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DRC: Observatory sights “burning light” atop a volcano, calls for calm/in /by
"From 18:00 local time (16:00 GMT), a glow was observed at the top of the Nyamulagira volcano," neighboring Nyiragongo, whose eruption in May 2021 had killed 32 people and destroyed several hundred houses in Goma, the provincial capital of North Kivu, according to the observatory.
BioNTech mobile mRNA vaccine labs reach Rwanda/in /by
Six mobile vaccine production units from German pharmaceutical company BioNTech land at Kigali International Airport in Rwanda. These are the first shipments of their kind to be sent to Africa as the continent seeks to boost mRNA vaccine manufacturing.
Malawi declares state-of-disaster after cyclone’s deadly return/in /by
At least 99 people have died in the southern African country, many of them in Chilobwe, a hillside settlement near Malawi's second-largest city, Blantyre.
Ruth E. Carter makes history becoming the first Black woman to win two Oscars/in /by
At the 95th Academy Awards, American costume designer Ruth E. Carter made history becoming the first Black woman to win two Oscars.
Death toll in Gabon ferry disaster rises to 6 with 31 still missing/in /by
As the search continues, the death toll in the ferry disaster off the coast of Gabon last Thursday has risen to six, with thirty-one people still missing.
Mauritania mourns gendarme killed in search for jihadist fugitives, 1 escapee arrested/in /by
Three escaped jihadist prisoners were killed in Mauritania during an operation to recapture them after the prison break, the government said. On Sunday (Mar. 12), hundreds of people attended the funeral of a gendarme who was killed during the operation to arrest according to the AFP.
South Africa: Public sector workers protest, demand wage increase/in /by
“Since the strike started on Monday the 6th, I have been deployed here and no one was intimidated. Those who wanted to go to work, they went freely to work. So should anything happen within (the hospital) they are the ones to be blamed. We are not part of that...." Martha Mokoena
Award-winning Ethiopian journalist sounds the alarm over press freedom/in /by
An Ethiopian journalist who received an award at the White House in the United States last week, has sounded the alarm over press freedom in her country.
Ethiopia: Rebuilding schools, hospitals top priority in Tigray, charity group says/in /by
"If you don't have education, it's very hard to sustain a peace process, we must get kids back into school as soon as possible to restart that and to make sure they overcome the gap, right? They haven't been in their schools for three years in Tigray..." Janti Soeripto, President, Save the Children
Pope Francis: 10 years at the head of the Catholic Church/in /by
On March 13, 2013, Pope Francis became the first pontiff from Latin America and the first to name himself after St Francis of Assisi. According to the 2023 edition of the Pontifical Yearbook, there are 1.3 billion Catholic Christians in the world; over 19% of them living in Africa.