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Sierra Leone’s symbolic ‘Cotton Tree’ destroyed in rain storm/in /by
According to legend, slaves who won their freedom fighting on the British side of the American War of Independence prayed under the tree when they arrived in West Africa.
Juba comedy festival: Ahead of 2nd edition, founder talks power of humour and making a difference/in /by
'I never dreamt of becoming a comedian. I didn’t even know what stand-up was,' Akau Jambo heartily confesses. The South Sudanese shared bits of his journey and goals ahead of the second edition of Juba's International comedy festival taking place on May 27 -28. He co-launched the festival in 2022.
Tunisian entrepreneur Sonia Ibidhi wants to conquer the edible flowers market/in /by
Ibidhi grows rare flowers used in medicine and cooking, has been awarded the prize for the "best businesswoman" in her country in 2021.
AU 60th anniversary: leader calls to resist all forms of instrumentalisation/in /by
Africa must not become a "geostrategic battleground", stated Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the African Union Commission, on Thursday, at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Organisation of African Unity.
One of Rwanda’s most wanted genocide suspects arrested in South Africa after 22 years on run/in /by
According to the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT), Fulgence Kayishema was arrested Wednesday in Paarl, a small town in a wine-making region about 30 miles east of Cape Town.
South Africa: four people shot dead, including a Bulgarian criminal/in /by
"At around 08:20, the bodies of two women and two men aged between 40 and 50 were discovered with gunshot wounds," the police said in a statement. "The victims are believed to be of Bulgarian origin.
Hasna Doumi, Morocco’s first women’s football coach, saves her club/in /by
Doumi’s appointment marks another huge leap in women’s engagement in Moroccan football, which remains largely male-dominated.
Chad’s new presidential pardon for protesters and failed coup/in /by
Chad's president on Wednesday pardoned a new wave of 67 people convicted of taking part in a bloody protest on October 20, 2022, and 11 others for a foiled "coup" in December, according to N'Djamena.
South Africa under more scrutiny over Russian ship as ruling ANC says it would ‘welcome’ Putin/in /by
The South African government was under more pressure Wednesday for declining to release cargo documents relating to the visit by a Russian ship that the United States alleges collected a consignment of weapons for Moscow.
China denies hacking Kenyan government amid debt strain/in /by
According to the Reuters report, the years-long cyber-attacks started in 2019 when the Chinese started closing credit taps to Kenya as debt strains started showing.