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Cameroon: At least three killed in attack blamed on separatist rebels/in /by
Witnesses said armed militants stopped cars, shot at passengers and set vehicles on fire early on Thursday
Gabon, region agree to draft ‘roadmap’ for return to democracy/in /by
Central Africa's mediator for Gabon and the country's new military ruler have agreed to draw up a "roadmap" for restoring democratic rule following a coup last week, a regime official said
Gabon junta appoints former Bongo ally transitional prime minister/in /by
Ndong Sima, 68, had been Bongo's Prime Minister from 2012 to 2014, but had distanced himself from power, which he regularly accused of bad governance, to the point of running against the head of state in the 2016 and 2023 presidential elections
Over half of Sudan’s population can’t access health services – WHO/in /by
WHO chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said 5% of the population cannot access health services. He said fighting has forced the closure of 70% of health centers
Venice Film Festival: ‘Io Capitano’ tells dreadful journey to Europe of Senegalese migrants/in /by
The Belgian-Italian co-production stars Seydou Sarr and Moustapha Fall. It was filmed in Morocco, Italy and Senegal over 13 weeks, with a cast of non-professional actors.
Burkina: “we are not enemies” of the “French people”, says Captain Traoré/in /by
“We are not enemies with the French people, it is the policy of those who run France which poses a problem in Africa, so as long as a State is not in an imperialist spirit (…) there is no no problem,” he said in this interview recorded on August 31.
Police beat, arrest opposition supporters in Ethiopia’s Tigray/in /by
The police on Thursday prevented, with batons and arrests, opponents of the regional authorities of Tigray from gathering in Mekele, capital of this region of northern Ethiopia emerging from a deadly conflict, according to a local journalist and an organizer.
Can BRICS+ de-dollarize the global markets? [Business Africa]/in /by
During their 15th annual summit, held recently, discussions on de-dollarization and the creation of a new currency took center stage.
Nigeria’s opposition vows to appeal presidential election verdict/in /by
Atiku Abubakar of the People's Democratic Party and Labour Party's Peter Obi, who came second and third respectively, had asked the court to cancel the election, alleging everything from vote fraud to failure by the electoral agency to post results electronically
Egyptian craftsmen preserve century-old tradition of glassblowing/in /by
The technique has remained relatively the same since Syrian craftsmen invented glassblowing in the 1st century BC. The oven, a fiery pit, is where the magic happens.