A Russian missile strike on a Kyiv apartment building has killed at least 24 people, including three children, after Ukrainian authorities raised the death toll from yesterday’s attack. The updated figure makes the assault one of the deadliest single Russian strikes on a Ukrainian city in recent months. Across the capital, more than 20 sites were hit by Russian drones and missiles, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said. The barrage came only days after Russian President Vladimir Putin told a news conference in Moscow…

The passage of a UN resolution condemning the transatlantic slave trade and the enslavement of Africans as the "most serious crimes against humanity" has stirred a complex mix of reactions worldwide. Proposed by Ghana, the resolution notably refrains from explicitly calling for reparations but does "encourage member states to support initiatives aimed at reparatory justice." Celebrated by many throughout Africa and its diaspora, the resolution has also attracted skepticism, particularly from the United States. Critics…

The Togolese state will cover tuition fees for all students in public colleges and high schools for the academic year 2021-22. A measure announced this weekend by the government that surprised parents of students ahead of the evening of the school year, which was planned for September. A decision is welcomed in different ways. .

At the end of a nine-year term, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Fatou Bensouda, will hand over the baton, on Wednesday 16 June, to the British Karim Khan. The Gambian magistrate was elected to unite Africa with the ICC. Review of nine years in office. as reported from The Hague, Stephanie MaupasDuring…

In Burkina Faso, the Prime Minister spent a number of hours in entrance of the deputies on Thursday, Could 20, to evaluate the combat in opposition to terrorism in Burkina Faso. as reported from Ouagadougou, Yaya BoudaniThere was peace and quiet at the top of 2020 and Christophe Dabiré believes that the outcomes obtained in…

The Chadian transition has due to this fact elected its prime minister. The top of the Army Transitional Council, Mahamat Idris Déby, appointed Albert Pahimi Padacké to this publish. A place he is aware of nicely, as he was the final occupier, from 2016 to 2018, earlier than a constitutional reform eliminated this place. With…

In Chad, 7.3 million voters were called to the polls on Sunday to decide between ten candidates, including the current head of state Idriss Déby Itno, who is seeking a new six-year term. In the capital, as in the provinces, there was no crowd in front of the polling stations. In the center and north of Ndjamena, where our…