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Gabon transport minister resigns in wake of deadly shipwreck/in /by
Relatives of the victims, opposition politicians and campaigning groups, had made repeated calls for the minister to depart. This comes a week after a ferry disaster claimed the lives of at least 21 people, with another 16 still missing.
Ghana holds state funeral for footballer Christian Atsu following Turkey earthquake/in /by
Ghana holds state funeral for footballer Christian Atsu following Turkey earthquake tragedy
Zimbabwe: court refuses to free jailed opposition MP/in /by
"The ruling was not in favour of the accused person, the ruling was basically to the effect of dismissing the application for discharge thereby officially meaning that Mr Sikhala has to testify to his defense so the matter has been postponed to the 21st of March." Harrison Nkomo, Job Sikhala's lawye
Trial of Senegalese opposition leader postponed/in /by
Ousmane Sonko's defamation trial opened Thursday (Mar. 16) amid clashes in Dakar and in major cities. In court, Sonko asked to see a doctor saying he had been mishandled by police when they forced him out of his car. Judge Pape Mouhamed Diop postponed the hearing until March 30.
SA strongly warns against any “attempts to overthrow the government”/in /by
"This is an attempt to overthrow the government. This is not a shutdown, but it’s anarchy," KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner, Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi,
CAR : Internally displaced persons denounce deplorable living conditions in PK3 camp/in /by
As a result of civil, hundreds of thousands of people have been internally displaced in camps in the CAR with deplorable living conditions. Many wish to return to their home.
Central Sahel: 10 million children threatened by insecurity – UNICEF/in /by
According to the UN agency, armed groups opposed to the state-run education system are burning and looting schools, as well as threatening, abducting or executing teachers.
Five Iranian girls arrested for dancing to Rema’s song/in /by
The footage showed the women dancing and slightly showing their stomachs, near highrise buildings in the Tehran residential district of Ekbatan to the song.
US Secretary of State Blinken visits Niger on Africa tour/in /by
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken offers new aid as he threw his support behind Niger on a rare visit, holding up the Western military partner and new democracy as a model in a jihadist-torn region where Russia is making inroads.
Mozambicans march to honor protest rapper after his death/in /by
“Azagaia was a hero of the people. More of a hero than the president, that is why we are taking him to the president’s house,” said Walter, a demonstrator who refused to give his last name for his safety. Speaking before the procession was dispersed, he said: “Nothing like this has ever happened....