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A Senegalese Koranic master suspected of raping 27 of his schoolgirls in Touba was arrested on Monday in the central Senegalese town after several weeks on the run, a police official reports. The alleged rapist "was arrested today after…

US secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin arrives for the opening dinner for the Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia's annual defense and security forum, in Singapore, on June 2. — A war over Taiwan would be “devastating” and affect the global…

Benin Petrol Prices Soar As Nigeria Moves To End Subsidy Petrol prices have almost doubled in Benin after it was announced that fuel subsidies would be scrapped in next-door Nigeria. Nigeria is one of Africa's oil giants and…

How Putin Has Given South Africa Diplomatic Headache It has been an uncomfortable few months for South African diplomacy. A country that would like to be seen as a wise and steady ambassador for a negotiated peace in Ukraine, and a…

Rights group Amnesty International is calling on Angola to release an activist, saying he has been detained "arbitrarily" for more than 500 days despite suffering severe health issues. Tanaice Neutro was arrested in January last year…

The Mauritanian government on Wednesday cut off the internet on mobile phones, a day after demonstrations linked to the death of a young man in police custody. All internet connections on mobile phones were down, but landlines continued…

Morocco: Activists Rally Against Court Minor's Gang Rape Trial's Postponment Protesting to demand that justice be served. Moroccan activists gathered Wednesday (May 31st) in front of the Agadir Court of Appeal to protest the verdict in…

Tamara Magwashu was bullied at school as her family was not rich enough to afford sanitary pads. Now 27, she grew up in a poor township in South Africa's Eastern Cape province and watched her single mother use old rags during…

Pope Francis meets with director Martin Scorsese and his wife Helen Morris during a conference at the Vatican on May 27, 2023 — Pope Francis Saturday addressed a conference attended by prominent artists and directors including Martin…

The long convoy of vehicles departed Sonko's town, Ziguinchor, in a bid to gather support for Sonko's presidential bid next year. "In fact, I wouldn't say it's a political battle, as people think. It's just that he gave as a concept:…