South African police searching for three men who stabbed worshippers at a mosque near Durban have said the attackers’ motive was unknown but “elements of extremism” were involved. One Muslim leader said the mosque was targeted because it was a Shia place of worship that had received previous threats, exposing deep tension between the Shia and Sunni population. The assailants… Read more »
Deep in the steamy rainforest of Gabon, a poaching gang’s night-time fire is smouldering and two long elephant tusks lie among the tangled roots. The axe that hacked them off lies nearby. Just after dawn, the insect buzz and bird chatter is suddenly pierced by a whistle blast and camouflaged park guards burst out from their forest cover, swiftly pinning… Read more »
The UN and international rights groups are calling on Sudan to pardon a 19-year-old woman sentenced to death after she killed her husband as he tried to rape her. Noura Hussein, who was compelled by her family to marry when she was 16, is facing death by hanging after a sharia court, which follows Islamic religious laws, found her guilty… Read more »
Burundi is a country that is suffering from internal turmoil, and a political party that is taking advantage of this distress that the country is suffering. Burundi’s political election is soon coming up, and there are multiple cases of political corruption that are coming with it. The election is between Nkurunziza and who ever dares to be his opponent. It… Read more »
A DECADE after mobile phones began to spread in Africa, they have become commonplace even in the continent’s poorest countries. In 2016 two-fifths of people in sub-Saharan Africa had mobile phones. Their rapid spread has beaten all sorts of odds. In most African countries, less than half the population has access to electricity. In a third of those countries, less… Read more »
Lagos, Nigeria (CNN)Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari is facing a backlash on social media following remarks he made about the nation’s youth at a Commonwealth event in London. President Buhari was asked a question after a keynote speech at the event on Wednesday, his aide said. In his reply, the president said: “We have a very young population. More than 60%… Read more »
A US-owned local radio station has been shut down for insulting women in Rwanda, authorities say. The Amazing Grace Christian Radio, a radio station that airs religious sermons, had its broadcasting license revoked after one of its presenters, Nicolas Niyibikora, repeatedly referred to women as evil, Rwanda officials said. The Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority (RURA) announced it had taken away… Read more »
Lagos, Nigeria (CNN)A movie about love between two women has been banned in Kenya, ahead of its premiere at international film festival Cannes. Kenya’s Film and Classification Board (KFCB) said Thursday “Rafiki” was banned because of intent to “promote lesbianism,” in the country. “The film has been restricted due to its homosexual theme and clear intent to promote lesbianism in… Read more »
It is interesting to see how countries around the world have began to try to regulate the information on the internet in their countries, and how they are specifically handling the internet in times of elections. Tanzania, I would say has taken a very extreme approach to try and prevent the internet from influencing elections, and politics in their country…. Read more »
Malaria, a mosquito-borne parasitic infection that affects about 3.2 billion people in 95 countries, has become largely a disease of the young and poor. Due to effective medications like chloroquine and artemisinins, malaria deaths dropped an estimated 60 percent worldwide between 2000 and 2015. The Americas and Africa saw the greatest improvements. Still, 216 million new cases of malaria were… Read more »