Cote d’Ivoire President Alassane Ouattara,78, will seek re-election in October this year after his proposed successor, former Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly, died last month. J’ai la conviction, que par l'engagement et le travail de toutes les forces vives de la Nation, dans l'union et la paix, nous parviendrons à bâtir pour nous-mêmes et pour…
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Ghana: «witch camps» controversy
In Ghana an elderly woman was lynched accused of whitchcraft. She didn’t survive the beatings, but some of women who survive the ordeal are sent away or flee to places called “witch camps“. The recent murder of 90-year-old, Akua Denteh has caused an international outrage. Dentah was accused of being a “witch” by a local…
Cameroon: Islamists attack refugee camp
Islamist group Boko Haram is suspected to be responsible for killing of 15 people and leaving the other six wounded in a grenade attack on a camp for displaced people in northern Cameroon on Sunday,August 2, a local official told. The village is located in the Mozogo district, close to the Nigerian border in the…
South Africa: 58 murders daily
The number of homicides rose by 1.4% to 21,325 in the 12 months through March — an average of 58 a day — the police service said in its annual crime-statistics report. Shocking crime statistics released in South Africa this week. The number of murders has risen every year since 2013. #CrimeStats2020 pic.twitter.com/wOjOtTov1J — Phumlani…
De Beers diamond mining to cut jobs
Diamond mining company De Beers is likely to have to cut jobs, its chief executive said on Thursday July 30, as it outlined strategy for an overhaul of its business after the coronavirus pandemic crisis hit demand for jewellery. De Beers to overhaul its business after Covid battering 🔒 https://t.co/qG9pjOkJyS — Business Day (@BDliveSA) July…
Zimbabwe: EU demands liberation of activists
«The Constitution of #Zimbabwe guarantees the right to peaceful protests; a right that @efie41209591, @advocatemahere and others exercised today. They should be released from police custody. #EU4HumanRights,» reads the Tweet of the European Union delegation to Zimbabwe, demanding immediate liberation of Tsitsi Dangarembga (pictured), the novelist, and Fadzayi Mahere, the lawyer. The Constitution of #Zimbabwe…
Harare in lockdown amid public discontent
Zimbabwe’s two main cities – Harare and Bulawayo – have been in lockdown since July 31, Friday, patrolled by the secuiry forces in an attempt of government to prevent protests called by activists over corruption and rapidly degrading economic situation, causing unprecedented hardships. Businesses were shut and streets deserted in Zimbabwe’s two main cities on…
Botswana investigates elephants mysterious deaths
Preliminary laboratory tests explaining the reason for hundreds of mysterious elephant deaths in Botswana point to a naturally occurring toxin as a probable cause, a senior wildlife official said. Preliminary tests to explain the reason for hundreds of mysterious elephant deaths in Botswana point to a naturally occurring toxin as a probable cause, a senior…
Uganda: 11 years in jail for killing gorilla
A poacher has been jailed for 11 years after he confessed to killing a rare mounteen silverback gorilla in Uganda last month. Killer of Rafiki, Uganda's beloved gorilla, sentenced to 11 years in prison https://t.co/iH60sWac3J pic.twitter.com/pRqqtskoax — New York Post (@nypost) July 30, 2020 The gorilla, named Rafiki, which means “friend” in Swahili — was…
EU launches CAR advisory mission
The Council today adopted a decision launching the European Union CSDP (Common Security and Defence Policy) civilian advisory mission in the Central African Republic (EUAM RCA). République centrafricaine 🇨🇫: @EUCouncil lance la mission de conseil civil #EUAM RCA et prolonge le mandat de la mission de formation militaire @EUTMRCALire la suite: https://t.co/qXS085JDOn#CSDP — EU Council…
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