Polisario leader leaves Spain, flies to Algeria
Madrid (AFP) – The leader of Western Sahara’s independence movement, whose presence at a Spanish hospital sparked a diplomatic... Read more
2 Jun, 2021
Families appeal for aid freeing kidnapped Nigerian school kids
Tegina (Nigeria) (AFP) – Relatives of scores of schoolchildren kidnapped by gunmen from an Islamic seminary over the weekend... Read more
2 Jun, 2021
Ancient traditional healing rituals go digital in virus-hit S.Africa
Johannesburg (AFP) – Incense burned gently in the corner of a sunlit room as South African traditional healer Makhosi... Read more
2 Jun, 2021
Mandela's tailor on mission to boost African fashion
Abidjan (AFP) – Ivorian-Burkinabe tailor Pathe’O can look back on a 50-year career that has seen him rise from... Read more
2 Jun, 2021
S. Africa's jobless rate hits new high
Pretoria (AFP) – South Africa’s unemployment rate climbed to its highest level on record in the first quarter, official... Read more
1 Jun, 2021
Over 90% in Ethiopia's Tigray need emergency food aid: UN
Geneva (AFP) – More than 90 percent of people in Ethiopia’s war-torn Tigray region need emergency food aid, the... Read more
1 Jun, 2021
Life starts to return to DR Congo's evacuated volcano city
Goma (DR Congo) (AFP) – Streets in the eastern DR Congo city of Goma returned to life on Tuesday,... Read more
1 Jun, 2021
Ugandan minister hurt in assassination bid: govt
Kampala (AFP) – Uganda’s transport minister, who used to lead the armed forces, was shot Tuesday in an attack... Read more
1 Jun, 2021
Echoes of Mugabe as Zimbabwe president entrenches power
Harare (AFP) – In office since the military-led ouster of Robert Mugabe three-and-a-half years ago, Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa... Read more
1 Jun, 2021
Nigeria police disperse protesters wounding one: activists
Abuja (AFP) – Nigerian police dispersed a crowd of protesters Monday in the capital Abuja, injuring one, according to... Read more
31 May, 2021
