
The leader of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has released prophesy that “special forces” may kidnap an African president.
The leader of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has released prophesy that “special forces” may kidnap an African president.
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed kickstarted electricity production from the second turbine at its controversial mega-dam on the Blue Nile on Thursday, despite continuing objections by Egypt and Sudan over the project. Currently, the two turbines, out of a total of 13 at the dam, are generating 750 megawatts of electricity.
A historic drought in Somalia has now displaced one million people and left the country in the shadow of famine, the United Nations said Friday. "This one million milestone serves as a massive alarm bell for Somalia," said Mohamed Abdi, the NRC's country director in Somalia.
Troops in Cameroon's Northwest Region have "summarily killed" at least 10 people in a crackdown against anglophone separatists, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Thursday. "Cameroonian soldiers summarily killed at least 10 people and carried out a series of other abuses between April 24 and June 12, during counter-insurgency operations in the Northwest Region," HRW said.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken holds talks with Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Thursday, facing calls from campaigners to pressure Kigali over its human rights record and alleged support of rebels in the neighbouring Democratic of Congo.
From a distance, Orania looks like any other small town in rural South Africa. In rich suburbs elsewhere in South Africa, manual work is done almost exclusively by blacks.
Dozens of bandaged patients lounge on beds in a hushed hospital ward in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, groans of pain occasionally breaking the silence. AFP has not named patients or doctors in the hospital to protect their safety.
Kholoud Massaed of the Hadaria tribe in Sudan vividly recalls the day her face was scarred with a sharp blade, an ancient practice that was once common. Tribal scarring, an ancient practice that used to be commonplace in Sudan, involves marking the skin, mainly to identify tribal affiliation or as a symbol of attractiveness.
Two police officers were killed Wednesday in Sierra Leone after a protest against "economic hardship" descended into clashes between security forces and youth demanding the president resign, the police said.
Award-winning Zimbabwean novelist Tsitsi Dangarembga denied charges of inciting violence at the opening of her trial in Harare on Wednesday over a protest she made in July 2020 in which she called for reform.
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