After 17 months of a devastating conflict in Sudan, US President Joe Biden calls on the world to stop arming the warring generals. Also, the government in DR Congo frees over 1,500 prisoners detained in the notorious Makala prison, weeks after an deadly attempted jailbreak from the facility. Plus, residents in Brazzaville hold their noses as rubbish piles up in the streets, due to a strike by waste collectors that has lasted more than a week.
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Exactly 50 years ago, on September 12, 1974, Ethiopia’s last emperor, Haile Selassie, was deposed after 44 years in power. A popular uprising and series of nationwide strikes put an end to the monarchy. The military then took over, leading to the feared Derg dictatorship, which remained in power until 1991. But the new Communist regime was opposed to the demands of Addis Ababa University students, who were central to the revolution. To explore this key moment in Ethiopian history, we spoke with surviving witnesses and key figures from that era. FRANCE 24’s Clothilde Hazard and Olivia Bizot report.
Senegal’s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye dissolved parliament Thursday, just six months after he was elected president and said new legislative elections would be held on Nov. 17. Analysts say that Faye’s popularity, especially among young voters, should allow his political party to secure a parliamentary majority.
Evacuations are being ramped up in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, which is experiencing the worst flooding seen in Borno state in decades. This comes after the Alau Dam gave way on Tuesday, following prolonged strain from intense rain. Hundreds of thousands of people are in danger.
Book Review of A Party without HSponsored* | All opinions are our ownThe Children’s Book Review A Party without H Written by Kevin Galpin Illustrated by John McNees Ages: 4+ | 30 Pages Publisher: Mountain Arbor Press (2021) | ISBN: 978-1-6653-0019-3 What to Expect: Friendship, inclusion, literacy, diversity, celebration In this hilarious picture book, readers will not only share in a tale about inclusion and diversity; they’ll also have a lot of fun practicing their literacy and decoding skills as they follow the story. After working hard all year, the letters of the alphabet deserve a party, and King A…
Get ready for the ultimate family-friendly Halloween adventure at Adelaide Gaol! One of Adelaide’s favourite Halloween events is back packed with spooky fun for everyone. Explore the Gaol’s eerie spaces, where surprises await around every corner—from a zombie apocalypse to an alien experimentation lab! Test your luck at the creepy carnival’s arcade games (don’t forget your $1 coins!) and, once you’ve made it through the Gaol, enjoy food trucks, live music, and lawn games to wind down. Don’t worry, they haven’t forgotten the littlest ghosts! With games, craft sessions, and a special treat trail, the kids will be entertained all…
Queen VictoriaWhen she wed her true love in 1840, the young Queen Victoria chose a delicate white silk gown. Previous royal weddings had featured lavish furs and jewel-encrusted robes. Although some brides had worn white before her, the popularity of Queen Victoria’s wedding sparked many imitators. Still, white remained an impractical choice for all but the very wealthy. Colored wedding gowns persisted through the 1920s, when white was officially adopted as the wedding color of choice.The Roaring TwentiesIn most eras, wedding gowns were typically floor length, with the exception of the Roaring Twenties. As the hemline crept up above the…
A military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo is set to deliver its verdict Friday over an alleged coup attempt, with 51 defendants, including three Americans, facing charges and all but one risking the death penalty. Armed men on May 19 attacked the home of then-economy minister Vital Kamerhe before heading to President Felix Tshisekedi’s offices, waving Zaire-era flags. An army spokesman later said that security forces had stopped “an attempted coup d’etat”.
Senegal’s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Thursday announced he had dissolved the opposition-dominated parliament and set new legislative elections for November 17. “I have dissolved the National Assembly to ask the sovereign people for the institutional means that would allow me to give substance to the systemic transformation that I promised them,” Faye said on national television.
As the world’s top cocoa producer, Ivory Coast faces many challenges – first and foremost the fight against illegal smuggling of this “brown gold”. Some cocoa farmers consider the prices set by the state for their beans far too low. They prefer to sell the fruit of their harvest to traffickers, who then resell it across the border in Guinea or Liberia at much more attractive prices. This is a major loss of revenue for the Ivorian government, which also has to deal with the challenges of traceability and deforestation. Our Ivory Coast correspondents Julia Guggenheim and Damien Koffi investigate.