President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Wednesday expressed his “shame” at crimes committed during Germany’s colonial rule in Tanzania and pledged to raise awareness of the atrocities in his own country.”I would like to ask for forgiveness for what Germans did to your ancestors here,” Steinmeier said during a visit to the Maji Maji Museum in the …
Quinton de Kock hit his fourth century of the World Cup while Rassie van der Dussen cracked his second as South Africa piled up 357-4 against fellow title hopefuls New Zealand on Wednesday.Left-handed opener De Kock reached his 21st one-day international ton off 103 balls with eight fours and three sixes.He brought up his century …
When Younousse Diop was just 13, he said goodbye to his family in Senegal and boarded a packed  boat bound for Spain’s Canary Islands, part of the influx of migrants to the Atlantic archipelago.”There were 110 of us. It was hell. The nights are hard, the days are hard,” the 30-year-old told AFP on the …
A move by Kenyan authorities to tax travellers on new or used goods brought into the country has caused an outcry, with lawmakers and even a government minister denouncing the scheme.Although the Kenya Revenue Authority has said the directive is not new, it has triggered confusion and concern, with some complaining of harassment by customs …
Outcry in Kenya over tax ‘harassment’ of travellersWed, 01 Nov 2023 11:06:28 GMT Read More »
After comments over colonial-era abuses by Germany in Tanzania, and Britain’s King Charles III during his state visit to Kenya, here are some other cases where former ruling powers have said sorry — or not.- Britain stops short -Britain has resisted calls to apologise for abuses under its vast empire, but there have been high-level …
Apologising for colonial pastsWed, 01 Nov 2023 09:50:37 GMT Read More »
Wearing one of her trademark large hats and dark glasses, Nigerian designer Bubu Ogisi puts a group of models through final fittings in preparation days for Lagos Fashion Week — one of the cultural highlights in Nigeria’s economic capital.Dressed in black, white and tan creations with hand-crafted bracelets and collars, models walk by as Ogisi …
A mother guided her bawling five-year old boy across rocks close to Bambo, a town in eastern DR Congo, as mortar fire rained down nearby. It was midday on October 26 when the M23 rebels attacked the town, nestled in the hills in Rutshuru, North Kivu province.An AFP team documenting the lives of people living on …
One year after Ethiopia signed a peace deal with the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, ending a brutal conflict that killed hundreds of thousands by some estimates, life in the northern region is slowly limping back to normal.But the legacy of the two-year war is everywhere in Tigray, even though fighting has ceased and access to …
Voices from Ethiopia’s war-scarred TigrayWed, 01 Nov 2023 06:37:16 GMT Read More »
An accord signed a year ago between the rivals in Ethiopia’s Tigray war has brought peace to the shattered region, but ignited yet another conflict in the increasingly fractured nation.In November 2022, Ethiopia’s federal government and the rebellious authorities of Tigray agreed in South Africa to a ceasefire after two years of bloodshed and atrocities …
Regular passengers of the “Tombouctou”, a ferry whose route runs along the Niger River in northern Mali, are accustomed to hearing gunfire from the riverbank during their journeys. But on September 7, they quickly realised that something unusual was happening. The blasts that forced passengers to hit the deck that day heralded a deluge of gunfire. It would …
Massacre on Mali’s Niger RiverWed, 01 Nov 2023 04:22:13 GMT Read More »
