Clad in protective blue surgical gloves, a Dutch museum worker gingerly unhooks a precious decorative artefact before gently laying it down on a pillow and wrapping it in dozens of layers of special paper.The artefact is a “Benin Bronze”, a priceless cultural object looted from modern-day Nigeria more than 120 years ago, now being removed …
At a clinic in Ethiopia’s capital, a donkey is complaining as a vet tries to trim his nails. Ethiopia is thought to have the most donkeys in the world — one in five of the global total according to the United Nations — and they form a vital part of the economy. So the Donkey Sanctuary, run …
A free clinic for donkeys, vital to Ethiopia’s economyTue, 20 May 2025 06:08:38 GMT Read More »
Under a mango tree in a residential area of Bangui, the filming of “Problem Booth” is under way, a series of skits imagined by Lemuel Luther-King Godonam and a few fellow comedians.Filming, then uploading the videos to build a following is an uphill struggle in the Central African Republic, a war-scarred country that is one …
Online or on stage, C.African comics try to break throughTue, 20 May 2025 05:54:26 GMT Read More »
Singing sweetly as she packed her bag to leave the rehab centre, Mariama Turay vowed never again to smoke kush, the fearsome drug that wrecked her marriage — and countless lives in Sierra Leone.”This drug is killing us slowly,” sighed the gentle-mannered 29-year-old, elegantly made up with shiny rings in her ears and nose. “I’m promising …
Securing South Africa’s trade ties with the United States will be a key aim of President Cyril Ramaphosa, who Monday began a Washington visit that will feature a meeting with Donald Trump, Ramaphosa’s office said.Ramaphosa arrived late Monday accompanied by four cabinet ministers on the high-stakes visit. He is expected to meet Trump at the …
S.Africa says talks with Trump aim to salvage tradeMon, 19 May 2025 19:15:11 GMT Read More »
Young Cameroonian voters hoping for change in this year’s elections still face the possibility that 92-year-old President Paul Biya could announce a bid to extend his more than four decades in power.Biya, who took the reins in 1982, has remained tight-lipped on whether he plans to stand again in October.But with just a month to …
Akinola Davies Jr — who has made history by directing Nigeria’s first ever film in competition at the Cannes film festival — lost his father when he was two.”I’ve always collected father figures growing up,” said the maker of “My Father’s Shadow”, which is in the running for the Camera d’Or for best first film.His …
The top United Nations court on Monday sided with Equatorial Guinea in a decades-long dispute with Gabon over three tiny islands in potentially oil-rich waters.The two west African nations have been squabbling over the 30-hectare (74-acre) island of Mbanie and two smaller low-lying islets, Cocotiers and Conga, since the early 1970s.The islands themselves are tiny …
ICJ backs E.Guinea in spat with Gabon over oil-rich islandsMon, 19 May 2025 15:05:41 GMT Read More »
French judicial authorities have closed an investigation against the widow of Rwanda’s former president Juvenal Habyarimana into claims she played a role in the country’s 1994 genocide, without pressing any charges against her, several sources close to the case told AFP.Agathe Habyarimana, 82, who has been living in France since 1998 and whose extradition has …
Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu vowed to keep fighting on Monday as he appeared in court on a treason charge that carries a potential death penalty. Activists say the case is another sign that democracy is eroding in several east African nations.An opposition leader is also on trial for treason in neighbouring Uganda, while opposition movements …
