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Eight dead in Senegal football stadium stampede
Eight people have been killed during a Senegal football league final in Dakar in a stampede that broke out following clashes at the end of the match, the official APS news agency said. A wall collapsed at Demba Diop stadium on Saturday as people were leaving the stadium after the…
Read More »Zimbabwe’s widows seek greater protection
Women in Zimbabwe often lose land to relatives when their husband dies. Now, there’s a call for greater protection for widows in rural areas. Local chiefs want the law changed so they can act as marriage officers and help the women keep their livelihoods. Al Jazeera’s Haru Mutasa reports from…
Read More »Why are civilians still being killed in the CAR?
Bangui, Central African Republic – Over the past few weeks, hundreds of people have been killed and more than 100,000 others forced to flee their homes in escalating violence in the Central African Republic. The UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the CAR (MINUSCA) has repeatedly come under scrutiny for…
Read More »Is Nigeria on the brink of another civil war?
On August 1, 1966, after the collapse of last-ditch attempts by Nigeria’s power brokers to prevent the impending civil war, Lieutenant Colonel Odumegwu Ojukwu said only one thing would make the rebels cease fire: “that the Republic of Nigeria be split into its component parts; and all southerners in the…
Read More »US delay on sanctions decision leaves Sudanese in limbo
Khartoum – The Sudanese government, businessmen, and banks anxiously awaited a decision on Tuesday that they hoped would permanently lift decades-old US trade sanctions against Khartoum and aid in gradually bringing the country back into the international fold. Mohammed Saad, a Sudanese expatriate living in Boston, had all but convinced himself…
Read More »Cameroon-Nigeria border: 12 killed in suicide attack
Two suicide bombers have killed at least 12 people, including a baby, and wounded more than 40 others in a town in northern Cameroon near the Nigerian border, according to officials. Two women carried out the attack late on Wednesday as they walked into a busy area in the centre of…
Read More »DR Congo: 15 years after eruption, city rebuilds near volcano
A city in the Democratic Republic of Congo is expanding and rebuilding in the shadow of one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world. Mount Nyiragongo last erupted 15 years ago, killing more than 100 people and displacing many more in the city of Goma. Al Jazeera’s Catherine Soi…
Read More »Dialling in on Spam Call Research in Three Key African Markets:
Truecaller Insights Reveals the Top 20 Countries Affected by Spam Calls in 2017 NAIROBI, Kenya, 13 Jul 2017 -/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Annoying and unwanted spam calls are on the rise around the globe, with Truecaller’s Truecaller Insights: Top 20 Countries Affected by Spam Calls in 2017 report revealing that…
Read More »Police fire tear gas at protesters demanding fair vote
Police in Zimbabwe fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse scores of opposition supporters demanding fair elections next year. Around 100 young supporters of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) took to the streets of Harare on Wednesday to protest against what they say are plans by the country’s electoral…
Read More »UN: Another 38 probable mass graves found in DR Congo
Another 38 probable mass graves have been found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where violence between troops and armed fighters has killed thousands of people since August, the United Nations announced on Wednesday. This means at least 80 mass graves have been identified so far, the UN peacekeeping mission…
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Afreximbank: Charting a Practical Roadmap for AfCFTA Implementation
The 2025 Afreximbank Annual Meetings (AAM2025) served as a critical platform for fostering multistakeholder …
