Africa

Twenty-one people died in 24 hours in the Beni Mellal urban area in central Morocco due to a new heat wave that hit the country, which is in the grip of its sixth consecutive year of drought, the Ministry of Health said on Thursday, July 25. The General Directorate of …

Ugandan police arrested several people in the capital Kampala on Thursday during a second day of anti-corruption protests, local media reported. The proesters were demanding the resignation of the parliament speaker and began demonstrating this week against alleged graft by elected leaders. The police quickly shut down a planned march …

While the death toll from landslides in Ethiopia on Tuesday was below 200, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) said the toll could rise to 500. Heavy rains triggered a landslide burying people in the Gofa Zone of southern Ethiopia on Sunday night and a …

A decree from the Minister of Higher Education announces a reduction in special registration fees at public universities this year in Chad. For the 2024-2025 academic year, students enrolled in the special Bachelor’s program will pay 100,000F CFA, compared with 150,000F CFA in the past. Master’s students will pay 200,000F …

The Nigerian government could temporarily suspend the 10 naira ($0.006) tax currently levied on every liter of sweetened beverage produced and imported into the country, Finance Minister Wale Edun announced on July 17. The decision is part of a six-month economic stabilization plan. “The temporary suspension of the tax on …

Kenyan president William Ruto has appointed new cabinet including four opposition members, following nationwide anti-tax protests in the country. President Ruto on Wednesday nominated four members of the main opposition party to a “broad-based” cabinet he promised in response to nationwide protests. In a speech from his official residence, Ruto …

A magistrate court in Uganda charged at least 42 youths for offences allegedly committed during a banned anti-corruption protest on Tuesday, and remanded them in custody, local media reported. Protesters marched on different streets in the capital Kampala on Tuesday shouting slogans and holding placards denouncing corruption by lawmakers. According …

Six TikTok influencers have been arrested by the police and senteenced to death in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The defendants were found guilty of conspiracy, murder, kidnapping and several other crimes. This decision came after long hours of investigation, during which the court questioned the defendants and confronted them …

Mohamed Ziane, the 81-year-old former Moroccan Minister for Human Rights, was sentenced to five years in prison for corruption. His lawyer described the sentence as retribution for his outspokenness and defense of political prisoners. The court had found him and two colleagues guilty of corruption and embezzlement during the 2015 …

The monkeypox virus variant has hit displacement camps in the Democratic Republic of Congo, affecting children, local media reported. Local doctors say they have seen 130 suspected mpox cases, almost entirely in children and adolescents, in the last four weeks at a nearby facility that treats displaced people from the …