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At least 21 people including six children have died in Somalia’s flash flooding over the last week, according to the U.N. humanitarian agency. Nearly 100,000 people have been affected by the heavy rains and flash floods that hit the previously drought-stricken area in the Bardhere district of the Gedo region …

The port of Pointe-Noire, the economic and oil capital of Congo-Brazzaville, received on Wednesday its first cruise ship carrying foreign tourists, a sign of the economic diversification sought by the Congolese government. Finnish flag floating in the air, 115 meters of steel carrying 150 tourists of various nationalities, the SH …

From the first concerned to the Catholic bishops, through political parties and civil society associations, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, positions are being taken against a controversial bill on “congolity”. This bill, known as the “Tshiani law”, named after its initiator Noël Tshiani, himself a candidate in the …

Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga announced Sunday he was calling off a protest on Monday and would embark on dialogue with the government after two weeks of chaotic street demonstrations. Three people have died and properties and businesses been looted since anti-government protests erupted on March 20, alarming neighbours and …

The Senegalese opposition announced Friday (Mar.31) they’d postponed risky demonstrations scheduled Monday (Apr. 3rd). Throughout the trial of politician Ousmane Sonko, tensions were high in the country. Citing broad consultations and contacts “with senior members of the Defense and Security Forces”, the opposition announced the news in a statement. Almost …

The former Ivorian president Henri Konan Bédié, now an opponent, on Thursday called on his party members to unite to win the next presidential election in 2025, after the defection of some leaders in recent weeks. This call for unity echoes the defections in recent weeks of some PDCI leaders, …

Clashes broke out Wednesday at the University of Dakar between police officers and students attempting to take part in a demonstration banned by the authorities on the eve of the trial of the opponent Ousmane Sonko. Deployed en masse around the university, the police sent tear gas in the direction …

Kenyan police fired tear gas and water cannon at protesters and opposition leader Raila Odinga’s convoy on Monday as he pressed ahead with an anti-government rally despite a ban. The protesters defied a warning by the Inspector General of Police Japhet Koome that the demonstrations in Nairobi and the western …

Kenya’s police chief announced a ban on fresh opposition demonstrations called for Monday, after protests last week degenerated into riots. “We will not allow violent demonstrations,” Inspector General of Police Japhet Koome told reporters on Sunday. “The demonstrations they plan tomorrow (Monday) are illegal and will not be allowed,” he …

The recent approval of anti-gay legislation in Uganda set off the alarm in neighbouring Kenya also in the grip of anti-gay sentiment. Last month, Kenya’s Supreme Court ruled against a petition seeking to bar LGBTQ lobbying groups, sparking a torrent of condemnation including from the attorney general. Jasmine Nelima is …