Morocco heading for a sixth year of drought – Minister/in /by
Water stress in Morocco has been exacerbated by rising temperatures, which have increased water evaporation from dams. The Ministry of Agriculture predicts an average temperature rise of 1.3 degrees Celsius by 2050
After Security Council vote, some aid trickles into Gaza/in /by
On Friday, the Security Council passed a resolution to boost humanitarian aid to Gaza, following several delays over the last week as the United States lobbied to remove text calling for a ceasefire
Nigeria: Port Harcourt Refinery – New Hope?/in /by
[Daily Trust] The news that a section of the Port Harcourt Refinery is set to commence operation after the Christmas holidays came to many Nigerians as a ray of hope.
Senegal’s supreme court upholds prison term for Dakar mayor/in /by
Senegal's supreme court on Friday confirmed a prison sentence handed down to the mayor of Dakar, convicted of killing a man during a wave of political violence in 2011
Banker Thiam elected leader of Ivory Coast opposition coalition/in /by
Ivorian-French banker Tidjane Thiam is elected leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Ivory Coast, a victory which puts him in position to contest the next presidential election in 2025
DR Congo: “voting operations had gone relatively well”- observer mission says/in /by
"In addition, the voting process was assessed negatively in 21 polling stations, with serious irregularities observed in several of them. This data represents a limited picture of election day proceedings and should not necessarily be taken as being representative of the country as a whole." Carter
‘Rebel Moon’ the science-fiction epic showing devastation wrought by imperialism/in /by
"In previous franchises, I think, you know, they've softened off the edges. And this is unapologetic. This is space fascism and this is the horrible sort of fantasy of the evolution of this kind of hatred and imperialism and, you know, this history of empire that we've seen destroy continents.."
Christmas decorations light up Lagos as economic context overshadows festivities/in /by
Christmas time is in the air. The lights in the streets and buildings around Nigeria's economic capital are testimony to this. However, Nigerians struggle with higher inflation, tripled fuel prices and a sharply weakened naira during the festive period.
France outside Niger: the end of Western counterterrorism in the Sahel/in /by
By forced and forced to leave Niger after Mali and Burkina Faso, France ratifies the end of a model of counter-terrorism in the Sahel, opening the way to an uncertain head-to-head between military regimes and jihadist groups.
Davido’s Unavailable is best song of 2023 – Rihanna/in /by
The song, a fusion of Afrobeats and amapiano, is a joint effort by Nigerian singer Davido and South African producer Musa Keys.