Lagos’ Tarkwa Bay hosts national surf competition/in /by
Nigeria hosted over the weekend (May 19-21) its National surfing festival in Tarkwa bay, Lagos. Some may say Lagos is an unlikely surfing spot with its oil tankers and polluted water. Still, the training ground of many surfers like Michael Gabriel who dream about representing Africa one day.
Burkina: activists arrested for “inciting an armed crowd”/in /by
Six people, including civil society actors in Burkina Faso, were arrested and placed in police custody for "criminal association", "disclosure of false information" and "incitement to an armed or unarmed crowd", announced Prosecutor Harouna Yoda on Sunday.
Tunisia: Journalists protest in Tunis over press freedom/in /by
"We are here because we are being reproached..We will explain to the authorities that we are journalists. And as such, we have the right to criticize. As such, we criticize in a constructive spirit and in a spirit where there is freedom of speech, freedom of thought and we will defend that." Gharbi
Gum arabic threatened by the war in Sudan/in /by
Gum Arabic, a key ingredient in soft drinks or chewing gum, was a flagship export from Sudan before the war. Since mid-April, its stocks have been at the heart of the fighting, foreigners who bought it have been evacuated and prices have fallen.
NBA : Wembanyama in the footsteps of Tony Paker/in /by
At 7-foot-3 and with the ability to shoot like a wing player and pass like a point guard, the 19-year-old Wembanyama is expected to make an immediate impact. The Spurs hit the lottery jackpot landing the No. 1 pick and the right to draft the French Congolese prospect.
Police demand ‘cold drink’ in South Africa/in /by
"I need a cold drink," says the policeman to the driver, nonchalantly leaning against the lowered window. The sun is beating down on the windscreen of the car that has been stopped for a while on the side of a busy Johannesburg road.
Bees help Kenyan farmers stop elephants from feeding on crops/in /by
Farmers in Kenya are using bees to prevent elephants from raiding their crops as part a project promoting a non-lethal way of dealing with conflict between the two.
DRC: bishops suspect politicians of instrumentalizing a conflict/in /by
The Catholic bishops have accused Congolese political leaders of instrumentalizing a community conflict that has killed hundreds in the west of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Ten dead, 37 critically ill in SA cholera outbreak/in /by
An outbreak of cholera has killed at least 10 people in South Africa's most populous province of Gauteng, health authorities have said.
George Floyd’s death three year anniversary: has anything changed?/in /by
"20 years from now, 50 years from now, 100 years from now, the goal is not to hold a sign that says 'Black Lives Matter.' The goal is not to hold the sign. And until we can do that, and when we don't have to say 'Black Lives Matter,' that's when we know we have arrived" Angela Harrelson, aunt of Geo