Niger: Thousands again take part in anti-French protests, say ‘enough is enough’/in /by
"People always say that we Africans are the last in the world. But we ask them to leave and they refuse. They are rotting over there, and we won't give them peace until the day they leave."
Gabon: Cost of back-to-school items weighs on parents/in /by
"Back then, you could get a 200-page booklet for 500 francs (80 cents). But these days it's gone up a lot. Well, for us it's... It's too high actually. It's too expensive to learn. So it's complicated. Because with 30,000 ($49 , editor's note) you can only have 3 or 4 notebooks...."
Kenya: President William Ruto woos US tech companies despite boosting business taxes/in /by
"I have come to the Silicon Valley to underscore the Kenya government strategic intent to support through infrastructure and other investment, then enhancement of Kenya's position as the epicenter of Africa's innovation and technological transformation."
S.Africa: Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi’s body returns home ahead of state burial/in /by
The Zulu leader's death at the age of 95 has opened up a debate about his legacy.
DR Congo: Climate activists in Goma join global protests against use of fossil fuels/in /by
"The environment must be preserved in all its forms. Oil is a danger for the population, .. where the people are impoverished because of the exploitation of oil to the detriment of multinationals, that's why today the population of North Kivu, through this march, shows its discontent against oil."
Macron accuses ruling military in Niger of holding ambassador “hostage”/in /by
"we have an ambassador and diplomatic staff who are literally being held hostage in the French embassy as I speak. Food deliveries have been prevented, they are eating military rations and they are staying there because, quite simply, France, which supports democracy and considers that there..."
Algeria: Bejaïa forest burns again as several wildfires break out/in /by
The same region was devastated last July by huge forest fires, which claimed around thirty lives.
Sudanese armed forces enlist more civilians/in /by
The possible recruitment of civilians, which could worsen already deadly violence, has been the subject of debate for weeks. The conflict which erupted on mid-April started as a power struggle between generals. Since then, at least 5,000 people have been killed and over 12,000 wounded.
South Africa’s Russia trained medical graduates struggle to find job/in /by
Spokesperson for the graduates, Hayley Reichert believes the delay in allocating dates for the graduates to write their board exams and be placed to work in the health system is one of the reasons South Africa has a shortage of medical staff.
Fuel prices hit all-time high in Kenya/in /by
The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority announced it had brought the retail price of a litre of petrol to an unprecedented more than 200 Kenyan shillings ($1.36). Kenyans already face a harsh cost of living crisis with rising prices for many staple goods, a raft of new taxes.