By AFP Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday urged his US counterpart Donald Trump to help end the Middle East war, now in its second month. “I say to President Trump: no one will be able to stop the war in our region, in the Gulf… Please, help us to stop the war, you are capable of it,” Sisi said in joint remarks to the press in Cairo alongside Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides. “I speak to you in the name of humanity and in the name of everyone who loves peace — and you, Mr President, are among those…
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By AFP Kenya on Monday kicked off a drive to register new voters ahead of next year’s general election, with youths using TikTok reels and music to shake off apathy among their peers. In June 2024, a wave of protests led by the so-called “Gen Z” swept the country after President William Ruto announced tax hikes, denting his popularity among young people. They escalated into wider unrest over corruption and rights abuses and left more than 100 people dead and dozens others missing, according to rights groups. While the protests have faded, many youths remain disillusioned with the Ruto administration,…
By Rédaction Africanews and Agencies There were full military honors for Algeria’s former president, Liamine Zeroual, on Monday as the 84-year-old former general was laid to rest in his home town of Batna. President Abdelmadjid Tebboune was among the mourners. Zeroual died on Saturday at a military hospital in Algiers after a long illness. He held the country’s highest political office from 1994 to 1999. He began his career at in Algeria’s National Liberation Army, fighting for independence from French rule. By 1988 he was a general and became minister of defense five years later. After organizing the country’s first…
By Rédaction Africanews with AFP The Malian army denied on Monday that it had released around 200 suspected jihadists in mid-March to secure an end to attacks on fuel convoys that are crippling the landlocked nation’s economy. While security and political sources had initially reported the release of more than 100 jihadists, a Malian security source and local elected representative later said around 200 had been freed. The deal included a truce that is supposed to remain in force until the major Muslim festival of Tabaski, which takes place at the end of May. “These remarks, reported by certain media…
By Rédaction Africanews with AFP Israel’s parliament on Monday passed a law approving the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of murdering Israelis, a measure that has been harshly condemned by the international community and rights groups as discriminatory and inhumane. The law has also caused outrage among some Israeli citizens. The passage of the bill marked the culmination of a yearslong drive by the far-right to escalate punishment for Palestinians convicted of nationalistic offenses against Israelis. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu came to the Knesset to vote for the bill in person. The law makes the death penalty — by hanging…
This Easter season, acclaimed South African artist Relebogile Mabotja unveils Mmamagoai’s Prayer, a deeply personal new single, a moving medley of beloved gospel songs and spiritual hymns that honour both faith and family. Mmamogoai’s Prayer (Medley of Hymns) is Jehovah Re Tshepile Wena, Maatla sona, Holokile, Lion of Judah, Amen. Following the release of Still Me – Live in February 2026, the live recording marked a defining moment in Relebogile’s musical journey. Mmamagoai’s Prayer sits at the emotional core of this body of work. Inspired by the songs her grandmother used to hum in the kitchen, the medley is both a tribute and a return to the origins…
Rape and sexual violence remain “part of everyday life” in areas of Sudan even when fighting in the country’s civil war has moved elsewhere, according to a new report by medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Calling rape a “defining feature” of the conflict, it says sexual assault is overwhelmingly carried out by armed men and is often accompanied by acts of brutality and humiliation. But MSF says rape persists as an “insidious” part of life for communities in the western region of Darfur that are no longer on the front line. The report is the most comprehensive account yet…
By Cornell Ilokolobia International Affairs Desk. Bangui, Central African Republic — In a ceremony charged with symbolism and expectation, President Faustin-Archange Touadéra has been sworn in, marking not just a continuation of leadership but a decisive endorsement of reform, stability, and state consolidation. For a nation long defined by cycles of fragility, today’s inauguration signals a firm and unapologetic pivot toward order, sovereignty, and measurable progress. Touadéra’s return to office is not an accident of politics—it is the result of a record that, while contested by critics, has delivered concrete gains in areas where past administrations faltered.…
Rapping in French, her voice was steady, cutting through the crowd of young people gathered in Goma. Clémence Fundiko Minja commands the stage with a defiance shaped by conflict. At 23 years old, Minja, known by her stage name Clem Cléopâtre, has gained popularity in recent years in her hometown, Congo’s troubled eastern capital. She was on the all-female lineup closing out the three-day festival “Musika na Kipaji”, meaning “women’s talent” in Swahili. Founded in 2019, the festival is meant to promote women artists in the region. Backstage before she performed in the closing concert, she said she was “a…
“There are various reasons for medication failure,” says Majaha Mtshali, tuberculosis (TB) focal person and staff nurse at Piggs Peak hospital in northwestern Eswatini. “When people do not take their medication correctly, whether by missing doses, taking it at the wrong times, receiving the wrong treatment, or stopping treatment early, there can be serious consequences.” These serious consequences include drug resistance where the first-line treatment regimen no longer works. Multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB), a form of TB caused by bacteria resistant to at least two of the the two most powerful first-line TB medicines, is more complex and more expensive to…