Africa

The Ukrainian government has set up a special hotline for Africans and other foreign students trying to get out of the country amid the Russian invasion. Meanwhile, an international coalition of activists appeals to the United Nations against racism at the…

In tonight's version: We communicate to award-winning exiled Ugandan author Kakwenza Rukirabashaija. The writer filed a grievance towards Uganda within the East African Court of Justice. He says he was tortured as a result of of tweets during which he referred to as the president's son overweight and grumpy. But first: Tunisian and Ghanaian nationals who fled Ukraine have lastly returned dwelling, and extra are anticipated to observe. Tens of hundreds of Africans have been caught in war-torn Ukraine because the Russian…

After 130 years of absence, 26 objects stolen in Benin are finally exhibited at home after being returned by France. The pieces were looted by French soldiers from the Kingdom of Dahomey in 1892 and now take pride of place in the presidential palace. Our team…

When thousands of Sudanese took to the streets of Khartoum again to condemn a military coup in October, a protester was killed and dozens injured, according to a medical group. The protester was shot in the head as security forces fired live ammunition and tear gas at protesters marching in Omdurman, a twin town in the capital Khartoum, the Sudanese Medical Committee said. Security forces also dispersed protesters marching on the presidential palace in Khartoum, injuring many, the committee said.…

As global plastic waste has increased many times over the past decade, Africa has gradually become the world's dumping ground for discarded plastic. To address the growing plastic waste problem, UN members will next week hold a three-day meeting on the earth's environmental problems. From Antananarivo to Dakar via Nairobi and Conakry, African cities are scarred by huge landfills where plastic waste is measured in thousands of tonnes. The landfill is foul-smelling and dangerous and emits smoke and…

The growing inequality between vaccines around the world has affected the poorer countries the most, especially the African countries. In an attempt to bridge the gap, Germany's BioNTech, the developers of the first mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 together with Pfizer, announced plans to send mobile vaccine production units to Africa. "The question was, can we make the process compact enough to fit in a container," BioNTech CEO and co-founder Uğur Şahin told Agence France-Presse (AFP) when the company…

In Group A and B, respectively, Cape Verde and Tunisia qualified directly for the quarter-finals. Rwanda, Angola, Guinea and Egypt have to go through a qualifying match. In Group A, the equation was simple: you had to win this third group match to hope to win the first qualifying spot for the quarterfinals. Hostland and first…

In Senegal, a canoe stranded with about sixty illegal migrants outside Saint-Louis, in the northern part of the country. At present, the National Navy has been able to rescue eleven people, including eight Senegalese and three Gambians. A lifeless body was also found. The rest of the passengers have disappeared. A survivor testifies.…

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is very concerned about the humanitarian situation in the eastern DRC, especially in the provinces of Ituri, northern and southern Kivu, which are estimated to have about 1.7 million people. Patrick Youssef, Africa's head of the ICRC, concludes a week-long visit to the…

Defeated 5-1 by Japan in the semifinals of the Beach Soccer World Cup, Senegal said goodbye to their dreams of a final. The Lions can, however, comfort themselves with a match for third place on Sunday against Switzerland, while the Japanese face Russia. After their historic quarter-final victory over Brazil, the tournament's…