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It was a funeral no one had envisaged: Sadig Abbas’ lifeless body was lowered hastily into a shallow unmarked grave in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, not long after dawn. Even the few family members and neighbours who could attend were distracted, scouring the cemetery’s surroundings for warnings of incoming fire, recounted …

Rasheeda Frost’s decades-long relationship with hip-hop started in 1981. She was a curious, energetic kindergartener — eager to touch and explore anything put in front of her. Rasheeda remembered her mother presenting her with a huge, white box — it was a record player that she would continuously spin, not …

At least 30 migrants are missing following two shipwrecks off the Italian island of Lampedusa. The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) on Sunday said survivors had reported that around 28 people were lost at sea on one boat, while three were said to be missing from the second, following stormy …

Banyana Banyana’s historic win against Italy on Wednesday at the Women’s World Cup has sparked waves of joy in South Africa. Fans say it is inspiring to watch the team qualifying for their first ever FIFA World Cup. “ Banyana Banyana winning and actually qualifying for the next round is …

Leading Senegalese opposition figure Ousmane Sonko on Monday was charged with fomenting insurrection and his party dissolved, stoking concerns about further unrest two months after fatal clashes. Sonko, a presidential candidate and President Macky Sall’s fiercest critic, has faced a string of legal woes, which he claims have been designed …

Leading Senegalese opposition politician Ousmane Sonko was arrested on Friday, members of his party and a senior security official told AFP, although no precise reasons were given. “Ousmane Sonko was arrested. There were armed police outside his house,” said Ousseynou Ly, a spokesman for Sonko’s PASTEF party. Djibril Gueye Ndiaye, …

Contrary to what the Congolese government announced on Monday evening, the Secretary General of the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), Louise Mushikiwabo of Rwanda, will not be in Kinshasa for the Jeux de la Francophonie, her spokeswoman said on Tuesday. Relations between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda …

A senior figure in South Africa’s national assembly has condemned the decision by the United States to send cluster bombs to Ukraine. It follows confirmation by the White House that controversial cluster munitions provided by the United States to Ukraine have been deployed on the battlefield against Russian forces. But …

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on Wednesday (Jul. 19) pardoned an unspecified number of people, including researcher Patrick Zaki, official reports say. Mr Zaki was sentenced on Tuesday (Jul. 18) to three years in prison by the court in the Nile Delta city of Mansoura taken into custody from the courtroom directly …

Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko led a peaceful protest banging pots and pans after authorities blocked a rally to publicly confirm he would run in next year’s presidential elections. Sonko, dressed in red in a sign of anger, appeared outside his home Saturday evening to kick off the protest, “symbolically” …