Community leaders have discovered 30 hidden mass graves in West Dafur, containing an estimated 1,000 bodies of people, reported to have fallen victim to the ongoing attacks on the state capital El Geneina, since fighting started four months ago, Radio Dabangareports. The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been accused by Saleh Arbab Suleiman, the representative of the…
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European nationals evacuated from coup hit Niger
The first couple of hundreds of French and European nationals are evacuated from coup-hit Niger, the military governments of Mali and Burkina Faso say any foreign armed intervention in Niamey will be treated as a declaration of war against them all. Two protesters were killed when demonstrations erupted after opposition figure Ousmane Sonko was jailed…
Deadly fires rage along Algeria coast, spread to Tunisia
Algeria was battling to contain devastating forest fires along its Mediterranean coast on Tuesday, in an inferno which has killed at least 34 people, authorities said, adding they had managed to control about four-fifths of the blaze. Fanned by strong winds, fires had also spread to neighbouring Tunisia, forcing the closure of two border crossings….
Eswatini: Election With No Democracy On the Horizon
By Andrew Firmin London — Eswatini heads to the polls soon, with elections scheduled for September. But there’s nothing remotely democratic in prospect. The country remains ruled by King Mswati III, Africa’s last absolute monarch, who presides over Eswatini with an iron fist. Mswati dissolvedparliament on 11 July, confident there’s little chance of people who disagree…
Museveni says ex-DRC leader Kabila harboured ADF
Museveni says the ex-DRC president, as well as regional and international actors, gave the ISIL-aligned ADF ‘free tenancy’ in North Kivu and Ituri. Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni on Thursday accused Joseph Kabila, the former leader of the Democratic Republic of Congo, of giving sanctuary to armed rebels and allowing them to use proceeds of exploiting…
Sign Language Declared South Africa’s 12th Official Language
Making Sign Language the 12th Official Language of South Africa, Government Aims to Advance the Rights of Citizens Living With Disabilities By Ensuring That Their Rights to Substantive Equality, Dignity and Social Inclusion Are Recognised. Addressing the signing ceremony of the South African Sign Language Bill, President Cyril Ramaphosa said it also affirms the humanity…
Putin Not Coming to South Africa For BRICS Summit – Presidency
By Jerry Chifamba Harare — Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, won’t be attending the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) Summit in Johannesburg in August, the presidency said. The Presidency announced that instead of Putin, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will be in attendance. Earlier, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa had declared that any effort to…
Kenya Schools, Shops Shut Before National Protests
Residents of Nairobi, Kisuma and other cities are being urged to bang pots and pans in protest against the high cost of living in the country, and what opposition leader Raila Odinga describes as an illegitimate government. Meanwhile, the United Nations human rights office (OHCHR) said it’s very concerned over reports of police in Kenya…
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