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Somalia: at least 20 soldiers killed in a suicide attack/in /by
An Islamist suicide bomber blew himself up inside a Somali army camp in Mogadishu on Monday and killed at least 20 soldiers, officials and witnesses said.
CAR: Mixed feelings ahead of the referendum on a new Constitution/in /by
Central Africans in Bangui express hopes and concerns about the draft of a new Constitution. Undecided voters still have a few days left before casting their ballot on July 30. The campaign is set to end on July 28.
Nigeria to recover 150 million euros from Ibori fraud/in /by
A British court has ordered a former politician and his accomplices convicted of fraud and money laundering to return 150 million euros to Nigeria, investigators announced on Monday.
Libya – Italy flights to resume in September/in /by
Libya’s prime minister, Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah, boarded a commercial flight from Fiumicino airport in Rome, to return to Tripoli on Monday. This is the first direct flight between both countries in a decade.
Controversial legislation in South Africa sparks debates on black employment advancement/in /by
The government ensures for its part that it is only a question of promoting diversity and equality. "This does not mean that white people are going to be eliminated to make way for disadvantaged groups," Labor Minister Thulas Nxesi recently pleaded.
Sculptures celebrating ‘everyday’ Black people on display in London/in /by
The works of British sculptor Thomas J. Price celebrating 'everyday' Black people have gone on display at London's Victoria and Albert Museum.
Peace talks for Sudan’s western region of Darfur held in Lomé/in /by
A top envoy to Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces on Monday (Jul. 24) said that "we're all looking for peace" in Sudan and the Darfur region. Youssef Ezzat made his remarks in Togo where he was attending talks aimed at preventing Sudan's Darfur region from sliding deeper into war.
Algeria fires fanned by winds, extreme heat kill over 30/in /by
Wildfires raging across Algeria have killed 34 people, including soldiers trying to bring the flames under control in the face of high winds and scorching summer temperatures, state news agency APS reported.
‘It’s very painful’: Dakar in shock after new migrant shipwreck/in /by
Pressed by poverty and a lack of opportunities at home, many young Senegalese are increasingly undertaking dangerous sea crossings to reach Europe
Tunisians grapple with scorching heat as temperatures exceed 50C/in /by
The heatwave has been blamed for the eruption of wild fires in the country and in neighboring Algeria, where 15 people have been killed according to the authorities