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“Love in Every Word”, a movie by Nigerian filmmaker Omoni Oboli, racked up over 20 million views on YouTube in the first three months of this year, like many Nollywood productions. It points to a shifting pattern as Nigerians grapple with one of the toughest economic crises in decades after President Bola Tinubu halted petrol subsidies …

Cash-strapped Nigerians turn to YouTube for entertainmentFri, 11 Apr 2025 05:45:56 GMT Read More »

South Sudan’s president dismissed his foreign minister Thursday after a row with Washington led US authorities to revoke all visas granted to South Sudanese.The dispute occurred after South Sudan sent back a Democratic Republic of the Congo citizen who had been deported by US authorities in early April.The US administration accused South Sudan of not …

S.Sudan foreign minister fired after US visa rowThu, 10 Apr 2025 19:32:29 GMT Read More »

Tanzania’s main opposition leader Tundu Lissu was charged on Thursday with treason, which carries the death penalty, a day after being detained following a rally, one of his lawyers told AFP.The east African nation has increasingly cracked down on its opposition, with Lissu’s Chadema party accusing President Samia Suluhu Hassan of returning to the repressive …

Tanzanian opposition leader Lissu charged with treasonThu, 10 Apr 2025 16:57:44 GMT Read More »

Otangani fishing village, a short boat ride from Gabon’s capital, has no running water or electricity but hopes to attract tourists.Despite the soft white sands and wildlife of its parks, tourists are few and far between on the Pointe-Denis peninsula where the village is located.  On a recent Sunday morning, Kossi’s bar and restaurant, a …

Destination Gabon: Africa’s ‘Eden’ bids to woo world touristsThu, 10 Apr 2025 15:57:21 GMT Read More »

Sudan told the International Court of Justice Thursday that the United Arab Emirates was the “driving force” behind what it called a genocide in Darfur, a charge the UAE said “couldn’t be further from the truth”.Khartoum has dragged the UAE before the ICJ, accusing it of complicity in genocide against the Masalit community by backing …

Sudan tells top court UAE ‘driving force’ behind ‘genocide’Thu, 10 Apr 2025 15:52:52 GMT Read More »

A man from Guinea has died after migrants clashed at a makeshift camp in northern Tunisia, a parliamentarian who visited the site and the National Guard told AFP on Thursday.Tarak Mahdi, the MP for Sfax, around 30 kilometres (20 miles) from camps set up in olive groves, told AFP the violence began on Tuesday and …

Migrant killed in clash at makeshift camp in TunisiaThu, 10 Apr 2025 13:10:04 GMT Read More »

A wildebeest, a gorilla and a giraffe were among the life-size puppets to begin a 20,000-kilometre (12,400-mile) trek across the globe Wednesday from the DR Congo capital, to raise awareness about migration due to climate change.The animals are part of The Herds project and aim to have crossed around 10 countries between central Africa and …

Herd of animal puppets treks from Africa to Europe in climate actionThu, 10 Apr 2025 12:57:50 GMT Read More »

World Expo opens on Sunday with host Japan aiming to bring humanity together, despite global turmoil and tepid public enthusiasm for the six-month event showcasing innovation as well as Hello Kitty in algae form.A Mars meteorite the size of a sourdough loaf and a beating heart grown from stem cells are among the myriad futuristic …

Japan’s World Expo touts unity, and algae, in turbulent timesThu, 10 Apr 2025 06:50:13 GMT Read More »

Through dense equatorial rainforest the train steamed ahead along Gabon’s sole railway line, a vital yet unreliable cog shuttling minerals, people and timber — as well as the odd coffin — across the country.”We’re forced to take the train. It’s not a choice,” said Aaron Houchi, a radiologist comfortably sat in the plush red velvet …

Gabon’s sole train on tricky track to modernityWed, 09 Apr 2025 09:23:06 GMT Read More »

In Kenya’s largest and poorest county, the despair of a beleaguered hospital director is palpable as he explains that the dismantling of American-funded aid means his facility will run out of USAID drugs next month.”From then on, I don’t know,” Ekiru Kidalio said, worried about the lack of treatment for measles and HIV among other …

‘Everything was stopped’: USAID cuts hit hard in northern KenyaWed, 09 Apr 2025 05:47:12 GMT Read More »