East Africa

AfroQueer is the identify of the primary podcast of documentary sequence concerning the lifestyles of the LGBT group in Africa. A sizzling matter, as those minorities are frequently demonized at the continent. AfroQueer changed into created two years in the past. Our correspondent within the area visited their studios in Nairobi, Kenya's capital.…

The Central African Republic mentioned on Monday that Russia and Rwanda had despatched in a whole lot of troops after an alleged coup try earlier than the upcoming elections. The federal government of the Central African Republic, one of many world's poorest and most unstable nations, accused former President Francois Bozize on Saturday of selling a future coup by three insurgent teams. The group on Friday started advancing in the direction of the capital Bangui alongside key highways after declaring…

Forward of a very turbulent finish of the yr within the Horn of Africa, the Igad Regional Authority held a unprecedented assembly on Sunday in Djibouti, within the presence of the President of the African Union Fee, to debate safety challenges to return up. Tensions had been excessive between the leaders of East Africa, particularly the Ethiopian and Sudanese leaders, whose forces had been colliding for a number of days on the border. "The Horn of Africa is in a particular state of affairs in the present day, it's…

In Madagascar, associations for the protection of youngsters's rights are on standby. Within the southern a part of the island, in Tulear, a baby crime case that was revealed in mid-November as soon as once more sheds a shiny mild on unlawful sexual practices - repeatedly condemned - by residents and overseas vacationers. Sixty-year-olds, largely French, who exploit the good poverty of avenue ladies to…

"History of Madagascar: The Construction of a Nation" is the title of the work written by a collective of six historians, researchers and teachers who are well known from the Big Island, such as Manassé Esoavelomandroso, Helihanta Rajaonarison or again Father Sylvain Urfer, author of many books about Madagascar. These are 283 pages that trace the history of a people, from the arrival of the first inhabitants of the island who live on the coast to independence and the pursuit of democracy. The authors of the book presented…

Since the conflict began in northern Ethiopia's Tigray on November 4, nearly 50,000 refugees have crossed the border to seek refuge in neighboring Sudan.

In the Comoros, where daily electricity emissions have lasted 10 to 12 hours for ten days, the new CEO of the National Electricity Company held a press conference yesterday to explain the technical causes of this emissions, related to generators and calm the future of energy in the country.

The World Meals Program (WFP), winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, has issued a brand new enchantment to lift emergency funds to assist 4 million hungry Zimbabweans inside the subsequent six months. The financial disaster that the nation has skilled over the previous twenty years has been exacerbated by the Covid-19 epidemic, and residents are already struggling to feed themselves when the lean season…

A complaint was lodged against the Malian state a few days ago in Abuja, Nigeria, before the ECOWAS court. Four associations for the defense of women's rights demanding a ban on excision in Mali. More than 80% of Malian women undergo excision, according to UN figures.A sexual mutilation of which practice is gradually declining…

Through the previous two weeks, the Turkish authorities undertook a sequence of weird safety, political and diplomatic measures which have raised eyebrows and speculations that Turkey has thrown its weight behind president Farmaajo’s management which is coming to an finish quickly.