw attention to the killings, injuries and other abuses against civilians since the conflict between its two top generals erupted last month. The U.N.-backed Human Rights Council, which is made up of 47 …
Read More »Death toll from the floods in eastern DRC reaches nearly 400
Authorities in the DRC announced on Sunday that the death toll from the floods that affected the east of the country has reached nearly 400. Heavy rainfall in the Kalehe region of South Kivu province last Thursday caused rivers to overflow, which in turn caused landslides that engulfed several villages. …
Read More »“La Kinoise”, the homegrown coffee in the DR Congo reviving business
A young entrepreneur in the Democratic Republic of Congo has opened up a coffee factory that is helping revive the coffee industry in Kinshasa, the capital of the central African nation. Tisya Mukuna set up her business in 2022 after completing her studies in France. She’s introduced mobile coffee carts …
Read More »Marathon des sables: Morocco’s El Morabity wins 2023 Sahara Marathon
Mohamed El Morabity of Morocco has won the 37th Marathon des sables, a desert ultra-trail in self-sufficiency (250 km), made difficult by the heat in the sahara desert. Running under 40.5 ° C El Morabity beat his compatriot Aziz Yachou in the last stage. The two men are in the same …
Read More »Senegalese veterans to return home after French government u-turn on pensions
Eight veteran Senegalese riflemen will be finally returning home for good this Friday, after President Emmanuel Macron’s government in January lifted a six-month residency condition for their military pension. For 95-year-old Yoro Diao, after nearly 20 years of living thousands of miles from his family, he is happy to leave …
Read More »21 bodies have been dug up on land owned by controversial pastor in Kenya
Twenty-one bodies have so far been found on land owned by a pastor in Kenya who was arrested for telling his followers to fast to death. Police said more shallow graves have yet to be dug up on the land belonging to pastor Paul Makenzi, who was arrested on April …
Read More »WHO hails Africa’s first mRNA vaccine hub
Africa’s first mRNA vaccine hub was ceremonially launched on Thursday to acclaim from the UN’s global health chief, who hailed it as a historic shift to help poor countries gain access to life-saving jabs. The facility was set up in the South African city of Cape Town in 2021 on …
Read More »Zimbabwe president promises ‘free and fair’ election
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday vowed that general elections expected later this year will be free and fair but issued a warning to “rogue” civic society organisations during an independence day speech. The southern African country is due to hold presidential and legislative votes, expected to be in August, …
Read More »Influential US jazz pianist and composer, Ahmad Jamal, dies aged 92
Acclaimed US jazz pianist, composer, and band leader, Ahmad Jamal, whose career spanned more than seven decades, passed away on Sunday at the age of 92. His wife confirmed his death to the Washington Post while his daughter, Sumayah Jamal, told The New York Times he’d died of prostate cancer. …
Read More »Fighting continues in Sudan as death toll climbs
Fighting continues to rage for the second consecutive day Sunday in Khartoum where violent clashes oppose the camps of two generals at the helm of Sudan since their putsch in 2021, leaving 56 civilians dead and 600 injured. The international community, which watched helplessly as the coup d’état took place …
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