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Moroccans rally against soaring food prices/in /by
Moroccan unions are demanding a ceiling on fuel prices, a reduction in taxes on basic products and a reduction in income tax to support purchasing power
Senegalese opposition leader calls for civil disobedience against judiciary/in /by
Senegalese main opposition leader Ousmane Sonko has called for national civil disobedience against the judiciary and further rejected any dialogue against President Macky Sall.
Japan and Ghana aligned in the pursuit of reforms at the UN Security Council/in /by
The Japanese PM, Kishida Fumio, met Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo on Monday and both vowed to continue to pursue reforms at the UN Security Council
Autopsies of doomsday cult victims begin in Kenya/in /by
Kenyan investigators exhumed the bodies of 10 children on Monday and found signs of starvation and in some cases asphyxiation
Sudan: What are the proposals to end the political and humanitarian crisis?/in /by
Fighting in Sudan has entered its third week, with over 500 people killed since clashes erupted on April 15. Khartoum residents witnessed firefights between the troops of paramilitary commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo and the army led by general Abdel Fattah al-Burhan.
Nigerians mark International Workers’ Day/in /by
Workers in Nigeria rallied Monday (May 1st) like fellow counterparts across the world to mark International Workers' Day. In Lagos, large crowds gathered at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena.
Tunisia’s main union lambasts IMF loan talks/in /by
The chief of the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT) Noureddine Taboubi questions the government's handling of negotiations with the IMF on a loan to bail out the North African country, during a rally in the capital Tunis to mark Labour Day
Japan’s PM lands in Accra after kicking off African tour in Egypt/in /by
Fumio Kishida arrived Monday (May. 1st) in Ghana, the day before he was in Egypt where he held bilateral talks with president Al-Sissi. He is also set to visit Kenya and Mozambique.
Odinga maintains Tuesday protest to continue despite ban from the gov’t/in /by
Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga has maintained calls for Tuesday national protests over the high cost of living citing government unwillingness and lack of good faith in holding the talks to address its main issues
Ivory Coast: Simone Gbagbo asks “forgiveness” to the victims of the 2010 crisis/in /by
The former First Lady of Côte d'Ivoire, Simone Gbagbo, asked "forgiveness" from the victims of several violent political crises, during a meeting in Bouaké (center) on Sunday, a few months before regional and local elections and two years from the presidential election.