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A United Nations human rights expert on Friday urged Botswana’s government to grant constitutional recognition and stronger protections to indigenous communities, citing longstanding discrimination against the San people.The San are hunter-gatherers who were evicted from their ancestral land in the Kalahari, where there are diamond deposits.They have lived in southern Africa for tens of thousands …

UN expert urges protection for indigenous Botswana peopleFri, 12 Sep 2025 15:44:38 GMT Read More »

The top UN court on Friday backed France in a long-running dispute with Equatorial Guinea over a multi-million-euro Paris mansion seized during a corruption probe into the country’s vice-president.Equatorial Guinea had asked the International Court of Justice to issue emergency orders to prevent France selling the luxury building, also seized in 2012, which boasts a …

ICJ backs France in Equatorial Guinea mansion rowFri, 12 Sep 2025 13:54:44 GMT Read More »

A South African court on Friday rejected an attempt to block the release of a Netflix documentary about a man convicted of rape and murder who faked his own death to escape prison. Thabo Bester gained global notoriety in 2023 after his arrest in Tanzania, a year after the dramatic escape from a private prison in …

South Africa jailbreak fugitive loses bid to block Netflix documentaryFri, 12 Sep 2025 10:29:20 GMT Read More »

South African stage legend John Kani shuffled between rows of red chairs in the 450-seat theatre named after him, searching for one in particular.”I think it’s this one,” he exclaimed, pointing at 15E near the stairs leading to the stage. “This used to be Nelson Mandela’s seat!”The actor laughed as he recalled how South Africa’s …

For theatre legend John Kani, art must ‘speak truth to power’Fri, 12 Sep 2025 05:57:13 GMT Read More »

Guinean writer Tierno Monenembo will boycott his country’s upcoming constitutional referendum, calling the vote a “farce”. Unwaveringly critical of the authoritarian junta in power, he said he is ready to “die for his ideas”.In the lush garden of a Conakry bar he frequents, Monenembo — one of Africa’s most highly regarded Francophone writers — spoke …

Guinea’s Tierno Monenembo: stolen words and diehard critic of military ruleFri, 12 Sep 2025 05:50:04 GMT Read More »

The top UN court will rule Friday in a long-running dispute between France and Equatorial Guinea over a multi-million-euro Paris mansion seized during a corruption probe into the country’s vice-president.Equatorial Guinea has asked the International Court of Justice to issue emergency orders to prevent France selling the luxury building, also seized in 2012, which boasts …

ICJ to rule on France-Equatorial Guinea mansion rowFri, 12 Sep 2025 05:47:36 GMT Read More »

South Africa’s top court ruled Thursday that men should be able to take their wives’ surnames and a law that prevented this amounted to unfair gender discrimination.The Constitutional Court said the legal ban served no legitimate government purpose and was suspended, paving the way for parliament to enact amendments to the legislation.While men were deprived …

S.Africa’s top court rules men can take wives’ surnamesFri, 12 Sep 2025 00:18:38 GMT Read More »

South Sudan’s Vice-President Riek Machar has been charged with murder, treason and crimes against humanity over an attack by an ethnic militia on a military base that killed more than 250 soldiers, the justice minister said Thursday.A fragile power-sharing agreement between President Salva Kiir and his first vice-president Machar has been unravelling for months in …

S.Sudan vice-president charged with murder, crimes against humanityThu, 11 Sep 2025 19:59:33 GMT Read More »

In “The Fence,” a haunting new film from Claire Denis, the celebrated French director returns to a theme she has explored throughout her career — the shadow of colonialism in West Africa. Denis, who spent her early childhood moving around Africa, where her father was a colonial administrator, sets “The Fence” on the grim compound of …

Acclaimed French director tackles ‘commercial colonialism’ in new filmThu, 11 Sep 2025 16:43:09 GMT Read More »

South Sudan’s Vice-President Riek Machar has been charged with murder, treason and crimes against humanity over an attack on a military base that killed more than 250 soldiers, the justice minister said Thursday.A fragile power-sharing agreement between President Salva Kiir and his first vice-president Machar has been unravelling for months in the world’s youngest country. In …

S.Sudan vice president charged with murder, crimes against humanityThu, 11 Sep 2025 15:59:47 GMT Read More »