A UN investigation says violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo last year may amount to crimes against humanity. It says at least 500 people were killed, including families burnt alive in their homes and a two-year-old who was thrown into a septic tank. Ethnic violence broke out when one community wanted to bury one of their traditional chiefs on… Read more »
Koffi Olomidé, one of Africa’s most popular singers, has been found guilty of the statutory rape of one of his former dancers when she was 15. He was handed a two-year suspended jail sentence by a court in France in absentia, as he failed to turn up. The ruling means the Congolese star only faces arrest if he commits further… Read more »
A black South African TV and radio presenter has said he was the victim of a racially motivated attack after stopping to help a group of white people whose car had overturned. Samora Mangesi tweeted photos of the injuries he sustained in the alleged assault, which he said happened on Friday. He and his two female friends were called “monkeys”,… Read more »
This week, I had Sub-Saharan Africa. My article was focused around the escalated Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. To help control this outbreak, the World Bank Group and the Pandemic Emergency Facility (PEF) have been collecting and donating to the Congo. The main idea of these groups is to support governments and partners to help control… Read more »
My region for this week was Sub Saharan Africa, and an article that caught my eye this week regarded the Ethiopian Airlines. The Ethiopian Airlines pilot whose jet crashed killing 157 people had reported flight-control problems, Ethiopian Airlines said this Wednesday. The company is prepared to send the black boxes to Europe from a disaster that has rocked the global… Read more »
ALGIERS (Reuters) – Algeria’s government is ready for dialogue with the opposition, its Deputy Prime Minister said on Wednesday, after President Abdelaziz Bouteflika reversed a decision to seek a fifth term in the face of mass protests. “Dialogue is our duty. Our top priority is to bring together all Algerians,” Ramtane Lamamra told state radio. Earlier, Armed Forces Chief of… Read more »
LAGOS (Reuters) – As many as 100 children and many others were feared trapped on Wednesday after a building containing a primary school collapsed in Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos.People gather as rescue workers search for survivors at the site of a collapsed building containing a school in Nigeria’s commercial capital of Lagos, Nigeria March 13, 2019. A Reuters reporter at… Read more »
The Ethiopian Airlines pilot whose jet crashed killing 157 people had reported flight-control problems, the company said on Wednesday, as it prepared to send the black boxes to Europe from a disaster that has rocked the global airline industry. The still unexplained crash, just after take-off from Addis Ababa, followed another disaster involving a Boeing 737 MAX in Indonesia five months ago that… Read more »
Algerian opposition leaders found rare common ground Wednesday and called for continued mass protests against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, accusing him of flouting the constitution to cling to power. Meanwhile, teachers took to the streets to keep up pressure on the longtime president, as political uncertainty grips this gas-rich North African country. The 82-year-old Bouteflika this week abandoned plans to seek a fifth term,… Read more »
I find it interesting but not surprising that the UN wasn’t helpful in the attack in the Central African Republic. I’m not against the UN in any way, but I do wish they handled humanitarian crises better. They tend to turn a blind eye to a lot of things–for example, the Rwandan Genocide–because they don’t feel like handling it. I… Read more »