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All Saints Cathedral in Nairobi has been a refuge for generations of protesters escaping police crackdowns, proudly displaying the teargas canisters and spent cartridges once fired into the church.Kenya marks Saba Saba Day on Monday, remembering the bloody 1990 uprising that demanded a return to multi-party democracy during the autocratic rule of then-president Daniel arap …

Kenyan cathedral, longtime refuge for protestersMon, 07 Jul 2025 05:38:38 GMT Read More »

As a teenager, Eid Mertah would pore over books about King Tutankhamun, tracing hieroglyphs and dreaming of holding the boy pharaoh’s golden mask in his hands.Years later, the Egyptian conservator found himself gently brushing centuries-old dust off one of Tut’s gilded ceremonial shrines — a piece he had only seen in textbooks.”I studied archaeology because …

Egyptian conservators give King Tut’s treasures new glowMon, 07 Jul 2025 01:27:08 GMT Read More »

An armed gang attacked the headquarters of the Kenyan Human Rights Commission on Sunday as it hosted a press conference calling for an end to state violence, an AFP journalist saw.The attack came on the eve of “Saba Saba Day” when Kenyans mark pro-democracy protests from the 1990s, and renewed unrest is expected on Monday.The …

Armed gang attacks Kenya Human Rights Commission on eve of protestsSun, 06 Jul 2025 17:03:35 GMT Read More »

A senior opposition official in Burundi on Saturday criticised the African Union for describing the country’s election as “credible” despite widespread claims of irregularities and intimidation during the vote.The Peace and Security Council of the African Union said on X that it had reviewed elections for the past six months and “congratulated Burundi, Comoros and …

African Union criticised for calling Burundi election ‘credible’Sat, 05 Jul 2025 17:12:45 GMT Read More »

Saudi Arabia, Russia and six other key members of the OPEC+ alliance will discuss crude production on Saturday, with analysts expecting the latest in a series of output hikes for August.The wider OPEC+ group — comprising the 12-nation Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies — began output cuts in 2022 in …

Eight OPEC+ alliance members move toward output hike at meetingSat, 05 Jul 2025 02:34:57 GMT Read More »

Equatorial Guinea launched a case against France at the top United Nations court on Friday, the latest salvo in a long-running legal battle over a swanky Paris mansion confiscated by French authorities.The west African nation asked the International Court of Justice to issue emergency orders against France over a building seized after the conviction of …

E.Guinea launches ICJ case against France over Paris mansionFri, 04 Jul 2025 17:47:14 GMT Read More »

A Nigerian court Friday called for the reinstatement of a senator who was ousted after she complained about sexual harassment, delivering a long-awaited ruling in a case that has divided the socially conservative west African country.Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan in February accused the Senate president, Godswill Akpabio, of making unwanted advances towards her.Days after she made …

Court strikes suspension for Nigerian senator who complained of sexismFri, 04 Jul 2025 12:54:51 GMT Read More »

Hatem Abdelhamid stands amid his once-thriving date palms in northern Sudan, helpless as a prolonged war-driven power outage cripples irrigation, causing devastating crop losses and deepening the country’s food crisis.”I’ve lost 70 to 75 percent of my crops this year,” he said, surveying the dying palms in Tanqasi, a village on the Nile in Sudan’s …

Crops wither in war-torn Sudan as power cuts cripple irrigationFri, 04 Jul 2025 07:08:39 GMT Read More »

In the lush forests north of Abidjan, technicians were busy filming on the set of “Le Testament” (“The Will”), a comedy co-production between Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso and Senegal.Under a large tree, village elders gathered to discuss the death of a wealthy local cocoa planter. In the film, his children return to their native village …

Abidjan dreams of becoming Africa’s next cinema hubFri, 04 Jul 2025 05:49:55 GMT Read More »

A caravan of 100 or so cars snaked onto an unfinished highway and parked in a construction zone. With no trail post in sight, the unmarked dirt lot outside the Nigerian capital seemed an unlikely place to hike — but fans of the great outdoors in Abuja have long taken matters into their own hands.”Most of …

Nigerian hikers blaze trails despite insecurityFri, 04 Jul 2025 05:48:22 GMT Read More »