Month: January 2025
Botswana expects 2025 economic growth rebound on better diamond market
Botswana's economy is expected to grow 3% to 4% in 2025 after a contraction last year, a senior…
Congo jails three Chinese citizens in illegal mining crackdown
A Congolese court has sentenced three Chinese citizens to seven years in prison after they were arrested in…
Teenage actress takes on child marriage in role mirroring real life
The 15-year-old star of a film about a schoolgirl forced to marry an older man is evangelical about…
‘A living hell’: Sudanese women face rape and abuse in Libya
"We live in terror," whispers Layla over the phone so nobody can hear. She fled Sudan with her…
What’s the fighting in DR Congo all about?
The mineral-rich east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been dogged by conflict for more than 30…
Abductions spark fears of a return to Kenya’s dark past
The reported disappearance of more than 80 government critics over the last six months has caused a huge…
Patrick Gathara: In Kenya, not even the cartoonists are safe
Political cartooning in Kenya has never been without its risks. Cartoonists have faced state-engineered dismissal and censorship, lawsuits…
Frexit: Why Ivory Coast is joining African campaign to expel French troops
French military troops who have been in Ivory Coast for decades will soon be leaving, Ivorian officials have…
500-kilogram metallic object falls from the sky in Kenya
And then there is the most dangerous risk of all, the risk of spending your life not doing…
Ivory Coast says French troops to leave country after decades
Ivory Coast has announced that French troops will leave the country this month after a decades-long military presence,…
Kenya police fire tear gas at protest against alleged government abductions
Police in Kenya’s capital Nairobi have fired tear gas to disperse protesters demonstrating against what they say is…
