Nigeria 'indefinitely' suspends Twitter
Abuja (AFP) – Nigeria’s government said on Friday it was suspending Twitter’s operations indefinitely, two days after the social... Read more
4 Jun, 2021
Searching for the lost children after DR Congo volcanic eruption
Goma (DR Congo) (AFP) – DR Congo’s Mount Nyiragongo has ceased to rumble and Goma, the city that lives... Read more
4 Jun, 2021
French warnings to Mali's ruling military come into effect
Bamako (AFP) – French warnings about suspending military cooperation with Mali after the country’s second coup in nine months... Read more
4 Jun, 2021
Opposition movement set for key rally in crisis-hit Mali
Bamako (AFP) – Supporters of Mali’s M5 opposition movement were called out to rally on Friday in a demonstration... Read more
4 Jun, 2021
Few options for Mali's partners in latest twist to crisis
Paris (AFP) – Mali’s neighbours and its ally France have struggled to formulate a firm response to the latest... Read more
4 Jun, 2021
African postcolonial critic Mbembe tries fresh start with France
Johannesburg (AFP) – Cameroonian postcolonial scholar Achille Mbembe raised eyebrows when he accepted an invitation by France’s President Emmanuel... Read more
4 Jun, 2021
Anerood Jugnauth, former Mauritius leader, dead at 91
Port Louis (Mauritius) (AFP) – The former prime minister of Mauritius, Anerood Jugnauth, who is credited with steering the... Read more
4 Jun, 2021
11 dead in fresh violence in eastern DR Congo
Bunia (DR Congo) (AFP) – At least 11 people were killed by an armed group in eastern DR Congo,... Read more
3 Jun, 2021
MSF warns of humanitarian crisis in northwest Nigeria
Abuja (AFP) – Rising violence in northwest Nigeria’s Zamfara state is stoking a humanitarian crisis, Doctors Without Borders (MSF)... Read more
3 Jun, 2021
More than two billion Covid vaccines given: AFP
Paris (AFP) – More than two billion Covid-19 vaccines have been given across the world, according to an AFP... Read more
3 Jun, 2021
