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Africa’s decade of re-branded democracy

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Niger school blaze: Trapped children die in Niamey
Posted on Wednesday April 14, 2021

The fire in Niamey engulfed straw classrooms and those in the nursery could not escape.

Egypt seizes ship that blocked Suez Canal over $900m compensation claim
Posted on Wednesday April 14, 2021

The Ever Given's insurers call Egypt's claim "extraordinarily large" and "largely unsupported".

South African singer Busiswa Gqulu aims to empower women with her music
Posted on Wednesday April 14, 2021

South Africa's Busiswa Gqulu is using her songs and poetry to overcome gender barriers in the music industry.

Zimbabwe's Streak gets eight-year corruption ban
Posted on Wednesday April 14, 2021

Former Zimbabwe captain Heath Streak is banned from all cricket for eight years for corruption offences.

Ahmed Musa completes a short-term deal to play for Nigeria's Kano Pillars
Posted on Wednesday April 14, 2021

Former Leicester City forward Ahmed Musa completes a short-term deal to play for Nigerian league side Kano Pillars.

The coastal town tackling Tunisia's football boss
Posted on Tuesday April 13, 2021

Tunisia football boss Wadie Jary has knowingly misled sport's highest legal body, suspended club Chebba FC complains.

Ghana's farmers eye sweet success from chocolate
Posted on Saturday April 10, 2021

Ghana is the world's second largest cocoa producer but sees little of the profits from chocolate - for now.

South African artists struggle with Covid theatre closures
Posted on Friday April 09, 2021

The permanent closure of a top venue symbolises the struggle many performers are facing.

Letter from Africa: Kenyans protest over growing debt
Posted on Wednesday April 07, 2021

Kenyans urge potential lenders to stop giving the government money over fears of growing debt.

Covid in Kenya: The woman who refuses to be defeated by the virus
Posted on Sunday April 04, 2021

Kenyan Josephine Muchilwa lost her chef's job and then her business but is now trying something else.

Mozambique Palma attack: How people tried to flee the assault
Posted on Saturday April 03, 2021

Survivors and their family members recount what happened when Islamist militants targeted Palma.

Nigeria kidnappings: 'I'm afraid to return to school'
Posted on Wednesday April 14, 2021

Hundreds of students have been abducted in northern Nigeria, leading many schools to close.

Saving the kelp forest that stars in My Octopus Teacher
Posted on Monday April 12, 2021

The makers of the Bafta-winning documentary want to preserve the underwater ecosystem it features.

Antiretrovirals: Plight of HIV patients over ARV drug shortage in Kenya
Posted on Friday April 09, 2021

A tax dispute has led to a shortage of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs and HIV testing kits in Kenya.

SGBV in Africa: What is victim blaming and why does it persist?
Posted on Wednesday April 07, 2021

Victim blaming continues to trap survivors of sexual and gender based violence in a cycle of trauma.

Nigeria: A fashion designer's challenge to wear an Ankara gown on her wedding day.
Posted on Wednesday April 07, 2021

In a bid to represent African culture, Chioma Inyang set out to wear an Ankara-styled gown on her wedding day.

The sailor living alone on an abandoned cargo ship
Posted on Monday April 05, 2021

Seafarer Mohammed Aisha has been living on an abandoned cargo ship for four years, part of that time completely on his own.

Mona Eltahawy on Nawal El Saadawi’s legacy amongst ‘feminist giants’
Posted on Friday April 02, 2021

Mona Eltahawy says that Nawal El Saadawi's legacy continues in Africa's long tradition of "feminist giants".


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News24.com | Malawi to destroy 16 000 expired Covid-19 vaccines
Posted on Wednesday April 14, 2021

Malawi will destroy over 16 000 expired coronavirus vaccines donated to the impoverished country by the African Union three weeks before their use-by-date, a health official said.

News24.com | 14 killed as minibus hits landmine in Somalia - official
Posted on Wednesday April 14, 2021

Fourteen people died and four others were wounded when the minibus they were travelling in ran over a landmine on the outskirts of Somalia's capital Mogadishu, a regional official said.

News24.com | Egypt bus-truck crash kills 20, officials say
Posted on Wednesday April 14, 2021

Twenty people were killed on Wednesday in Egypt when a bus collided with a truck carrying petroleum products, the health ministry, medical and security sources said.

News24.com | DR Congo to launch Covid vaccination drive
Posted on Wednesday April 14, 2021

The DR Congo will kick off a Covid vaccination drive next week, the government said on Wednesday, despite persistent public wariness over potential side effects from the drugs.

News24.com | Somali president signs law extending mandate for two years - state media
Posted on Wednesday April 14, 2021

Somalia's President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed has signed a controversial law extending his mandate for another two years, despite threats of sanctions from the international community.

News24.com | Burkina ex-president Compaore to be tried for predecessor's murder
Posted on Tuesday April 13, 2021

The exiled former president of Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaore, is to be tried for the murder of the man he ousted in a 1987 coup, Thomas Sankara, lawyers told AFP on Tuesday.

Businessinsider.co.za | Twitter chooses Ghana as its African headquarters, says it's due to country's support of free speech
Posted on Tuesday April 13, 2021

Twitter has picked Ghana as its base of operations in Africa and is already looking to fill several positions.

News24.com | Nearly a million going hungry in conflict-hit Mozambique, UN says
Posted on Tuesday April 13, 2021

Almost one million people face severe hunger in northern Mozambique, where hundreds of thousands have fled Islamist militant attacks, the United Nations food agency said.

News24.com | Mali ex-rebels say prominent leader shot dead
Posted on Tuesday April 13, 2021

A former rebel leader in northern Mali was killed in the capital Bamako on Tuesday, according to the spokesman for a militia alliance in the region.

News24.com | UN seeks funds to ease hunger in Mozambique as conflict deepens
Posted on Tuesday April 13, 2021

The World Food Programme on Tuesday said it needed $82 million to provide life-saving assistance to hundreds of thousands of people facing severe hunger in violence-ravaged northern Mozambique.

News24.com | Rebel attack in northern Chad 'under control' - government
Posted on Tuesday April 13, 2021

The situation in northern Chad is now "completely under control" after rebels entered the area on Sunday, the day of the country's presidential election, the government said.

News24.com | Congo names new cabinet, cementing president's power over predecessor
Posted on Monday April 12, 2021

Democratic Republic of Congo's Prime Minister announced a new cabinet on Monday, completing a government overhaul by President Felix Tshisekedi that strengthens his hold on power.

News24.com | 34 migrants dead after boat capsizes off Djibouti: IOM
Posted on Monday April 12, 2021

Thirty-four migrants drowned on Monday after their boat capsized off the coast of Djibouti, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said, the second such accident in just over a month.

News24.com | Mogadishu police chief suspends Somali parliament, gets fired moments later
Posted on Monday April 12, 2021

Mogadishu's police chief announced he had suspended parliament on Monday, saying he was acting unilaterally to prevent lawmakers from extending the president's term, only to be fired moments later by the police commissioner.

News24.com | Botswana probes deaths of two people who took AstraZeneca shot
Posted on Monday April 12, 2021

Botswana is investigating the deaths of two among thousands of people who had been given doses of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine to see if there is any link, the health ministry said.

News24.com | Jihadists attack aid facilities in Nigeria
Posted on Sunday April 11, 2021

Islamic State-linked jihadists in Nigeria have attacked humanitarian facilities in the restive northeastern town of Damasak, aid workers told AFP on Saturday.

News24.com | Egypt to unveil 'portion' of 3 000-year-old city
Posted on Sunday April 11, 2021

Archaeologists near Luxor have unearthed just a portion of the "largest" ancient city ever found in Egypt and dating to a golden pharaonic age 3 000 years ago, officials said on Saturday.

Businessinsider.co.za | Namibia is open to international travel – and it’s never been cheaper or quieter
Posted on Wednesday April 14, 2021

Namibia may be one of the best International travel destinations to explore mid- and post-Covid.

Businessinsider.co.za | US Green Berets are training the Mozambique army to take on a growing insurgency linked to ISIS
Posted on Saturday April 10, 2021

Dozens of US Green Berets are in Mozambique to help counter a growing insurgency that Russian and South African mercenaries haven't been able to stop.

News24.com | Africa far from a common currency, but technology could make up for that
Posted on Saturday April 10, 2021

Africa is unlikely to have a common currency soon, but technology could help overcome the difficulties posed by the multiplicity of currencies when trading, a top official has said.

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