Cuban photographer questions ‘hegemonic masculinity’ by portraying men with flowers/in /by
"It was very important because the question we asked them was: Would you be open to having your picture taken with a flower in your ear, in support of the fight against violence against women? In other words, if you have no problem standing in front of the camera, saying 'no' tells a lot."
Ethiopia: two aid workers killed in troubled Amhara region/in /by
The Ethiopian government has announced that two employees of Catholic Relief Services (CRS) were shot dead over the weekend in the Amhara region of northern Ethiopia, which has been plagued by unrest for several days, the NGO said on Tuesday.
U.N Chief on ‘solidarity’ visit to Somalia/in /by
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrived in Mogadishu on Tuesday (Apr. 11). He was greeted on the tarmac by Foreign Minister, Abshir Omar Huruse and other Somali officials.
S.A remembers slain anti-apartheid leader Hani amid calls for fresh investigations/in /by
Three decades on, many South Africans harbour questions about the killing, suspecting the convicted did not act alone. Aged 50, Chris Hani was shot dead in the driveway of his home in Johannesburg on April 10, 1993.
USA: helping West African countries confronted with jihadists/in /by
The United States is preparing long-term assistance for Côte d'Ivoire, Benin and Togo, threatened by an extension of jihadist violence from the Sahel to coastal regions of West Africa, officials of state security said.
UN agency investigating humanitarian food theft in Ethiopia/in /by
The United Nations food relief agency is investigating the theft of food aid from lifesaving humanitarian operations in Ethiopia, according to a letter obtained by The Associated Press.
DRC: Kishishe survivors haunted by nightmare of M23 occupation/in /by
In Kishishe, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the M23 rebel group reportedly left the village in early April. Still inhabitants are traumatized by the crimes perpetrated by the rebels when they controlled the town.
Cameroon seeks to rejoin AGOA amid slowing export revenues/in /by
In 2019, the US kicked Cameroon out of the AGOA program for rights violations by security forces in the restive southwest and northwest regions
Chad: 259 pardoned protesters released/in /by
According to the coordinator of their lawyers' collective, the former inmates left the Moussoro prison located some 300 km east of N'djamena and arrived home on Saturday ( Apr. 08).
7 electricity pylons collapse onto highway in South Africa/in /by
Two people were "moderately" injured in the car crash, treated at the scene and taken to the hospital, the private Promed paramedic service said.