One million Nigerian children will likely stay away from school because of the threat of violence after a series of mass kidnappings and attacks targeting students this year, the UN said on Wednesday. More than 1,000 pupils have been snatched in mass abductions for ransom by criminal gangs in Nigeria‘s northwest and central states since December…
West African bloc ECOWAS said it will meet Thursday to discuss possible steps after Guinea’s president was ousted in coup earlier this month, Ghana’s foreign minister said. On Wednesday, the army rulers held talks with the country’s civil society, a day after meeting with politicians and leaders of political parties. ECOWAS already suspended Guinea last…
Malian collective ‘Yerewolo’ on Wednesday hailed a rumored deal between Mali and Russian mercenary group Wagner, a private security contractor which has also deployed in the Central African Republic. “If Wagner went to liberate Syria, if Wagner went to liberate the Central African Republic, then we welcome Wagner to Bamako to liberate Mali. To the…
Many of SA’s 8.2 million HIV-infected people are immuno-compromised and scientists say they can harbor the coronavirus for longer. A study of an HIV positive 36-year-old woman showed that Covid-19 stayed in her body for 216 days and mutated rapidly. Most of South Africa’s HIV-infected people are poor and marginalized. Many live in remote areas…
The violence in Chenna unfolded in early September, and the village is now mostly empty, its residents driven away by the stench of death. The fighting in Amhara has amplified global concern about the war in northern Ethiopia, which has killed many thousands of people and pushed hundreds of thousands into famine-like conditions. Fighting has…
On 9 September, US ambassador Mike Hammer, an influential supporter of DRC’s Félix Tshisekedi’s administration, met with businessman Moïse Katumbi, who is also one of the pillars of the ‘Union Sacrée’, to discuss the 2023 elections and the Tshiani Law. Moïse Katumbi and Mike Hammer, the most media-savvy of the ambassadors accredited to Kinshasa, met…
Guinea’s longtime opposition leaders voiced support Tuesday for the country’s new military rulers as a four-day summit got under way that is aimed at charting the West African nation’s future following a coup just over a week ago. Pressure, though, is expected to mount this week for Col. Mamady Doumbouya to set a timeframe for holding new…
Angola’s ex-president Jose Eduardo dos Santos on Tuesday arrived in the southern Africa nation from Spain, the first time he has returned home since retiring, the state press agency said. Dos Santos left the country in 2019 after handing the reigns over the previous year, to President Joao Lourenco, who has since targeted the former…
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Campaigners in the South African city of Cape Town are trying to halt the building of the African headquarters for Amazon. It’s a battle that pits cultural concerns against economic interests, as the BBC’s Vumani Mkhize writes. It is an overcast day in Cape Town and the scenic Table Mountain is shrouded in a ghostly…