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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:…

Tens of thousands of people are heading to South Sudan in a bid to escape the violence between Sudan's military and a rival militia that has killed at least 863 civilians so far. Last Monday a 7-day ceasefire was agreed. Many took…

A noodle vendor in Vietnam who parodied one of the country's most powerful ministers has been jailed for five-and-a half years for anti-state propaganda. Bui Tuan Lam became famous when he posted a video in 2021 mimicking the trademark…

Zimbabwe's main opposition coalition, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), has alleged that some of the more than 4,000 prisoners released on presidential amnesty last week include child rapists. President Emmerson Mnangagwa pardoned…