At a clinic in Ethiopia’s capital, a donkey is complaining as a vet tries to trim his nails. Ethiopia is thought to have the most donkeys in the world — one in five of the global total according to the United Nations — and they form a vital part of the economy. So the Donkey Sanctuary, run …
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Under a mango tree in a residential area of Bangui, the filming of “Problem Booth” is under way, a series of skits imagined by Lemuel Luther-King Godonam and a few fellow comedians.Filming, then uploading the videos to build a following is an uphill struggle in the Central African Republic, a war-scarred country that is one …
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Singing sweetly as she packed her bag to leave the rehab centre, Mariama Turay vowed never again to smoke kush, the fearsome drug that wrecked her marriage — and countless lives in Sierra Leone.”This drug is killing us slowly,” sighed the gentle-mannered 29-year-old, elegantly made up with shiny rings in her ears and nose. “I’m promising …
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Securing South Africa’s trade ties with the United States will be a key aim of President Cyril Ramaphosa, who Monday began a Washington visit that will feature a meeting with Donald Trump, Ramaphosa’s office said.Ramaphosa arrived late Monday accompanied by four cabinet ministers on the high-stakes visit. He is expected to meet Trump at the …
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Young Cameroonian voters hoping for change in this year’s elections still face the possibility that 92-year-old President Paul Biya could announce a bid to extend his more than four decades in power.Biya, who took the reins in 1982, has remained tight-lipped on whether he plans to stand again in October.But with just a month to …
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Akinola Davies Jr — who has made history by directing Nigeria’s first ever film in competition at the Cannes film festival — lost his father when he was two.”I’ve always collected father figures growing up,” said the maker of “My Father’s Shadow”, which is in the running for the Camera d’Or for best first film.His …
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The top United Nations court on Monday sided with Equatorial Guinea in a decades-long dispute with Gabon over three tiny islands in potentially oil-rich waters.The two west African nations have been squabbling over the 30-hectare (74-acre) island of Mbanie and two smaller low-lying islets, Cocotiers and Conga, since the early 1970s.The islands themselves are tiny …
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French judicial authorities have closed an investigation against the widow of Rwanda’s former president Juvenal Habyarimana into claims she played a role in the country’s 1994 genocide, without pressing any charges against her, several sources close to the case told AFP.Agathe Habyarimana, 82, who has been living in France since 1998 and whose extradition has …
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Jihadists in northeastern Nigeria are surging — and using social media to spread the word of their campaigns and recruit fighters.At least 100 people were killed in the new wave of jihadist attacks in April alone, as the governor of Borno, the epicentre of the violence which has raged since 2009, said the state is …
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An air traffic control breakdown at Paris-Orly airport caused the cancellation and delay of hundreds of flights and the aviation aviation authority said the chaos would extend into Monday.The breakdown hit on Sunday and has affected thousands of passengers with some already sat in planes at the French capital’s second biggest airport when flights were …
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