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Malaria mortality has fallen back to levels seen before the Covid-19 crisis, the WHO said Wednesday, but called for faster progress against the disease that killed nearly some 597,000 people last year.In a new report, the World Health Organization estimated that there were 263 million cases of malaria worldwide in 2023 — 11 million more …

Malaria mortality returns to pre-Covid levels: WHOWed, 11 Dec 2024 08:35:49 GMT Read More »

Popular Mozambique rapper Nikotina KF is rattled and stressed after facing police tear gas and rubber bullets just hours earlier but is determined to bring his voice to the youth-led protests running through his country.On the streets and in music videos that get thousands of views on YouTube, the 32-year-old musician is throwing himself into …

Nikotina, the soundtrack of Mozambique’s youth in protestWed, 11 Dec 2024 06:53:43 GMT Read More »

The war crimes trial of a feared Sudanese militia chief accused of rape, murder, and torture across the Darfur region of Sudan during the country’s brutal civil war wraps up this week.The International Criminal Court will hear three days of closing arguments from Wednesday in the case of Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, also known by …

ICC to wrap up war crimes trial of feared Sudan militia chiefWed, 11 Dec 2024 02:09:41 GMT Read More »

French fighter aircraft left Chad for good on Tuesday after N’Djamena decided last month to end military cooperation with the former colonial power, the French military said.One of the sources said that two Mirage 2000D combat jets and a tanker aeroplane took off before 1230 GMT, a French source told AFP. A third took off …

French fighter jets leave Chad: French sourcesTue, 10 Dec 2024 20:17:42 GMT Read More »

A Ugandan military court on Tuesday adjourned the trial of abducted veteran opposition figure Kizza Besigye to next year after his lead lawyer was blocked from working in the country.Besigye was snatched last month from neighbouring Kenya while in Nairobi to attend a book launch by Kenyan opposition politician and lawyer Martha Karua, according to …

Uganda military court adjourns trial of opposition figureTue, 10 Dec 2024 13:29:14 GMT Read More »

Kenyan police tear-gassed a peaceful march against femicide in the capital Nairobi on Tuesday, detaining a number of protesters, according to AFP reporters and rights groups.There was a strong police presence in Nairobi ahead of the march — just one of many planned across the East African country, where violence against women has been a …

Kenyan police tear-gas peaceful anti-femicide marchTue, 10 Dec 2024 11:45:41 GMT Read More »

After decades of unsuccessful bids, Morocco will finally achieve its long-cherished dream of hosting the football World Cup in 2030, along with Spain and Portugal, in what the North African country hopes will boost its international image and economy.FIFA is set to formally ratify the trio’s candidacy on Wednesday, with Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay also …

Morocco sets stage for 2030 World Cup with Spain and PortugalTue, 10 Dec 2024 08:10:42 GMT Read More »

As Paul Techy queued with dozens of others in his coastal Gambian fishing village, he hoped to move one step closer towards finally belonging in the only country he had ever called home.Gambian citizenship has long been an elusive goal for many residents of Ghana Town, most of whom were born in the tiny West …

Gambian fishing village seeks elusive statehoodTue, 10 Dec 2024 07:55:29 GMT Read More »

Chatter muffled as members of a secret society, masked and garbed in honey-coloured robes, entered the court of Foumban, the historic capital of a centuries-old kingdom nestled in hilly northwestern Cameroon.The 20th king of the Bamoun people, Mouhammad Nabil Mfourifoum Mbombo Njoya, stood up from his ornate throne — a replica of the original, now …

The trial of a king: ancient royal ritual in Cameroon promotes peaceTue, 10 Dec 2024 07:54:22 GMT Read More »

The printer in the corner of Martin Lukongo’s print shop in Goma, a city in DR Congo’s troubled east, vibrates as it churns out an order for 400 copies of a book.For more than 30 years, this part of the vast central African country has been known for the conflict that now surrounds the city, …

DR Congo strives to reconcile young people with booksTue, 10 Dec 2024 07:51:51 GMT Read More »