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Sudanese hopeful new truce will end “suffering”/in /by
Sudanese people are hopeful that a one-week humanitarian ceasefire will end the "suffering", hours before the ceasefire was to take effect after a series of previous truce announcements were all violated
South Africa: Man arrested for porn images with president’s face superimosed on them/in /by
The man will appear in court in the capital, Pretoria, on Tuesday on charges of contravening the Cyber Crimes Act, which relates to unlawfully accessing or processing computer data.
Senegal tension: Who are the youths ready to “die” for Ousmane Sonko?/in /by
Whenever Senegal's main opposition leader has faced the judiciary, many of his supporters have taken to the streets. Protests have often turned violent with those of March 2021 getting down in history as some of the deadliest. The young protestors consider Ousmane Sonko the "savior of the masses".
Africa’s largest oil refinery commissioned in Lagos Nigeria/in /by
After several years of delays, Africa's largest oil refinery was commissioned Monday by the outgoing Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari.
Ukrainian and Moroccan FMs meet in Rabat/in /by
The meeting marked the first visit by a Ukrainian foreign minister to Morocco since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries 30 years ago.
Table Tennis Championhip returns to Africa/in /by
The event last took place on African soil in 1939 in Cairo, Egypt. It was a tournament that left a lasting impression. The donation of the Egypt Cup by King Farouk of Egypt established an icon of the World Championships. The cup is presented to the next host of the event and has remained a symbol of
S’Africa: Amid fears of black out, electricity minister says work in top gear to stop load shedding/in /by
We are working very hard, we are burning the diesel, the team is having sleepless nights to make sure that we improve the energy availability factor, very aggressive on the demand side. We are doing everything possible to ensure that we don’t go to hire stages of load shedding." Kgosientsho Ramokgo
Vinícius gains more support as La Liga embroiled in racism/in /by
A complaint by the Spanish league was expected to be made after an investigation into what happened in Valencia was completed.
Lagos’ Tarkwa Bay hosts national surf competition/in /by
Nigeria hosted over the weekend (May 19-21) its National surfing festival in Tarkwa bay, Lagos. Some may say Lagos is an unlikely surfing spot with its oil tankers and polluted water. Still, the training ground of many surfers like Michael Gabriel who dream about representing Africa one day.
Burkina: activists arrested for “inciting an armed crowd”/in /by
Six people, including civil society actors in Burkina Faso, were arrested and placed in police custody for "criminal association", "disclosure of false information" and "incitement to an armed or unarmed crowd", announced Prosecutor Harouna Yoda on Sunday.