Senegalese opposition postpones April 3rd protests/in /by
Citing broad consultations and contacts "with senior members of the Defense and Security Forces", the opposition announced the news in a statement Friday (Mar.31). The Yewwi Askan Wi coalition had planned marches in Dakar among other cities, ahead and following the trial of Ousmane Sonko.
Harris pledges U.S. support for African agriculture/in /by
Speaking at a news briefing following a tour of Panuka Farm in Chibombo district, outside of Lusaka, Zambia on Saturday (Apr.1st), the vice President promised US investment in technologies including those to improve weather forecasting and climate modelling.
In wake of Cyclone Freddy, Mozambique faces worst cholera outbreak in over a decade/in /by
Dr. Severin von Xylander said (Friday (Mar.31) that the country faced its largest outbreak in the last 20 years. The case fatality rate for the cholera treatment center "is below the threshold of one per cent", he added. Over 1 million people could contract cholera, Polio or Covid-19 the WHO warned.
Boxing: Joshua at heaviest career fighting weight against Franklin/in /by
Former unified world heavyweight champion of Nigerian descent Anthony Joshua weighed in at a career high on Friday (Mar. 31) ahead of Saturday’s (Apr.1st) comeback fight against American Jermaine Franklin at London’s O2 Arena.
Kenya: Annual inflation holds steady in March at 9.2%/in /by
If the overall year on year inflation rate as measured by the Consumer Price Index remained unchanged from February, the housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels’ Index increased by 0.6 % between February 2023 and March 2023. The Transport Index also went up by 0.3 % during that period.
Pretoria residents react to Pistorius’ parole request/in /by
Some Pretoria residents were opposed Friday (Mar. 31), to granting parole to Oscar Pistorius. The former Paralympic champion was convicted of killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp a decade ago. He will remain in prison after a prison board finally denied his request for parole.
I. Coast: Former leader celebrates ICC acquittal, vows to ‘repair the injustice’/in /by
In front of an excited crowd of several thousand supporters gathered Friday (Mar. 31) for the "Renaissance Festival" in Yopougon, a popular township of Abidjan, Gbagbo spoke about his years in detention at the ICC in The Hague." The event was also the first major meeting of his new political party.
Zambia welcomes US Kamala Harris in Lusaka, discuss massive debt restructuring/in /by
"What is keeping us down for now vice president is the debt overrun. We carry a debt burden that is really is making it difficult for us to continue with our restructuring process of the economy and is actually beginning to negate on the gains we have already made such as in foreign exchange market.
Netflix, UNESCO seek mainstream breakthrough for African filmmaking/in /by
"With the film industry in Nigeria specifically, it feels like it has gotten a lot bigger with major players like Netflix coming in, and for me in particularly I feel like I can enter any room right now and hold my own. It has boosted my confidence a lot, and it has allowed me to broaden my horizons
Kenya: Opposition leader Raila Odinga alleges assassination attempt/in /by
"There is no mistaking, for that the intention was basically to kill. This was basically an attempt at my life which is very unfortunate indeed. If this vehicle had not been an armoured car. The story would be different."