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15  juin     08h56
People find us easy targets’: Women politicians face a torrent of online abuse but say they won’t stop their work
   Doreen Nyanjura is a modern politician. She announced on Twitter that she would be standing in Uganda’s presidential election; has a name for her supporters the Nyanjuraholics and has characterized her platform with a catchy hashtag: ThePoliticalAntidote.
25  mai     15h03
Ethiopia
   The most wanted fugitive accused of involvement in the Rwandan genocide of has been arrested in Paarl, South Africa after decades on the run, authorities say.
24  mai     12h39
Nigeria
   Nigerian music duo P Square, with twins Paul and Peter Okoye, are back together and producing their first album in nine years.
21  mai     04h49
Most wanted Rwandan genocide suspect arrested in South Africa after decades on the run
   Standing on the stony ground in the bustling Fifa Park car lot, Rokeeb Yaya is haggling over the price of a dark red car. It is one of a couple hundred vehicles, parked in long lines stretching out across the vast lot some shiny and new looking, others dented and dusty.
22  mai     12h34
We’re humans’: P-Square on their breakup, reuniting and a new album in the works
   For years, Alli Nansolo grappled with whether to cut his son’s dreadlocks or not. Although it is not a legal requirement in Malawi, an unwritten policy enforced across government schools meant his son was being denied admission because of his hair.
18  mai     15h08
As the West surges toward electric cars, here’s where the unwanted gas guzzlers go
   Stephen Saad discusses free trade on the continent, the benefits of scale, and his company’s response to Covid .
    12h29
Their son was banned from school for 3 years because of his dreadlocks
   Floods have caused almost a quarter of a million people to flee their homes after the Shabelle river in central Somalia broke its banks and submerged the town of Beledweyne, even as the country faces its most severe drought in four decades, according to the government.
16  mai     12h57
Africa may need its own central medicines agency, says Aspen Pharmacare CEO
   The United States has imposed entry restrictions on more Nigerians for undermining the democratic process during the African nation’s election cycle, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday.
    21h45
Almost 250,000 flee floods in Somali city that ’became like an ocean’
   A United States convoy was attacked in Nigeria on Tuesday killing four people, including two personnel from the US consulate and two police officers, according to local police and US officials.
18  mai     13h03
US imposes visa bans on Nigerians who disrupted elections
   Rescuers have recovered six more bodies from a river in southern Malawi days after a boat carrying about people was capsized by a hippo on Monday.
17  mai     12h23
Four killed after US convoy attacked in Nigeria
   A toddler has died after a boat ferrying more than villagers across the Shire River in Malawi’s Nsanje district was attacked by a hippo, causing it to overturn, authorities said.
14  mai     17h01
Six more bodies recovered after hippo capsized boat in Malawi
   Ten lions have been killed in southern Kenya this past week, including six on Saturday alone, as human wildlife conflict escalates in the region, according to the Kenya Wildlife Service KWS .
12  mai     11h43
Toddler dead, 23 others missing as hippo capsizes boat in Malawi
   The US ambassador to South Africa on Thursday accused the South African government of delivering arms and ammunition to a sanctioned Russian cargo vessel late last year, local media said.
17  mai     08h37
Ten lions killed in Kenya as conflict between humans and wild animals worsens
   Nigerian chef Hilda Effiong Bassey has become a national sensation after cooking nonstop for hours, in an attempt to set a world record.
27  avril     07h42
South Africa loaded arms onto sanctioned Russian vessel, US ambassador tells local media
   For years, the people in the villages around of Chingola in Zambia endured frequent health challenges and dead fish floating around in their water source, but that was just the beginning of their nightmare.
26  septembre     08h17
Nigerian chef cooks for 100 hours in world record attempt
   Reeddi rents out small, lightweight solar powered batteries in Nigeria that can power devices including TVs, laptops and refrigerators.
28  mars     08h11
For years, a UK mining giant was untouchable in Zambia for pollution until a former miner’s son took them on
   Five time Grammy winner Angélique Kidjo has been announced as one of three Polar Music Prize recipients, putting the Benin born singer songwriter in rare company.
18  mars     09h29
Batteries for hire could help Nigerians ditch their generators
   In Tanzania, WoteSawa Domestic Workers Organization is helping children out of a life of domestic servitude.
16  mars     10h26
Angélique Kidjo becomes just the third artist from Africa to be awarded prestigious music prize
   March marked the start of the new season for the Basketball Africa League, whose best players could end up joining the African stars already gracing the NBA.
03  février     09h35
Finding a brighter future for Tanzania’s child domestic workers
   Pastor Mambud Samai found his calling helping survivors find peace through an adaptive form of football. Now he’s helping hundreds of amputees find their own path to success through the Single Leg Amputee Sports Association.
23  juin     12h52
African basketball stars are making their mark on the NBA
   Malik Afegbua created a stir on social media when he posted images of stylish seniors on a fashion runway.
29  septembre     17h14
Ambassadors of peace’: Amputee football association brings together Sierra Leone’s civil war survivors
   Afrobeats the pulsating, fusion sound coming out of West Africa and the diaspora has been on the rise globally for the better part of a decade. In recent years, the genre has gained a foothold in Western pop culture, and the Grammys are taking notice.
21  août     10h55
Nigerian AI artist creates a fashion show for elderly people
   Every morning at am Nigerian time, Pastor Jerry Eze can be seen on a YouTube livestream fervently praying over thousands of stacks of requests he has received from his followers around the world.
27  janvier     18h46
The Grammys are considering adding an Afrobeats category
   Afrobeats is a term often used to describe music coming out of West Africa. But in reality, music industry veterans and emerging stars say the sounds coming from the continent’s top artists shouldn’t be confined to one particular genre.
14  juillet     21h12
The YouTube prayer channel started during Covid that’s causing a stir
   Growing up in poverty in rural Kenya, Nelly Cheboi watched her single mother, who had only completed fifth grade, work tirelessly so Cheboi and her three sisters could attend school.
09  décembre     00h04
How Afrobeats has become an unstoppable musical force
   Since at least , more than , pregnancies were aborted as part of a secret, systematic and illegal abortion program allegedly conducted by the Nigerian military, a Reuters investigation has found. CNN’s Nima Elbagir has more.
16  septembre     18h57
This CNN Hero upcycles old computers to open new worlds for young Kenyans
   Peter Obi, a former governor of Anambra, is running in Nigeria’s presidential race. He discusses his objectives for the country with CNN’s Zain Asher.
   
CNN reporter: Report of Nigerian mass abortion program could affect US relations
  
   
Watch: Nigerian presidential candidate Peter Obi on his plans to transform Nigeria’s economy