Togolese artists and activists living abroad have responded to intimidation of anti-government protesters in the country by spearheading a digital revolt to keep up pressure on President Faure Gnassingbe to leave power.Young people in the tiny west African country began taking to the streets in June to protest at the arrest of government critics, a …
Influential politician Vital Kamerhe resigned on Monday as president of Democratic Republic of Congo’s national assembly under the threat of impeachment by the ruling party, state media reported.Kamerhe, 66, took the decision ahead of a possible vote on his impeachment on Monday evening, according to state broadcaster RTNC and the Congolese Press Agency (ACP).Officially, the …
South Sudan’s Riek Machar is a veteran rebel who has survived years of bush warfare, assassination attempts and exile and now faces charges of treason and crimes against humanity. Until this month, Machar was South Sudan’s first vice-president under a fragile power-sharing agreement designed to stop the country slipping back into civil war. But the perennial number …
Riek Machar: survivor of South Sudan’s brutal warsMon, 22 Sep 2025 17:19:28 GMT Read More »
Hundreds of women protested in the Nigerian capital Monday to push for a bill that would add women-only seats in the Senate and House of Representatives.Several African countries, from Senegal to Rwanda, have increased the number of women legislators by using quota systems.Nigeria, which has no such system, only counts four women senators out of …
Nigerian women protest for reserved seats in parliamentMon, 22 Sep 2025 11:32:26 GMT Read More »
South Sudan’s opposition leader and former vice-president Riek Machar appeared in court on Monday after being charged with crimes against humanity and treason, state media showed. A fragile power-sharing deal between President Salva Kiir and his long-time rival, Riek Machar, has been unravelling for months, threatening to return the young nation to a civil war that …
Quentin, like others in Burkina Faso, fears a new anti-gay law will spark a “witch hunt” against the already at-risk LGBTQ community, which has been forced even further underground.Adopted earlier this month by the ruling junta, the criminalisation of same-sex relationships “can change how the population behaves towards us gay people”, the young man told …
Kenyan athletes may have shone at the world championships in Tokyo, winning seven golds, but persistent allegations of doping still cast a shadow as the global anti-doping agency threatens to sanction the east African country.The warning is anything but trivial for a nation whose runners embody Kenyans hopes for lifting families out of poverty, a …
After the bloody civil war in Sudan’s Darfur region 20 years ago, the world said “never again.” And yet it is happening again, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi told AFP in a sobering interview.Since April 2023, a war between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has left tens of thousands …
In Sudan, ‘never again’ has proved untrue: UNHCR chiefMon, 22 Sep 2025 01:15:59 GMT Read More »
Star Moroccan striker Oussama Lamlioui equalised as Renaissance Berkane drew 1-1 away to ASC Kara of Togo on Sunday in their CAF Champions League debut. Berkane have been consistently outstanding in the second-tier CAF Confederation Cup, reaching five finals from 2019 and winning a record-equalling three.Last season, the Orange Boys from the citrus-growing north east …
Moroccan star Lamlioui rescues Berkane in AfricaSun, 21 Sep 2025 21:41:06 GMT Read More »
Guineans flocked on Sunday to vote on a draft constitution that would pave the way for elections but also allow the junta leader who seized power four years ago to run for president.After a day’s voting watched over by a hefty security presence, the west African nation’s polling stations shut on Sunday evening, drawing a …
Polls close in army-run Guinea’s vote on new constitutionSun, 21 Sep 2025 20:56:24 GMT Read More »
