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 »

Authorities in Ivory Coast have arrested members of a powerful student federation that is accused of sowing terror on campuses, in a murder investigation after two people including its leader’s main rival were found dead.Police and prosecutors swooped on six members of the Ivory Coast Student and School Federation (Fesci), one of the country’s student …

Ivory Coast suspends powerful student union over murder probeTue, 15 Oct 2024 06:07:14 GMT Read More »

With a tattered bag on his back, Dereje Enigdamekonen trawled the endless alleyways of the Merkato market in Addis Ababa, calling for the Ethiopian capital’s abundant scrap. “Korale, korale,” he shouted at regular intervals. It’s a made-up word in Amharic that is now used for the thousands of collectors, almost all men, who hunt out everything from …

Ethiopia’s ‘korale’ recyclers turn waste into moneyTue, 15 Oct 2024 05:54:47 GMT Read More »