Africa

Paris Saint Germain’s player Idrissa Gana Gueye angered the LGBTQ+ community by his absence from the pitch during PSG’s trip to Montpellier on May 14, a day dedicated to the fight against homophobia in the world. Senegalese midfielder Idrissa Gana Gueye watched his teammates win from the stands. For his …

Thousands of Tunisians took to the streets in the capital, Tunis, on Sunday to protest against President Kais Saied’s political measures and rising food prices. A co-ordinator from the Citizens against the Coup coalition – one of the protest organisers – told the state broadcaster that they rejected the country’s …

World leaders sent congratulatory messages to Somalia’s new President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud for his win in Sunday’s election. Mr Mohamud, who served as Somalia’s president between 2012 and 2017, won after a third round of voting by Somalia’s 328 MPs. He was sworn in soon after. The outgoing president, Mohamed …

Malian authorities announced the country’s withdrawal from the multinational military force fighting Islamist militants in West Africa’s Sahel region. Mali said on Sunday it was a protest against its rejection as head of the G5 regional group which also includes Mauritania, Chad, Burkina Faso and Niger. Malian authorities also blamed …

Lawmakers in Somalia elected former president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud as the new head of state in presidential elections on Sunday. Mr Mohamud defeated current president, Mohamed Abudallahi Farmajo, in office since 2017. The ballot was limited to Somalia’s 328 MPs due to security concerns over holding a wider election, and …

The United Nation’s humanitarian affairs agency (Ocha) says the world is not paying enough attention to crises beyond the war in Ukraine including a devastating drought in East Africa. The head of the organisation, Martin Griffiths, made the appeal after visiting Turkana in north-west Kenya where food is extremely scarce …

A 39-year-old fetish priest, Kwesi Tando, shot himself, his wife, Abena Ketsewa, and a one-year-old child, Richmond Tando, at Enyan Abowinum in central Ghana on Wednesday, reported starfm. According to the website, Tando committed the act following marital issues he was having with his wife, and he decided to marry …

Police in Nigeria arrested two people suspected of being linked to the murder of a Christian student accused of blasphemy against Islam. The young woman was attacked by Muslim students at her college in the city of Sokoto, who killed her and set her body alight. Religious and political leaders …

No one survived after the small plane carrying 11 passengers crashed in the forest near the Cameroonian capital, Yaoundé, state radio reports. An unnamed official from the transport ministry also told AFP that “there were no survivors”. The cause of the crash was not immediately clear. “The plane lost radio …

Opposition parties in Guinea rejected the 39-month democratic transition timetable proposed by the ruling military junta, they said in a statement on Wednesday. Guinean military leader, Colonel Mamady Doumbouya told state television that after political consultations he was considering a 39-month transition. Three main opposition parties and over 60 of …