A 40-year-old man has escaped death after being attacked by wandering lion in the southern Mozambican province of Gaza, local media reported. The victim suffered serious injuries and is currently receiving medical care in a hospital. According to a local administrator, the lion that attacked the man had escaped from …
Read More »Guinea-Bissau: President Embaló dissolves parliament
Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embaló has dissolved the parliament, three months after he had said he had survived a coup attempt, several media reported. In a statement quoted by the Reuters news agency he accused the lawmakers of corruption. He also cited “persistent and unresolved differences” with parliament, the AFP …
Read More »Chad: Police fire tear gas at anti-French protesters
Chadian police fired tear gas and used water canon to disperse hundreds of protesters who took to the streets of the capital and other towns in an anti-French protest that saw the destruction of some French-linked businesses. The protest was called by Chadian civil society coalition Wakit Tamma to denounce …
Read More »Homosexuality in Sport: should we “crucify” Idrissa Gana Gueye?
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 …
Read More »Tunisia: mass demonstrations in the capital against President Saied
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 …
Read More »Leaders’ messages to new Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
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 …
Read More »Mali withdraws from G5 Sahel regional force
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 …
Read More »Somalia: Lawmakers elect Hassan Sheikh Mohamud as new head of state
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 …
Read More »North Korea: total lockdown after detection of first covid case
North Korean President Kim Jong-un imposed a total lockdown following the discovery of the first case of covid-19 in the country on Thursday. This dreaded first case was detected during tests carried out on Sunday, May 8, in the city of Pyongyang, on sick and feverish people. North Korea’s leader …
Read More »Sheikh Khalifa, President of the United Arab Emirates is dead
The United Arab Emirates is mourning its President, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, who died of an illness at the age of 73, authorities said on Friday. The government declared “official mourning and flags lowered” for 40 days, the official WAM news agency said. Note that the late head of …
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