The party is in Kenya, but the vibe is distinctly Americana: a sea of cowboy hats and boots with a soundtrack of whisky-soaked tales about heartbreak and good ol’ boys.Kenya has become the unlikely home of a growing country music scene, possibly the biggest in Africa, as testified by the thousands line-dancing in a field …
A towel draped over his head, Hamza Jabbari sets bags of plastic bottles onto a scale. He is among Tunisia’s “barbechas”, informal plastic recyclers whose increasing numbers reflect the country’s economic — and migratory — woes.The 40-something-year-old said he starts the day off at dawn, hunching over bins and hunting for plastic before the rubbish …
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In the small African kingdom of Eswatini, the arrival of five men deported from the United States under Washington’s aggressive anti-immigrant measures has sparked a rare wave of public dissent.The five, nationals of Vietnam, Laos, Yemen, Cuba and Jamaica, were flown to Eswatini’s administrative capital of Mbabane on July 16 on a US military plane …
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Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu led the football-mad nation in celebrating the women’s squad after a stunning comeback to win a record-extending Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco.The 3-2 victory against hosts Morocco in Rabat confirmed the west Africans as the queens of women’s football in Africa as they pulled off a 10th title in …
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Substitute Jennifer Echegini scored the 88th-minute winner as Nigeria came from two goals behind to beat hosts Morocco 3-2 on Saturday in a dramatic Women’s Africa Cup of Nations final.The triumph in Rabat confirmed the west Africans as the queens of women’s football in Africa as they pulled off a record-extending 10th title in 13 …
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More than 600 malnourished children have died in northern Nigeria in six months after failing to receive proper care as foreign aid dries up, a medical charity has said.Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said northern Nigeria, which already is struggling with insurgency and banditry, is “currently facing an alarming malnutrition crisis.”In the first half of 2025, its …
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Former Democratic Republic of Congo leader Joseph Kabila went on trial in absentia Friday on charges including treason over alleged support for Rwanda-backed militants, an AFP reporter at the court said.Kabila, who has lived outside the DRC for two years, stands accused at a military court of plotting to overthrow the government of President Felix …
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More than 1.3 million people who fled the fighting in Sudan have headed home, the United Nations said Friday, pleading for greater international aid to help returnees rebuild shattered lives.Over a million internally displaced people (IDPs) have returned to their homes in recent months, UN agencies said.A further 320,000 refugees have crossed back into Sudan …
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Faced with a lack of running water, unsanitary conditions and poverty, the Kinshasa neighbourhood of Pakadjuma has struggled to end a cholera epidemic that has claimed hundreds of lives in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) this year. Some 20 African countries have been tackling outbreaks of the severe intestinal infection since the start of the …
The Easter period usually offers a rare respite in Gedeb, in Ethiopia’s deeply troubled north, but on April 17 death rained from the skies in this sleepy town caught up in a war between rebels and the army.On this important holiday for Ethiopian Orthodox and Protestant Christians, many families had gathered in the morning to …
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