Nearly three million people have fled Sudan after 18 months of war in a still-growing exodus, the UN warned, with 25,000 fleeing to neighbouring Chad in the first week of October alone.Mamadou Dian Balde, the UN’s Sudan regional refugee coordinator, told AFP that the three-million mark will likely be crossed in the next two to …

Spiralling Sudan bloodshed sparks refugee surge into ChadWed, 16 Oct 2024 10:52:40 GMT Read More »

Kenya’s Senate on Wednesday launched the impeachment trial of Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua after the embattled politician lost yet another court bid to stop the process.In a historic move last week, the lower house of parliament, the National Assembly, voted overwhelmingly to impeach Gachagua on 11 charges including corruption and abuse of office.The 59-year-old has …

Kenya Senate begins impeachment trial of deputy presidentWed, 16 Oct 2024 09:17:59 GMT Read More »

Niger bid goodbye to the Avenue Charles de Gaulle on Tuesday as its ruling junta renamed several historic sites in the capital Niamey which previously bore references to old colonial master France.Since taking power in a coup in July 2023, the Sahel nation’s military rulers have turned their backs on Paris, instead forging ties with …

Adieu Paris as Niger nixes colonial French place namesWed, 16 Oct 2024 07:10:57 GMT Read More »

Kenya’s Senate on Wednesday began debating the impeachment of Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua after the embattled politician lost yet another court bid to stop the process.In a historic move last week, the lower house of parliament, the National Assembly, voted overwhelmingly to impeach Gachagua on 11 charges including corruption and abuse of office.The 59-year-old has …

Kenya Senate begins debate on deputy president impeachmentWed, 16 Oct 2024 06:34:41 GMT Read More »

Around 10 million children across four countries in west and central Africa are being kept out of school due to massive regional flooding, international charity Save the Children said Tuesday.The charity said floods in Nigeria, Mali, Niger and the Democratic Republic of Congo had driven nearly one million people from their homes.”The unprecedented rains… have …

West, central Africa flooding keeps millions from school: charityTue, 15 Oct 2024 17:46:33 GMT Read More »

Hundreds jammed into an all-night concert hall in Nigeria’s commercial hub Lagos for a festival celebrating the legacy of musical revolutionary Fela Kuti and his political activism.Kuti, who died aged 58 in 1997, is famous both for his pioneering role in the creation of Afrobeat — a then-novel genre marrying traditional African music with jazz, …

Lagos festival dances to Nigerian icon Fela Kuti’s beatTue, 15 Oct 2024 15:38:34 GMT Read More »

African activist Kemi Seba, known for his virulent anti-Western stance, has been arrested in Paris, a source close to the case told AFP Tuesday.The 42-year-old pan-Africanist militant, whose real name is Stellio Gilles Robert Capo Chichi, has been sentenced in France several times for incitement to racial hatred. The reason for the arrest on Monday was …

Controversial African activist Kemi Seba detained in Paris: sourceTue, 15 Oct 2024 14:32:44 GMT Read More »

A Kenyan court ruled Tuesday against a last-ditch bid to stop a Senate debate and vote on the impeachment of Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua.In a historic move last week, the lower house of parliament, the National Assembly, voted overwhelmingly to impeach Gachagua on 11 charges including corruption.The 59-year-old has denied all allegations and will continue …

Kenya court knocks back bid to stop deputy president’s ousterTue, 15 Oct 2024 14:04:18 GMT Read More »

A Kenyan court is due to rule Tuesday on a last-ditch case seeking to stop a Senate debate and vote on the impeachment of Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua.In a historic move last week, the lower house of parliament, the National Assembly, voted overwhelmingly to impeach Gachagua on 11 charges including corruption. The 59-year-old has denied all …

Kenya court to rule on bid to stop deputy president’s ousterTue, 15 Oct 2024 08:31:40 GMT Read More »

In the sprawling slum of the once glorious Grande Hotel in Mozambique’s city of Beira, around 4,000 people living in squalor hope that this month’s election will bring change to their hard lives.Most of the scattered election posters on the blackened walls of the gutted beachfront building call for votes for the long-ruling socialist Frelimo …

Mozambique’s faded hotel squatters hope for change after voteTue, 15 Oct 2024 06:15:13 GMT Read More »