Kenya: Raila Odinga leads third day of anti govt protests/in /by
Odinga has called for protests every Monday and Thursday, accusing President William Ruto of stealing last year's election and of failing to control the surging cost of living
Sonko issued two-month suspended sentence by court in Senegal/in /by
Opposition politician Ousmane Sonko, 48, had to answer for defamation, insults and forgery against the Minister of Tourism Mame Mbaye Niang
Malawi: Cyclone Freddy’s death toll rises to 1,200/in /by
The death toll from Cyclone Freddy, which dissipated in mid-March after massive flooding and landslides in southern Africa, could exceed 1,200 in Malawi as hopes dwindle of finding survivors, police and authorities said Thursday.
Uganda deploys 1,000 troops to eastern DRC/in /by
The Ugandan troops will be operating under the regional East Africa Community force that includes Burundi and Kenya
University bus crashes in Kenya, killing 14 people/in /by
Fourteen people, including students, have died after a university bus collided with a passenger vehicle in Kenya, west of the capital, on Thursday.
Senegalese music icon Baaba Maal releases first album in seven years/in /by
"I'm so happy to be able share some piece of music with people and I was looking for that. But I did take my time to make the songs to become reality and to record them like we did it, from Senegal to London to New York to - everywhere." Baaba Maal
Africa: The EU Chooses Fuel Over Food to the Loss of Millions Going Hungry #AfricaClimateCrisis/in /by
[Oxfam] Today, the EU chose fuel over food in the provisional agreement reached on the Renewable Energy Directive (RED), the EU law that incentivises the burning of crops to fuel cars and trucks.
Equatorial Guinea confirms Marburg deaths after push by WHO/in /by
The provisional toll of the Marburg virus disease epidemic that has been raging for more than two months in Equatorial Guinea stands at nine confirmed deaths, the Ministry of Health said on Thursday.
Namibia: Opposition Condemn ‘Mafia-Style Corporate Governance’/in /by
[New Era] The recent allegations of impropriety and controversies surrounding the leadership of the National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (Namcor) have sparked widespread concern.
Shea Tree: Empowering African women through Sustainable Development/in /by
Sixteen million African women from Senegal to South Sudan live or survive off the shea tree, mainly in rural areas