Mali’s Supreme Court on Monday confirmed that the charges against several personalities, including a former prime minister and a star radio host, accused since December of preparing a coup d’état with mysterious outlines, had been dropped. “The court has deliberated. It has rejected the appeal of the public prosecutor” lodged against a decision to drop…
A real estate dream that is in taking water, Congolese investors at open war against the French manager of a company established in Bermuda: ten years after its launch, the Cité du Fleuve marks the failure of a high-end urban housing project. The promoters of the Cité du Fleuve promised at its launch ten years…
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President Cyril Ramaphosa says that government plans to greatly expand the capacity of Durban’s port and rebuild state-owned enterprise Transnet. Writing in his weekly open letter to the public, Ramaphosa said that the new management of Transnet and its operating divisions are resolutely focused on turning the performance of the port around. “The management has…
Cairo – With its dark-walled and dimly-lit open rooms, the crypt-like Royal Mummies Hall at Cairo’s new National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC) has opened to visitors for the first time, displaying 20 mummies of ancient kings and queens. The showcased mummies were among the 22 transferred earlier in April from the Egyptian Museum in…
Cape Verdeans have put their trust in outgoing Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva to turn around the archipelago’s economy, which has been heavily impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, by granting a large victory to his center-right formation in Sunday’s legislative elections, according to near-complete results released overnight. In power since 2016, the 58-year-old head…
A fire broke out Sunday on Table Mountain, the iconic peak overlooking the city of Cape Town on the tip of South Africa, and was not under control by Monday morning, according to the city. The flames destroyed part of the restaurant next to a monument to British colonist Cecil Rhodes, which offers an exceptional…
As of April 16, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 4,395,884 while over 9,263,298 vaccinations have been administered across the continent. Reported deaths in Africa reached 117,061 and 3,943,388 people have recovered. South Africa has the most reported cases – 1,562,931 – and 53,571 people died. Other most-affected countries are Morocco ( …
In 1897, British soldiers looted sculptures which now remain in Western museums and collections. But there are growing calls for restitution. Known for its beauty and rich metalworking heritage, Benin City was once the beating heart of the Edo kingdom of Benin. The city – situated in modern-day southern Nigeria – was famed for its…
By Alasdair Lane As a decolonisation movement sweeps across Europe, there are efforts to return art looted by British soldiers in 1897. The story of the Benin bronzes is one Timothy Awoyemi, a British-Nigerian police officer, knows well. Like all schoolchildren in Nigeria, he was taught of the murderous 1897 raid when British soldiers plundered…