From prisoner to president in 20 days, Senegal’s Diomaye Faye takes office | Elections News
Dakar, Senegal – “Finally, we can breathe,” the cashier at the American Food Store supermarket in Dakar said while swiping a pot of Greek yoghurt…
We’re stranded on a remote African island after cruise ship left us behind & sailed off with all our belongings onboard
EIGHT passengers have been left stranded on a remote island without their belongings or money after a cruise ship left them behind. Two Australian and…
Africa Shows Solidarity with Russia, Hopes for Increased Economic Partnership Cooperation
Russia is never isolated as many external countries think. It has non-Western friends, especially in Africa which constitute part of the Global South. And there…
‘Humour is powerful’: Cartoons take on Uganda’s repressive government | Arts and Culture
Ugandan cartoonist Jim Spire Ssentongo didn’t know what he was starting last April when he sent out a tweet encouraging people to post photos of…
Student nurse, 19, on trip of a lifetime died while going for midnight swim with friends & hitting head in water
A STUDENT nurse on the trip of a lifetime died while going for a midnight swim with friends and had hit her head in the…
Senegal’s fishermen pin hopes on new president to help them fill their nets | Poverty and Development
Dakar, Senegal – For the traditional, small-scale fishermen of Ouakam Beach in Senegal’s capital Dakar, inequality is just a glance away. Adama Gueye, a 58-year-old…
Chocolate prices to keep rising as West Africa’s cocoa crisis deepens | Agriculture News
Long the world’s undisputed cocoa powerhouses, accounting for more than 60 percent of global supply, Ghana and its West African neighbour Ivory Coast are both…
Senegal’s top court confirms Bassirou Diomaye Faye’s election victory | Elections News
The 44-year-old will be inaugurated to replace Macky Sall, who ruled the West African nation for 12 years. Senegal’s Constitutional Council has confirmed the presidential…
Ramaphosa: We are pleased and sad over ICJ outcome | Israel War on Gaza
NewsFeedSouth African President Cyril Ramaphosa says he is saddened that the ICJ order for Israel to take measures to prevent genocide in Gaza was not…
Eastern DRC ‘at breaking point’ as security, humanitarian crises worsen | Armed Groups News
War is on the doorstep of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Goma city and the region is at breaking point, activists and aid workers…
8-year-old lone survivor among 45 dead in South Africa bus crash
An 8-year-old was the lone survivor after 45 people died in a bus crash in South Africa. Photo by Tidimalo Chuene/EPA-EFE March 28 (UPI) --…
Jacob Zuma election ban: How does it affect South Africa’s election? | News
South Africa’s election authorities have barred former President Jacob Zuma from standing in the country’s May election, heightening political tensions as the vote approaches in…
Military Interventions and Insecurity in Amhara: Insights from Game Theory, Frustration-Aggression, and Custodian Theory
The purpose of this piece of writing is to analyze military involvement, the escalating level of unrest, and the military’s failure to stabilize the Amhara…
The pickled fish dish that unites Christians and Muslims at Easter | Food News
In the lead up to Easter, pickled fish is ubiquitous in Cape Town. You can find the traditional food – fish pickled in curry sauce…
45 killed as bus plunges off bridge in South Africa | Religion
NewsFeedAn 8-year-old girl is said to be the sole survivor of a bus crash in South Africa that killed at least 45 people when the…
The Global Magnitsky Act: Make it make sense, Joe | Human Rights
The empire has struck again. On March 4, the United States imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa for corruption and serious human rights abuses through…
At least 45 people killed after bus plunges into South Africa ravine | transport News
An eight-year-old girl survived and was airlifted to hospital in serious condition. A bus has plunged off a bridge into a ravine in South Africa,…
South Africa’s ex-President Jacob Zuma barred from May elections | Politics News
The elections are expected to be the most competitive vote since 1994 when the nation became a democracy. South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma has…
‘Transformative’: US Census to add Middle Eastern, North African category | Race Issues News
Advocates for Arab Americans routinely use one word to describe how diverse communities from the Middle East and North Africa have for decades been categorised…
ICJ orders Israel to take action to address famine in Gaza | United Nations News
In a set of new provisional measures, the World Court asked Israel to open more land crossings to allow aid into Gaza. Judges at the…