Tanzanian politicians are in shock over the massacre of hundreds of young protesters during its recent election, insiders told AFP, but are too afraid to speak out as a tiny cabal of hardliners around the president takes control.Gruesome images of dead Tanzanians have flooded the internet in the wake of the October 29 elections that …
Former Congolese rebel leader Roger Lumbala goes on trial in Paris Wednesday over atrocities committed in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s bloody eastern conflict more than two decades ago.Lumbala, 67, is accused of complicity in crimes against humanity for his role during the 1998-2003 Second Congo War, which saw more than a half-dozen African nations …
Once hailed as a solution to Ethiopia’s creeping desertification, a foreign tree is now spreading uncontrollably across the east African nation, threatening fragile ecosystems and the very survival of local communities.Native to Latin America, the prosopis shrub-like tree was first planted in Ethiopia’s northeastern Afar region in the 1970s.It has become a nightmare for locals …
Installations by renowned international artists including Italy’s Michelangelo Pistoletto and Portugal’s Alexandre Farto have been erected in the sand under the great pyramids of Giza outside Cairo. The fifth edition of the contemporary art exhibition “Forever is Now” is due to run to December 6.The 92-year-old Pistoletto’s most famous work, Il Terzo Paradiso, comprises a three-metre-tall …
Monumental art displayed in shade of Egypt’s pyramidsWed, 12 Nov 2025 01:05:02 GMT Read More »
Uncertainty still surrounds which country will host next year’s UN climate conference: Australia or Turkey. But for 2027, there’s little mystery: it will almost certainly be Ethiopia, an African diplomatic powerhouse.The news broke on the second day of COP30, the 30th UN climate change conference held in Belem, in the Brazilian Amazon.Richard Muyungi, chair of …
Authorities in Guinea on Tuesday officially launched production at Simandou, a gigantic mining project that they hope will propel the poor west African country into the ranks of the world’s largest iron exporters.The long-awaited launch took place at a ceremony attended by the head of Guinea’s junta, General Mamady Doumbouya, south of Conakry at the …
Fanfare as Guinea launches enormous Simandou iron ore mineTue, 11 Nov 2025 15:43:51 GMT Read More »
Since September, jihadists affiliated with Al-Qaeda have imposed a fuel blockade on Mali and a total blockade on several towns, wreaking havoc on the west African nation.Here’s what we know about the situation, which is pushing the ruling junta to its limits in the landlocked Sahelian nation that is heavily dependent on imports.- Roads controlled …
What we know about Mali and its two-month fuel blockadeTue, 11 Nov 2025 14:57:11 GMT Read More »
It took 16-year-old Mounir Abderahmane 11 days to reach the Tine refugee transit camp in Chad, crossing arid plains after fleeing the bloodshed in the Sudanese city of El-Fasher.When the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) entered the city in late October, Abderahmane was at the Saudi hospital, watching over his father, a soldier in the regular …
Fatima gripped her newborn tightly against her chest as the Tuareg woman queued beneath the scorching Mauritanian afternoon sun to register herself and her child as refugees.She was forced to flee the Malian town of Lere, near the border with Mauritania, after her community came under a total blockade by jihadists some two weeks ago.Dressed …
“Sixteen killed.” “Seven killed.” “Thirty-one killed.” “People are eating cowhide to survive.” “The bombs are getting closer.” “They’re shooting people trying to run away.”These were the grim updates shared with AFP’s veteran Sudan correspondent Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali by people trapped in the 18-month-long siege of El-Fasher, a city overrun by the paramilitary Rapid Support …
The Sudanese who told the world what happened in El-FasherMon, 10 Nov 2025 14:14:46 GMT Read More »
