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Guinea Bissau President Embalo says he will not run for a second term

YoopyaSep 12, 2024September 12, 20240

BISSAU, Sept 12 (Reuters) – Guinea Bissau’s President Umaro Cissoko Embalo said on Thursday he would not run for a second term in elections in

Steve Biko, the South African liberation struggle hero who considered dishonour worse than death

YoopyaSep 9, 2024September 9, 20240

What happens when death becomes the ultimate marker of one’s commitment to one’s freedom? Jacob Dlamini explores this and other questions in his new book, Dying

Fire tears through Kenya boarding school dormitory, killing 17 boys

YoopyaSep 7, 2024September 7, 20240

NAIROBI, Sept 6 (Reuters) – A fire killed 17 boys when it tore through the dormitory in which they were sleeping at a boarding school

Suspected Boko Haram militants kill at least 37 in Nigeria attack

YoopyaSep 4, 2024September 4, 20240

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Sept 3 (Reuters) – Suspected Boko Haram Islamist militants roared into a northeastern Nigerian village on motorcycles, opened fire on a market and

Attempted jailbreak at a Congo prison kills 129 people as chaos erupts with a stampede and gunshots

YoopyaSep 3, 2024September 3, 20240

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — An attempted jailbreak in Congo’s main prison left 129 people dead, including some who were shot and others who died in a stampede

‘Barcelona or die.’ For Senegalese dreaming of Europe, the deadly Atlantic route is not a deterrent

YoopyaAug 26, 2024August 26, 20240

THIAROYE-SUR-MER, Senegal (AP) — Salamba Ndiaye was 22 when she first tried to get to Spain, dreaming of a career as a real estate agent.

The biggest diamond in over a century is found in Botswana — a whopping 2,492 carats

YoopyaAug 23, 2024August 23, 20240

GABORONE, Botswana (AP) — The largest diamond found in more than a century has been unearthed at a mine in Botswana, and the country’s president

Rights group says security forces have killed 9 during protests over Nigeria’s economic crisis

YoopyaAug 2, 2024August 2, 20240

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — At least nine people were killed by security forces as protesters clashed with police during mass demonstrations over the country’s economic crisis,

Women football players in Africa have overcome enormous barriers – new book tells the story

YoopyaJul 11, 2024July 17, 20240

Women’s Football in Africa, the first in-depth book on the subject, traces the history of women’s soccer from initially being banned through to today’s growing

Tear gas and stones as protesters across Kenya say ‘Ruto must go!’

YoopyaJul 2, 2024July 2, 20240

NAIROBI/MOMBASA, July 2 (Reuters) – Kenyan riot police fired tear gas at protesters in Nairobi on Tuesday and demonstrations erupted in other cities across the