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Breaking barriers in Aita music in Morocco
Thouria Moullablad’s family frowned when she first told them she planned to make a living as a cheikha, but now she is changing the negative image
Cameroon sugarcane strike turns violent over wages
Over 150 hectares of sugarcane fields have been destroyed in Cameroon due to violent clashes between SOSUCAM workers and police
Judge halts Trump’s effort to dismantle USAID
A federal judge has delivered a major blow to President Donald Trump and his ally Elon Musk, halting plans to pull thousands of staffers from USAID
FIFA suspends Congolese Football Federation
The Secretary-General of the FIFA Council announced the immediate suspension of the Congolese Football Federation
Mother’s hunger strike continues for son’s release from Egyptian jail
Laila Soueif is trying to win freedom for her son who has spent more than five years in an Egyptian jail
UN to investigate atrocities in Eastern DRC
The United Nations Human Rights Council is to launch a formal investigation into the human rights violations in the eastern part of DRC
UN raises concerns over alarming cases of sexual violence in the DRC
UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Friday (07 Feb) expressed profound concerns at the ongoing violent escalation in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) caused by the ongoing Rwanda-backed M23 offensive.
February 20 marks official handover of French base in Abidjan
The French military base in Abidjan will officially be handed over to Ivory Coast on February 20 during a ceremony attended by the defense ministers of both countries, according to sources close to the matter.
EAC and SADC leaders meet to address Great Lakes conflict
Leaders from the East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) have convened to address the ongoing conflict destabilizing the Great Lakes region.
New Hampshire man is 2nd person known to be living with a pig kidney
A New Hampshire man fought for the chance at a pig kidney transplant, spending months getting into good enough shape to be part of a small pilot study of a highly experimental treatment.