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05/03/2023

Could the African Union push Israel into international isolation?

Even by the low standards of a country used to being regularly condemned for human rights abuses, disregarding international law and committing war crimes, February was a pretty bad month for Israel and its Standing in the world. From revelations about its companies subverting democratic elections a...

02/03/2023

Nigerian opposition to contest the elections results

Nigeria’s Labour Party denounced the country’s presidential elections on Wednesday, claiming they had not been “transparent, free and fair” At a briefing on Wednesday, Labour Party vice-presidential candidat Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed detailed instances of violence and voter intimidation saying ...

28/02/2023

Save Nigeria over poll results – Obasanjo

Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has urged the country’s electoral body to save the country from “a looming danger” over what he described as corruption of the electoral process. Obasanjo appealed to the President, Muhammadu Buhari, to prevail on the Chairman of the Independent Nati...

26/02/2023

The mission to save the biggest frog on earth Published

When Cedrick Fogwan had his first encounter with the goliath frog he was impressed by its mighty proportions. Growing to the size of a cat, it’s the world’s largest living frog. Almost like holding a (human) baby, he says, having handled one in a rescue mission. The Cameroonian conservationist w...

23/02/2023

Thomas Sankara, ‘Africa’s Che Guevara’, reburied in Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso’s revolutionary leader, Thomas Sankara, was reburied Thursday, eight years after his body was exhumed as part of an investigation. Sankara’s body, and those of the 12 people who died with him, were reburied at the site of his assassination, which has since become a memorial for Sank...

20/02/2023

Tunisia: Over 400 African migrants rescued overnight

“During the night of February 18-19, Sea Guard units from the Center, North and South regions managed to thwart 16 crossing operations and rescue 423 people,” according to a statement from the Guard spokesperson. They are 71 Tunisians and 352 nationals of sub-Saharan African countries, the state...

17/02/2023

Why is South Africa’s navy joining exercises with Russia and China?

The US has heavily criticised the 10-day naval drills, which will continue over the first anniversary of the war in Ukraine. But South Africa’s government says it remains neutral regarding the conflict, and that it routinely hosts similar drills with other countries, including France and the US. S...

13/02/2023

African kids showing amazing football skills.

11/02/2023

Electric buses are driving a silent revolution in Nairobi

During the early days of the coronavirus pandemic in Nairobi, Kenya, something improbable happened: a mountain appeared. To curb the transmission of the virus, authorities called on the city’s thousands of private bus operators to cease trading. “Within three days, the air completely cleared,”...

09/02/2023

Kenya, South Sudan Border Dispute Sparks Diplomatic Row

Harare — South Sudan has accused Kenya of stealing its land, setting the stage for a border dispute that may stymie trade between the two countries, reports Business Daily. The South Sudanese government then summoned Kenya’s envoy to Juba, Samwel Nandwa, to protest the alleged infringement on it...

08/02/2023

Uganda says it will not renew mandate of UN human rights office

Home/NEWS/Uganda says it will not renew mandate of UN human rights office Africa NewsNEWS Uganda says it will not renew mandate of UN human rights office GN-Africa Send an email 2 mins ago0 1 Less than a minute Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Tumblr Pinterest Reddit VKontakte Odnoklassniki Pocket TagsHuma...

07/02/2023

Why the Pope and Archbishop of Canterbury’s pro-LGBTQ+ comments ring hollow in South Sudan

Both the leaders of the Catholic Church, the Church of England and the Church of Scotland have come together for a trip to South Sudan. But their presence is causing controversy over differing messages around LGBTQ+ rights. It’s a complex topic for Pope Francis, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Wel...

06/02/2023

Hydroelectric power plant by a Rwandan man powers the neighbourhood

Here in Kirehe a local electrician has harnessed hydroelectric power to create a new future for his neighbours. These dams circumvent rivers into waterways that feed a dam which is fed through a pipeline to a small plant that creates power. It’s two and a half kilometres from the water basin to th...

05/02/2023

Africa’s week in pictures

This woman poses for a photo in her bedroom in the Kenyan slum of Kibera on Sunday. It is thought that household decoration and interior design is a means to distract young people in the slums from turning to drugs and other potentially harmful activities. Meanwhile on Friday these teenagers pose wi...

03/02/2023

Kenya scales down security of ex-president Kenyatta

Kenya’s former President Uhuru Kenyatta has had his security detail significantly cut back, as relations with his successor William Ruto sour over calls for tax scrutiny on the Kenyatta family’s vast wealth. The head of police told journalists that the changes were guided by police regulations o...

03/02/2023

After 102 children, Ugandan villager says enough is enough

Musa Hasahya Kasera has so many children he can’t remember most of their names. The Ugandan villager is struggling to provide for his vast family, which he says includes 12 wives, 102 children and 578 grandchildren and now feels enough is enough. “At first it was a joke, … but now this has its...

01/02/2023

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT AFRICA

Africa is the world’s second largest continent and is home to some of the most beautiful countries in the world with some of the most unique landscapes and wildlife which is why it is a top holiday destination. Here are fun facts about Africa and we hope that after reading this you will be even .....

31/01/2023

How Marcus garvey, Gaddafi contributed to unifying of Africa

The United States of Africa is a hypothetical concept of a federation of some or all of the 54 sovereign states and two disputed states on the continent of Africa. The concept takes its origin from Marcus Garvey’s 1924 poem “Hail, United States of Africa”. Origins The idea of a multinational u...