Thousands of jubilant Ivory Coast supporters were taking to Abidjan’s city streets on Monday to celebrate the country’s Africa Cup of Nations victory. Blowing whistles and vuvuzelas, singing and chanting, the supporters poured out of commuter buses near the Félix-Houphouët-Boigny Stadium, where many then ran to arrive in time for the culmination of the team’s…
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The leading Democratic country in Africa now the reverse is true, Senegal.
In a region plagued by volatility, Senegal had long been praised for its political stability. But the West African country now finds itself at a dangerous crossroads with tensions escalating after its outgoing President Macky Sall postponed the upcoming general election just three weeks ahead of its scheduled date. News of the election delay, which…
That castration law should be terminated- Amnesty urges Madagascar.
Madagascar should abolish a new law which allows for the chemical and surgical castration of people convicted of raping minors as it was “cruel, inhuman and degrading”, rights group Amnesty International has said. Last month, President Andry Rajoelina proposed the amendments to the penal code – that include chemical and surgical castration as punishment for…
MPs in Senegal vote to delay presidential poll, sparking protests.
“The situation is completely catastrophic, Senegal’s image is ruined, and I don’t think we’ll be recovering from this democratic bankruptcy, this tsunami in the rule of law, any time soon,” opposition deputy Ayib Daffe said after the vote. Security forces earlier on Monday used tear gas to disperse opposition protesters outside parliament, where demonstrators chanted “Macky…
Huge protests in Dakar against election postponement, 15 confirmed dead.
Protesters in Dakar became radical today which forced the government to increase on deployment and this instead made the protesters radical hence forcing the police to act brutality leading to the death of 15 people. Demonstrations broke out in Dakar on May 31 after a criminal court sentenced prominent opposition leader Ousmane Sonko – head of the…
Namibia’s president Hage Geingob died over cancer at age of 82
President Hage Geingob of Namibia has died at the age of 82 while receiving medical treatment at a hospital in the capital, Windhoek. A veteran of the country’s independence struggle, Mr Geingob had been diagnosed with cancer and revealed the details to the public last month. He died early on Sunday with his wife and…
presidential elections elections postponed in Senegal by President macky sall.
Senegalese President Macky Sall on Saturday announced the indefinite postponement of the presidential election scheduled for February 25, just hours before official campaigning was due to start. In an address to the nation, Sall said he had signed a decree abolishing a previous measure that set the date as lawmakers investigate two Constitutional Council judges whose integrity…
Sierra Leone is losing its forests. This sanctuary is trying to save chimpanzees and their vital habitat
Freetown, Sierra Leone When it comes to chimpanzee toddlers, girls rule. Skippy climbs with her hands and feet into the forest canopy, swinging through the spindly vines. The boys: they prefer to cuddle with their human carer. They are all orphans, rescued from across Sierra Leone and raised at the Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary. “I want them…
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