Late Blooms Signal Trouble for South Africa’s Tourism
In late August each year, the normally barren landscape of the Namaqualand, along the western boundary of South Africa, is transformed into a vista of brightly coloured daisies as far as the eye can see. The flowering of the Namaqualand daisies attracts close to 10,000 tourists per season to a part of the country that […]
Senegal’s Illustrious Portfolio of Architecture
Built on the outskirts of the Senegalese capital as a showcase for global trade in 1974, this astonishing city-sized hymn to the three-sided shape was designed by young French architects Jean Francois Lamoureux, Jean-Louis Marin and Fernand Bonamy. Their obsessive geometrical composition was an attempt to answer the call of Senegal’s first president, the poet […]
Ghana Divided on Cost of Grand Cathedral Design
The building of Ghana’s national cathedral, due to be completed in December, is a beacon of hope for Christian supporters of the government in the country – but for some oppositionists and those of other faiths it has been a source of controversy. “Next year by now, the whole structure will be in place. We […]
Nairobi Students Riot Against Homophobic Decree
Dozens of angry students took to the streets of Nairobi on Thursday in a peaceful protest to Kenya’s Ministry of Education. They were armed with placards that denounced a suggestion by the Cabinet secretary for education, George Magoha, that homosexual students be barred from boarding schools. In their two-page petition to the education secretary, the […]
Rwanda Deports Congolese Fleeing Vaccination
A hundred Rwandans who arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) this week, claiming to be fleeing the Covid- 19 vaccination in their country have been sent back to Rwanda. “All Rwandans staying illegally on the island of Idjwi, located on Lake Kivu, bordering the DRC and Rwanda, “were returned to their country on […]
Movement against Sexual Harassment Sweeps Moroccan Universities
A Moroccan court has sentenced a university professor accused of exchanging grades for sexual favors to two years in prison. The economics professor at Hassan I University in Settat, who has not been named by local media, was found guilty of indecent assault, sexual harassment and violence, local media reported. Four other professors charged in […]
Black Body Illustrations Published in Medical Books
An illustration of a Black fetus in the womb went viral last December with many people commenting on social media that it was the first time they had seen a depiction of a dark-skinned fetus or pregnant woman. Chidiebere Ibe, 25, who is creative director at the Association of Future African Neurosurgeons, has now been […]
Crypto Firm Sponsors AFCON to Raise Brand Profile
Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by volume, has announced a deal with the Africa Cup of Nations to become the official and exclusive cryptocurrency and blockchain sponsor for this year’s tournament, which is ongoing in Cameroon. Founded in 2017 and registered in the Cayman Islands, Binance is the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading […]
Peace Panel Urges Ethiopian PM to Seek a Peaceful Resolution
The panel that awards the Nobel Peace Prize said Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali, who won the honour in 2019, bears a “special responsibility” to end the ongoing bloodshed in the Tigray region. The conflict in Tigray has sparked calls to strip Abiy of the Nobel, but this is not possible under the award’s […]
Twitter Agrees to Nigeria’s Conditions to Lift Ban
This will come as a big surprise to many Nigerians, who had assumed that the Nigerian government had backed down following months of negotiations. Nigeria suspended the social media firm last June after it deleted a tweet by President Muhammadu Buhari. It accused Twitter of siding with secessionists. Before ending the ban, the Nigerian government […]
