Nigeria boat capsize: Death toll rises to 106, leaving families devastated/in /by
On Wednesday (June 14), the death toll from the disaster in Nigeria’s north-central Kwara state boat capsize rose to 106 people as rescue teams searched for more survivors. More than half the victims came from one village, Ebu.
Sudanese women recount the horror of rape/in /by
Dozens of women have reported being raped — in their homes, by the roadside and in commandeered hotels — since the war erupted in mid-April between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.
Mali’s Goïta discusses security and economic relations with Putin/in /by
Russian President Vladimir Putin and the head of Mali's junta, Colonel Assimi Goïta, discussed security and economic relations between the two countries, their services reported on Wednesday.
Is anti-French sentiment prevailing in Francophone Africa?/in /by
Anti-French rhetoric in French-speaking Africa has spread beyond the educated urban elite, and the phenomenon could "take root for a long time", says Alain Antil, a researcher at the French Institute of International Relations (Ifri), in an interview.
Cameroon threatens to suspend TV channels broadcasting homosexual content/in /by
Cameroon's media regulator threatened on Tuesday to suspend distributors of television channels, particularly foreign ones, that broadcast "scenes of homosexuality", in a country that punishes same-sex relations with imprisonment.
Nigeria: ruling APC appoints Godswill Akpabio as President of the Senate/in /by
Nigeria's ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Tuesday nominated the man who will preside over the Senate in the run-up to the 2023 elections.
Grammy Awards: Africa finally gets its own category/in /by
The American music industry's #GrammyAwards announced on Tuesday that they would be awarding a gramophone to the best African music performance at their next edition, a further sign of their quest for diversity and a consecration for the genre.
Uganda: Uganda’s Oil and Gas Economic Dividends/in /by
[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala, Uganda -- Uganda's oil and gas sector has employed more than 11,670 people with local citizens taking more than 93% of the jobs at the end of May this year, latest statistics from the Petroleum Authority of Uganda show.
Sudan: UN denounces possible “crimes against humanity” in Darfur/in /by
The head of the UN mission in Sudan, Volker Perthes, said on Tuesday that the violence in the vast Darfur region of western Sudan could constitute "crimes against humanity".
SA: Second batch of firefighters headed to Canada to combat wildfires/in /by
Under a scorching sun, 200 South African firefighters wrapped up a last round of training on Tuesday (Jun. 13) before flying out to help Canada battle unprecedented forest blazes there.