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Belgium’s main museum dedicated to Africa has started delving into the origins of its enormous collection, as a first step towards possible restitution of items that were obtained in violent ways during colonial times.”We want to get a better idea of the origin of the pieces and see if we can establish which were obtained …

Belgium’s Africa museum pores over colonial-era collectionThu, 18 Jan 2024 18:24:38 GMT Read More »

Rishi Sunak on Thursday urged members of the UK’s unelected upper chamber of parliament to pass his contentious plan to send migrants to Rwanda, insisting it was “the will of the people”.The prime minister survived a key test of his leadership on Wednesday night, fending off right-wing rebels in his Conservative party to get the …

UK PM says controversial Rwanda plan is ‘will of the people’Thu, 18 Jan 2024 17:16:44 GMT Read More »

Emilio Nsue scored the first Africa Cup of Nations hat-trick since 2008 as Equatorial Guinea beat Guinea-Bissau 4-2 on Thursday to close in on a place in the last 16.Nsue opened the scoring midway through the first half before a sparse crowd at the Ebimpe Olympic Stadium and added two more goals in the second …

Nsue scores first AFCON hat-trick since 2008 in Equatorial Guinea winThu, 18 Jan 2024 16:05:20 GMT Read More »

The post election crisis in the Comoros has intensified with the first reported death in street violence and a call from the opposition for a national day of protest on Friday against the “masquerade” of President Azali Assoumani’s  victory.The head of the emergency room at the El Maarouf hospital in the Comoros capital Moroni told …

Comoros post-election clashes turn deadly as opposition calls protestThu, 18 Jan 2024 15:44:43 GMT Read More »

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit sub-Saharan Africa for the first time in 10 months, the State Department said Thursday, redirecting his focus as rivals Russia and China seek gains there.After four frenetic tours of the Middle East since war broke out on October 7 with a Hamas attack on Israel, Blinken will …

Blinken to refocus on Africa as Russia, China make gainsThu, 18 Jan 2024 15:36:05 GMT Read More »

A Kenyan court on Thursday charged the leader of a starvation cult with terrorism over the deaths of more than 400 of his followers.Self-proclaimed pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie and 94 other suspects pleaded “not guilty” to charges of radicalisation. The cult leader was also charged with “organised criminal activity”, according to documents from the Mombasa court seen …

Kenya starvation cult leader charged with terrorismThu, 18 Jan 2024 14:05:20 GMT Read More »

A Kenyan court on Thursday charged the leader of a starvation cult with terrorism over the deaths of more than 400 of his followers.Self-proclaimed pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie and 94 other suspects pleaded “not guilty” to charges of radicalisation. The cult leader was also charged with “organised criminal activity”, according to documents from the Mombasa court seen …

Kenya starvation cult leader charged with terrorism: courtThu, 18 Jan 2024 12:49:45 GMT Read More »

Two days after the Comoros electoral authorities announced the president’s disputed re-election, angry youth gangs are battling soldiers in cat-and-mouse street battles.Braving teargas and torrential rain, a man in his twenties, his face hidden by a surgical mask, told AFP on Thursday why violence has erupted once again on this Indian Ocean island chain.”We’ve been …

Disputed Comoros election triggers street revoltThu, 18 Jan 2024 12:48:00 GMT Read More »

Their faces wrapped up against the sun and sand, they pile into the back of waiting pickup trucks in northern Niger ahead of a gruelling journey across the Sahara.Hawkers of protective turbans, cigarettes and water sachets do the rounds in the hope of one last sale before the vehicles pull out of the main bus …

Niger’s ‘gateway to the desert’ open again for migrantsThu, 18 Jan 2024 11:56:13 GMT Read More »

Ugandan opposition leader and former presidential candidate Bobi Wine said on Thursday police had surrounded his residence and put him “under house arrest” ahead of a planned protest.Opposition politicians had planned demonstrations on Thursday against the poor condition of roads in Uganda, which is hosting two global summits this month.Wine, a popstar-turned-politician, said police and …

Uganda opposition leader Bobi Wine says under house arrestThu, 18 Jan 2024 09:56:22 GMT Read More »