A violent stand-off between local residents and squatters that invaded a field outside Bloemfontein starkly underlines the politics behind South Africa’s housing crisis ahead of May’s cliff-edge general election.On the north side of Curie Avenue new arrivals are setting up a sprawling shanty town of corrugated iron shacks stretching almost four kilometres from the city …
A reciprocal agreement between Kenya and Haiti to send police from the East African nation to the violence-wracked country has raised hopes the Nairobi-led, UN-backed multinational peace mission could deploy soon.But the Kenyan government still faces legal hurdles in soldiering on with the plan after a court decision put the brakes on the deployment to …
Kenya police deployment to Haiti: What’s next?Wed, 06 Mar 2024 12:40:14 GMT Read More »
In war-torn Sudan, where chaos and fuel shortages have ground normal motor traffic to a halt, people once more rely on donkey carts — even for urgent trips to the hospital.In a small town south of the capital Khartoum, Hussein Ali has been busy carting patients to a clinic on a rickety wooden carriage that …
War-weary Sudanese without fuel turn to donkey cartsWed, 06 Mar 2024 09:55:55 GMT Read More »
Senegal’s parliament on Tuesday began examining a controversial amnesty bill for acts linked to deadly political protests since 2021, as the country reels from its biggest crisis in decades. The amnesty is part of President Macky Sall’s response to the turmoil sparked by his last-minute postponement of the presidential election, originally scheduled for February 25.  The poll …
Senegal MPs mull controversial amnesty billTue, 05 Mar 2024 20:22:23 GMT Read More »
More than 10,000 victims of Chad’s former dictator and convicted war criminal Hissene Habre have begun to be paid government compensation totalling $16.5 million, NGOs announced on Tuesday.Habre, dubbed “Africa’s Pinochet”, was sentenced by a special African court to life in jail in 2017 for crimes against humanity.More than 40,000 people are thought to have …
Former Chad dictator victims get first state compensationTue, 05 Mar 2024 16:32:19 GMT Read More »
In her quest for “fair skin”, an Ivorian YouTuber recently visited a market stall in Abidjan to receive several injections promoted as containing whitening agents.The influencer, who asked to remain anonymous, waited 10 days in vain to see any results.”Clearly, I’ve been ripped off,” she told AFP.The young woman is one of a growing number …
Shady bleaching jabs fuel health fears, scams in W. AfricaTue, 05 Mar 2024 14:10:27 GMT Read More »
In her quest for “fair skin”, an Ivorian YouTuber recently visited a market stall in Abidjan to receive several injections promoted as containing whitening agents.The influencer, who asked to remain anonymous, waited 10 days in vain to see any results.”Clearly, I’ve been ripped off,” she told AFP.The young woman is part of a growing number …
Shady bleaching jabs fuel health fears, scams in W. AfricaTue, 05 Mar 2024 09:51:36 GMT Read More »
Travelling through the DR Congo’s volatile east takes days, with ramshackle roads and bridges, bandits and militia making journeys a nightmare.Unlike well-kept Rwandan roads, the road between Bukavu and Uvira, the two main cities of the eastern South Kivu province, is pockmarked with potholes and craters.Burundi closed its border with Rwanda in January, cutting off …
Drivers stuck for days on east DR Congo’s nightmare roadsTue, 05 Mar 2024 06:04:59 GMT Read More »
The United States on Monday imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa and other senior leaders but scrapped a broad two-decade-old pressure campaign on the troubled country, replacing it with targeted action.Citing rights abuses and corruption, President Joe Biden’s administration slapped sanctions on 11 Zimbabweans including Mnangagwa and three companies.The order blocks any assets they …
US targets Zimbabwe leadership in sanctions revampMon, 04 Mar 2024 20:51:32 GMT Read More »
The United States on Monday imposed sanctions on Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa and other senior leaders, replacing a broad two-decade-old pressure campaign with targeted action.Citing a campaign of rights abuses and corruption, the United States will block any US-based property and prohibit any unofficial travel to the country by the sanctioned Zimbabweans.”The changes we are …
US hits Zimbabwe leadership in sanctions revampMon, 04 Mar 2024 17:27:03 GMT Read More »
