Africa South Africa The Black Mambas are an all-female anti-poaching unit that operates strictly unarmed in the country to combat the illegal hunting of protected species by defending animals by confronting poachers without the use of weapons
Africa Nigeria A Nollywood film, 'A Tribe Called Judah' broke all box office records and became the first Nigerian film to earn 1 billion naira ($1,1 million) in domestic theatres in just three weeks
Africa Niger The former Niger state minister in charge of energy, Ibrahim Yacoubou, who has been in exile since the July 2023 coup, returned to Niger on Thursday: immediately arrested by the security services, he was taken to the Niamey remand centre
Africa Togo Monsignor Kpodzro, Archbishop Emeritus of Lomé, an intransigent, even disruptive voice against the President Faure Gnassinbgé, has died; he had been living in exile in Sweden for almost three years, following the presidential elections in 2020
Africa Mali The Malian government has allocated 25% of its budget to armaments, Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdoulaye Diop announced, highlighting commitment to strengthening its defence and security capacity
Africa Madagascar To begin his second consecutive term as President, Andry Rajoelina has chosen to keep at the helm of the executive the man who has been at his side for about five years, Christian Ntsay
Africa Uganda Over 5,6 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines, purchased by the Ugandan government for $7,3 million with a World Bank loan, have expired and will now be withdrawn from health facilities and destroyed
Africa Uganda Tonto, a traditional banana-based beer whose production still follows traditional techniques such as barefoot beating, is in danger of disappearing, jeopardising a major source of income in the banana-growing regions of central and western Uganda
Africa Benin The third edition of the Ouidah book fair, part of the Vodun festival, features lectures, debates, film screenings, an exhibition and books to discuss and reflect on African history, heritage and ancestral values
Africa Zimbabwe All 15 miners trapped for four days in a Zimbabwean gold mine have been rescued, in news given on social media X with video showing the mud-covered workers being greeted by a small cheering crowd at the mine site
Africa Gambia About seventy Gambian migrants deported from Tunisia and attempting to get back home have been denied entry into Mali and are now are stranded on the border after traveling through several countries, says Abubacarr Kinteh, one of the stranded men there
Africa Sao Tome and Principe FAO will develop a strategy and plan to promote employment in the agricultural sector for young people in Sao Tomé with the final goal of reducing the poverty rate, now over 66%
Africa Djibouti Prime Minister Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed chaired the annual meeting of the Interministerial Committee on the National Disability Strategy for discussions focused on the review of the action plan