UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Friday denounced Mali?s sweeping ban on political parties as a ?draconian? violation of basic rights, warning that it could further silence dissent and institutionalize repression. Türk called on the transitional authorities to repeal the decree and release any individuals arrested on politically motivated grounds, stating that #8220;ny restrictions on political participation must be consistent...

US President Donald Trump#8217;s senior officials are working on a plan to relocate about half of the besieged...

Download logo The High Commission of the Republic of Uganda in Abuja proudly participated in the Africa Trade Consortiumrsquo;s 2025 Tea Break Eacute;dition event held under the theme: ldquo;Unlocking Africarsquo;s Tea Industry Potential.rdquo; The event, organized by PR Times Africa, a Nigerian media consortium, was convened as...

Africa crypto news: Zimbabwe launches a blockchain carbon credit registry to boost transparency, while ZAP Africa rebuilds trust in the Nigerian crypto market post-CBEX collapse. Will the proposed 5% U.S. remittance tax drive crypto adoption in Africa? The government of Zimbabwe is looking to use blockchain to re-establish the credibility of its carbon credit market. Due to transparency concerns, international investors are wary of investing in this market. Meanwhile, ZAP Africa seeks to undo some of the damage caused by the likes of FTX and CBEX in the crypto exchange landscape. On the international level, the proposed tax on remittances from immigrants in the United States could create...

Hundreds of Libyan protesters called on...

Nigeria has signed a major agreement with a Chinese arms manufacturer to build a munitions factory on Nigerian soil. The post Nigeria Signs Major Deal with Chinese State Weapons Manufacturer appeared first on Breitbart. ......

Toshiko Abe, Japan?s Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, visited Egypt from May 4 to 5 as part of efforts to deepen educational and scientific collaboration with African countries in the lead-up to the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9)....

Police officer killed as the country sees renewed deadly clashes in the aftermath of the killing of a militia commander.

L?ancien leader de l?opposition Succès Masra a été arrêté chez lui ce matin un peu avant 6 heures. Les autorités accusent régulièrement l?ancien Premier ministre d?incitation à la haine, une accusation renouvelée à l?occasion des violences intercommunautaire de mercredi dans le Logone occidental, région du sud du Tchad.

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Thursday called on Nigerien officials to free three Sahara FM radio journalists who have been detained twice for covering Niger#8217;s intelligence collaboration with Russia. According to CPJ?s Francophone Africa Representative Moussa Ngom, the ongoing detentions of journalists highlights a...

Portsudan, May 16, 2025 (SUNA) - Minister of Culture and Information and...

Portsudan, May 16, 2025 (SUNA) - Minister of Culture and...

Providing access to healthcare is widely...

Project Aisha is being implemented by a consortium of four organisations: the Health Strategy and Delivery Foundation (HSDF), Ingress Health Partners, mDoc Healthcare, and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI). ......

New York, May 16, 2025?The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Tunisian authorities to immediately grant medical care to jailed journalist Chadha Hadj Mbarek, who went on hunger strike Wednesday after she was repeatedly denied emergency medical attention for various...

The police command in Niger says it has arrested three suspects, who posed as Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) operatives, abducted and robbed students of Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) University, Lapai. ......

The family cited the circulation of Mr Friday's mugshot by the EFCC as part of the agency's efforts to prejudice his trial. ......

A Nigerian official said that the new digital platform was designed to streamline the application and processing of citizenship. ......

L'ancien ministre tchadien Succès Masra a été interpellé vendredi à son domicile, ont annoncé ses proches à RFI. Le procureur de la République a précisé plus tard que l'ex-Premier ministre avait été arrêté pour "incitation à la haine".

Le Haut-Commissaire de l'ONU aux droits de l'Homme a demandé vendredi aux autorités maliennes de revenir sur leur décision de dissoudre les partis et d'interdire toute activité politique dans le pays.

L?ancien leader de l?opposition Succès Masra a été arrêté chez lui ce matin un peu avant 6h. Les autorités accusent régulièrement l?ancien Premier ministre d?incitation à la haine, une accusation renouvelée à l?occasion des violences intercommunautaire de mercredi dans le Logone occidental, région du sud du Tchad.

Hafsat Muhammad Alto, a midwife, has made a relentless commitment to rewriting the narrative of maternal care in Kura Local Government Area (LGA). ......

Ankara The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) opened a ldquo;Safe Homerdquo; in Port Sudan on Thursday to support women and girls affected by the ongoing conflict in Sudan since April 15, 2023. Launched under Tuuml;rkiyersquo;s Year of the Family initiative, the center was opened in...

Nearly 80% of the 1.9 million students who sat the exams did not get high enough marks to get into university. ......

Author Abi Daré has been awarded the £10,000 prize for her second novel, And So I Roar. ......

Kampala, Uganda, May 15, 2025 ? Somali security personnel have arrested, assaulted, or harassed at least 41 private-media journalists since mid-March, in what local press rights groups have called a ?painful experience? and an ?alarming escalation? in attacks on the media. Most of these press freedom violations were connected to coverage of national security issues, including the protracted conflict between the government and the militant group Al-Shabaab. Since Somalia?s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud declared a ?total war? on the Al-Shabaab following his 2022 election, the government has attempted to censor media coverage of the militant group?s ?extremism ideology.? Amid a deteriorating...

This evening we dive into market movements with Sasfin Wealth, we...

Dakar, May 15, 2025?The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Nigerien authorities to swiftly and unconditionally release journalists Hamid Mahmoud, Massaouda Jaharou, and Mahaman Sani, with the privately owned Sahara FM radio station, after they were arrested for the second time in four days on May 10 for broadcasting information about the country?s...

Libya has accepted the International Criminal Court?s authority to investigate alleged war crimes in the country, despite not being a signatory to the Rome Statute, ICC chief prose ......