African cinema in the spotlight/in /by
African film production has grown rapidly in recent years. The case of "Nollywood" is the most emblematic. But for most of the continent, the sector's economic potential remains largely untapped.
Somalia’s Puntland holds ‘historic’ local polls/in /by
Voters join long queues to cast their ballots during a landmark local election in Somalia's semi-autonomous state of Puntland -- their first direct ballot in more than half a century. They are the first one-person one-vote elections since 1969 when dictator Siad Barre seized power.
Nigeria: Shell’s Sale of Its Niger Delta Oil Business Must Not Worsen Human Rights Abuses – Amnesty/in /by
[AI London] Nigeria's new government, which will be sworn in on 29 May, must ensure that Shell's planned sale of its operations in the Niger Delta, does not lead to a further deterioration in human rights in a region blighted by decades of oil pollution.
Ukraine announces diplomatic push for Africa/in /by
Kuleba is currently on a tour of Africa, where he made an appeal from Addis Ababa on Wednesday to Ukraine's "African friends" to end their declared neutrality in the war.
Religious figures, climate activists stage Paris protest against Total projects in Africa/in /by
Around forty environmental activists and religious figures chained themselves together on a footbridge over the Seine in Paris Thursday, protesting TotalEnergies' megaprojects in Uganda and Tanzania.
Sierra Leone’s symbolic ‘Cotton Tree’ destroyed in rain storm/in /by
According to legend, slaves who won their freedom fighting on the British side of the American War of Independence prayed under the tree when they arrived in West Africa.
Juba comedy festival: Ahead of 2nd edition, founder talks power of humour and making a difference/in /by
'I never dreamt of becoming a comedian. I didn’t even know what stand-up was,' Akau Jambo heartily confesses. The South Sudanese shared bits of his journey and goals ahead of the second edition of Juba's International comedy festival taking place on May 27 -28. He co-launched the festival in 2022.
Tunisian entrepreneur Sonia Ibidhi wants to conquer the edible flowers market/in /by
Ibidhi grows rare flowers used in medicine and cooking, has been awarded the prize for the "best businesswoman" in her country in 2021.
AU 60th anniversary: leader calls to resist all forms of instrumentalisation/in /by
Africa must not become a "geostrategic battleground", stated Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the African Union Commission, on Thursday, at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Organisation of African Unity.
One of Rwanda’s most wanted genocide suspects arrested in South Africa after 22 years on run/in /by
According to the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT), Fulgence Kayishema was arrested Wednesday in Paarl, a small town in a wine-making region about 30 miles east of Cape Town.