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Tanzania’s internet was blocked for a third day Friday as reports of further election protests surfaced and the opposition rejected the results on the semi-autonomous island of Zanzibar. President Samia Suluhu Hassan, whose government is accused of a campaign of repression, had sought to cement her position and silence critics in her party in the virtually …

Tanzania locked down as opposition rejects Zanzibar resultsFri, 31 Oct 2025 08:29:25 GMT Read More »

“God, God, God, protect them,” chanted two herders, their eyes following a dozen camels rushing toward acacia trees, oblivious to the dry riverbed in northern Kenya where it hasn’t rained since April.Sitting on the edge of a nearby well, Chapan Lolpusike recounted how his cows and oxen “all died” following the worst drought in four …

Camels replace cows as Kenya battles droughtFri, 31 Oct 2025 06:52:55 GMT Read More »

Like other big cats, the leopard is endangered across west Africa.Yet in Ivory Coast’s Comoe National Park, the famously spotted feline appears to be doing rather well — surprisingly, given the reserve’s conflict-riven recent history, according to researcher Robin Horion.Panthera, the conservation organisation Horion works for, led an observation mission to the park in far …

Endangered across west Africa, leopards thrive in I.Coast reserveFri, 31 Oct 2025 06:48:21 GMT Read More »

Multiple African presidents are finding ways to block opposition candidates from running against them, turning elections into foregone conclusions that risk provoking violent unrest and undermining faith in democracy.Tanzania’s elections descended into violence on Wednesday as voters rebelled against the lack of choice, with the two serious rivals to President Samia Suluhu Hassan either jailed …

African elections often lack a crucial component: an oppositionFri, 31 Oct 2025 06:46:01 GMT Read More »

Emmanuel knows only too well the allure of illegal gold prospecting in the protected Comoe National Park for the many young without prospects in Ivory Coast’s troubled northeast. “Young people come back from the park with enough money to buy themselves motorcycles, or even to build their own house,” said the former key player in the …

Risky gold rush drives young into Ivory Coast nature parkFri, 31 Oct 2025 06:42:00 GMT Read More »

When Lawan Mustafa’s wife, nine months pregnant, woke up bleeding in the middle of the night, she looked at her husband and warned him: don’t go to the hospital.Despite a base full of troops stationed on the outskirts of the northeastern Nigerian town where they live, Magumeri is known to crawl with jihadists at night …

Deadly roads block mothers from care in jihadist-hit NigeriaFri, 31 Oct 2025 06:39:15 GMT Read More »

Forest ranger Daouda Bamba is in no doubt about who the apex predator is in Ivory Coast’s Comoe National Park, ravaged by war and unrest between 2002 and 2011.”The most dangerous animal here is man,” the lieutenant told AFP, while at the head of a 10-strong patrol on the lookout for hostile intruders.Founded as a …

Pillaged I.Coast nature reserve on the mend after crisis decadeFri, 31 Oct 2025 06:38:30 GMT Read More »

With much pomp and circumstance, Cairo is due to inaugurate on Saturday the long-awaited Grand Egyptian Museum, widely presented as the crowning jewel on authorities’ efforts to overhaul the country’s vital tourism industry.With a panoramic view of the Giza pyramids plateau, the GEM houses thousands of artefacts spanning more than 5,000 years of Egyptian antiquity …

After delays, Egypt set for lavish opening of grand museumFri, 31 Oct 2025 02:57:05 GMT Read More »

French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday said the airport in Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, will reopen to humanitarian flights, months after it was closed when the city was seized by the M23 armed group. The announcement was made at a conference in Paris aimed at supporting peace and prosperity in Africa’s crisis-hit Great …

DRC’s Goma airport to reopen, over $1.7 bn in aid pledged: MacronThu, 30 Oct 2025 20:29:28 GMT Read More »

Tanzania extended a lockdown on Thursday, with soldiers and police on the main roads in the country’s biggest city, a day after elections turned into violent chaos with unconfirmed reports of many dead.President Samia Suluhu Hassan, whose government is accused of a campaign of repression, had sought to solidify her position and silence criticism within …

Tanzania lockdown extended after election chaos, deaths fearedThu, 30 Oct 2025 20:17:12 GMT Read More »