Senegal capital struggles to control horse-drawn carts
Dakar (AFP) – At dawn, Mame Mor Anta Ly washes his chestnut-coloured horse beneath a noisy overpass on the... Read more
21 May, 2021
Nigeria's Boko Haram leader 'badly wounded': sources
Kano (Nigeria) (AFP) – Nigerian Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has been seriously wounded after trying to kill himself... Read more
20 May, 2021
Campaign for DR Congo's war victims puts Rwanda's Kagame on defensive
Paris (AFP) – A growing campaign for justice for war victims in the Democratic Republic of Congo has caused... Read more
20 May, 2021
Renewed violence in DR Congo's volatile east has deep roots
Kinshasa (AFP) – Thousands of Banyamulenge people have fled a flare-up of fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo... Read more
20 May, 2021
Record 55 million people internally displaced worldwide
Geneva (AFP) – Conflicts and natural disasters forced someone to flee within their own country every second of last... Read more
20 May, 2021
Invasive species costing Africa $3.66 tn a year: study
Paris (AFP) – Invasive species introduced by human activity are costing African agriculture some $3.66 trillion every year —... Read more
20 May, 2021
Migrants mass at Spain-Morocco border as Europe says 'won't be intimidated'
Ceuta (Spain) (AFP) – A steady stream of migrants tried to swim to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta Wednesday,... Read more
19 May, 2021
I. Coast court jails 22 for trafficking children to cocoa farms
Abidjan (AFP) – Twenty-two people have been jailed for trafficking children to work on Ivory Coast’s lucrative cocoa plantations,... Read more
19 May, 2021
Malnutrition strikes children in DR Congo's fragile Kasai region
Mbuji-Mayi (DR Congo) (AFP) – Claudine Kamwanya’s twins are barely two but have the ethereal look of the very... Read more
19 May, 2021
Shippers call for coalition against Gulf of Guinea pirates
Lagos (AFP) – Major international shipping and maritime companies have called for a coalition to combat piracy in the... Read more
19 May, 2021
