France Jails Former Doctor for 24 years Over Role in 1994 Rwanda Genocide
Former doctor Sosthene Munyemana has been jailed for 24 years by a French court for his involvement in the 1994 Rwandan genocide of Tutsis. The 68-year-old former gynaecologist was on Wednesday found guilty of genocide, crimes against humanity and participation in a conspiracy to prepare these crimes. The public prosecutor had sought a sentence of […]
African Film and TV Producers Brace themselves for Leaner Production Budgets in 2024
Success in 2023 was driven by several major releases of African titles as streaming companies including Netflix and Showmax bet on their African slates to drive growth on the continent. But multiple producers and executives in countries including Nigeria and Kenya, who spoke to Semafor Africa, said African producers in 2023 had to adapt to […]
African Development Bank Group’s international staff to leave Ethiopia over serious diplomatic incident
The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) has decided to withdraw all its international staff from Ethiopia immediately. The office will remain open under an Officer-in-Charge. These measures will not affect nationally recruited staff from Ethiopia who will continue their work and remain in the full employment of the Bank. The Bank will assure them and their […]
African e-Commerce Firm Closing Down its Food Delivery Arm in Seven Countries by End of 2023
Jumia has been unprofitable since inception and lost $19 million in Q3 2023. But since Francis Dufay became CEO last year, the company has been cutting its weight to find profit. It stopped food delivery operations in Egypt, Ghana and Senegal; suspended logistics-as-a-service in all markets except Nigeria, Morocco and Ivory Coast; discontinued Jumia Prime […]
Peackeepers to Leave DRC Sooner than Expected
The United Nations Security Council has voted unanimously in favour of gradually phasing out its peacekeeping operations known as MONUSCO in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The 15-member body voted on Tuesday to draw down peacekeeping forces in the Central African nation about a year earlier than originally scheduled despite continued concerns over violence. […]
How Climate Warming Will Influence Rainfall and Vegetation in the Sahara Region
Algeria’s Tassili N’Ajjer plateau is Africa’s largest national park. Among its vast sandstone formations is perhaps the world’s largest art museum. Over 15,000 etchings and paintings are exhibited there, some as much as 11,000 years old according to scientific dating techniques, representing a unique ethnological and climatological record of the region. Curiously, however, these images […]
African Development Bank Group’s international staff to leave Ethiopia over serious diplomatic incident
ABIDJAN, Côte d’Ivoire, 20 December 2023 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/-The African Development Bank has decided to withdraw all its international staff from Ethiopia immediately. The office will remain open under an Officer-in-Charge. These measures will not affect nationally recruited staff from Ethiopia who will continue their work and remain in the full employment of the Bank. The Bank […]
Fostering Equality and Social Justice at Global Black Impact Summit (GBIS) 2024
The legal landscape serves as a dynamic arena in which individuals of diverse backgrounds shape the course of equality and justice. As the Global Black Impact Summit (GBIS) approaches – scheduled for 27 February 2024 in Dubai – it is fitting to celebrate the contributions of Black lawyers, judges and legal scholars who have played […]
SpaceX has Rolled Out Starlink in Eswatini
This makes it the eighth African country to get official access to the popular satellite Internet technology. The launch in Eswatini follows Starlink’s entry into Nigeria, Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda, Malawi, Zambia, and Benin in 2023. According to Starlink’s coverage map, it is also scheduled to go live in Angola before the end of the year. […]
A Mauritian Sega Singer-songwriter
La Nikita actively uses her voice, songs, and media presence to preserve and popularize the typical Mauritian island sound, sung in Creole, for the younger generation. While to most outsiders it may seem like a bit of fun, Sega music is actually has deep roots in Mauritius’ dark colonial past. Much like the Blues in […]
