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Ivory Coast mutiny: Soldiers continue standoff over pay
Mutinous soldiers in Ivory Coast have reopened roads into the second-biggest city, Bouake. But they’re continuing their revolt over pay. The government promised them more money in January – but it now says it can’t afford it. And many locals are urging the soldiers to get back to work. Al…
Read More »Self-determination is the key for peace in South Sudan
In December 2013, less than three years after independence, South Sudan erupted into civil war. The ongoing conflict pits forces of President Salva Kiir, a Dinka, and those of former Vice President Riek Machar, a Nuer, against one another. The United Nations has issued genocide warnings and declared famine in…
Read More »Thousands protest Tunisia’s corruption amnesty bill
More than 2,000 Tunisians marched in the country’s capital protesting a proposed amnesty bill that would see businessmen accused of corruption under ousted president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali walk free. At the demonstration against the Economic Reconcilliation bill on Saturday, the protesters claimed the bill would contradict the spirit of…
Read More »Mutinying soldiers seal off Ivory Coast’s Bouake
Mutinying soldiers sealed off access to Ivory Coast’s second largest city of Bouake on Saturday, soldiers and residents said, as protests over a pay dispute with the government continued despite warnings of harsh punishments. The unrest began in Bouake on Thursday before quickly spreading, following a pattern similar to a…
Read More »Boko Haram releases video of purported Chibok girls
Boko Haram released a video late on Friday claiming to show the Chibok schoolgirls who refused to be rescued as part of a recent swap deal with the Nigerian government. In the three-minute video, a woman who claims to be Maida Yakubu, one of the schoolgirls kidnapped by…
Read More »Ebola outbreak declared in DRC after 3 deaths
An Ebola outbreak has been declared in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) after one person who died of hemorrhagic fever tested positive for the virus. Two others may have also died from the disease. The case was confirmed following tests on nine people who came down with hemorrhagic fever in…
Read More »Grim torture images ignite anger against Ugandan police
Ugandan rights activists say grisly images of the torture of a detained politician showing septic wounds on his body highlight escalating brutality and impunity by the country’s security personnel. Pictures began circulating online and in local media on Thursday of Geoffrey Byamukama, mayor of a small town in western Uganda,…
Read More »YOSPIS, partners host retreat for Kano legislators on free MNCH bill
As well as being the most populous state in Nigeria, Kano also has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the country As well as being the most populous state in Nigeria, Kano state also has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the country. And…
Read More »Ivory Coast soldiers stage fresh revolt over pay
Gunfire has erupted in several cities across the Ivory Coast, including the military headquarters in the commercial capital Abidjan, as anger spread following a decision by some leaders of a group of mutineers to drop demands for bonuses. The protests on Friday by soldiers, most of them ex-rebel fighters who…
Read More »Ian Bremmer confirmé comme principal intervenant du sommet AFC live
– Le fondateur et président du Groupe Eurasia ouvrira le principal sommet du continent sur les investissements infrastructuraux – Plusieurs chefs d’État participeront à l’AFC pour célébrer dix années d’excellence dans les investissements infrastructuraux en Afrique Ian Bremmer, president et fondateur d’Eurasia Group LAGOS, Nigeria le 11 mai 2017, -/African…
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New Podcast ‘Future of Africa’ Amplifies the Voices of African Youth Re-shaping Our World
Launched by the African Union Youth Envoy, the United Nations Foundation, and The Elders …
