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African leaders call for immediate ceasefire in Congo

Leaders from eastern and southern Africa on Saturday called for an immediate ceasefire in eastern Congo

Trump cuts aid to South Africa over white minority rights

U.S. President Donald Trump followed through on his promise to punish South Africa by signing an executive order stopping all aid to the country over what he called a human rights violation against a white minority group

Boxing champion Kibomango killed in Goma amid M23 violence

In Goma the community mourns the tragic death of Kibomango, a former boxing champion and one of the 3,000 victims claimed by the M23 rebels

Breaking barriers in Aita music in Morocco

Thouria Moullablad’s family frowned when she first told them she planned to make a living as a cheikha, but now she is changing the negative image

Cameroon sugarcane strike turns violent over wages

Over 150 hectares of sugarcane fields have been destroyed in Cameroon due to violent clashes between SOSUCAM workers and police

Judge halts Trump’s effort to dismantle USAID

A federal judge has delivered a major blow to President Donald Trump and his ally Elon Musk, halting plans to pull thousands of staffers from USAID

FIFA suspends Congolese Football Federation

The Secretary-General of the FIFA Council announced the immediate suspension of the Congolese Football Federation

Mother’s hunger strike continues for son’s release from Egyptian jail

Laila Soueif is trying to win freedom for her son who has spent more than five years in an Egyptian jail

UN to investigate atrocities in Eastern DRC

The United Nations Human Rights Council is to launch a formal investigation into the human rights violations in the eastern part of DRC

UN raises concerns over alarming cases of sexual violence in the DRC

UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Friday (07 Feb) expressed profound concerns at the ongoing violent escalation in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) caused by the ongoing Rwanda-backed M23 offensive.