From an old BMW painted in colourful shapes to abstract works and historic photographs, a retrospective of celebrated South African artist Esther Mahlangu opened this week in Cape Town.The exhibition follows the 88-year-old painter and mural artist’s unusual trajectory from rural South Africa to global acclaim. After Cape Town, it will be taken on an …
Italy will again attempt Tuesday to secure justice for an Italian student kidnapped and murdered in Cairo, with the opening of a second trial of four Egyptian security officers accused of the brutal killing.Giulio Regeni, 28, had been conducting research when he was abducted in January 2016. His body was found nine days later, dumped …
Fresh trial opens for Italian student murdered in CairoTue, 20 Feb 2024 02:02:15 GMT Read More »
Fifteen of the 20 candidates who were approved to stand in Senegal’s delayed February presidential poll have called for the new vote to be held no later than April 2.President Macky Sall, whose term officially runs out on that day, announced a postponement of the February 25 vote just hours before official campaigning was due …
Hundreds of Nigerians demonstrated against the soaring cost of living in the south of the country on Monday after huge protests in the north earlier this month.Nigeria is suffering an economic crisis and soaring prices have left many people struggling to afford food.Demonstrators in the southwestern city Ibadan were furious with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s …
Anti-Rwanda demonstrators burned Western countries’ flags Monday in the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, accusing them of supporting Kigali through the M23 rebels, an AFP journalist saw. Fighting between the mostly Tutsi M23 rebellion and Congolese government forces has flared in recent days around the town of Sake, 20 kilometres (12 miles) …
Protest against Rwanda, West in key DR Congo cityMon, 19 Feb 2024 17:16:44 GMT Read More »
Anti-Rwanda demonstrators burned Western countries’ flags Monday in the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, accusing them of supporting Kigali through the M23 rebels, an AFP journalist saw. Fighting between the mostly Tutsi M23 rebellion and Congolese government forces has flared in recent days around the town of Sake, 20 kilometres (12 miles) …
Protests against Rwanda, West in key DR Congo cityMon, 19 Feb 2024 14:23:11 GMT Read More »
Egypt captain Mohamed Salah made a spectacular return to the Premier League at the weekend, creating a goal then scoring for table-topping Liverpool in a 4-1 victory at Brentford.The prolific scorer suffered a hamstring injury against Ghana in the group stage of the Africa Cup of Nations last month, which sidelined him for four weeks.Salah has …
Britain’s new legislation on its controversial plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda for processing undercuts basic rights principles, UN human rights chief Volker Turk said Monday.Turk said the moves to facilitate removals to Rwanda ran contrary to the basic principles of the rule of law and risked delivering a serious blow to human rights.British …
UK’s Rwanda asylum seeker plans ‘undercut’ human rights: UNMon, 19 Feb 2024 12:45:48 GMT Read More »
The village of Kangani is the last stopping off point on the Comoros before a perilous ocean crossing for would-be migrants trying to reach the French island of Mayotte.But in recent weeks, the kwassa kwassa — small wooden fishing launches inadequate for the 70-kilometre (43-mile) Indian Ocean journey — have remained tied up on the …
The African Union’s health watchdog said on Sunday the continent’s leaders will “send a strong message” for the renewal of the main US programme aimed at reducing the spread of HIV/AIDS. Launched in 2003, the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR, is a major funder of HIV testing, counselling and life-saving treatment worldwide.The programme …
AU to push renewal of US AIDS plan: Africa CDC bossSun, 18 Feb 2024 10:51:54 GMT Read More »
