Moroccan feminist Ibtissame Lachgar was denied bail Wednesday despite being treated for cancer, her lawyer said. Lachgar was arrested earlier August after she posted a picture of herself in a t-shirt that read « Allah is lesbian ».

Un tribunal marocain a refusé, mercredi, une demande de liberté provisoire pour la militante féministe Ibtissame Lachgar jugée pour « atteinte à l’islam ». Sa défense avait pourtant fait valoir son « grave » état de santé, a indiqué son avocate.

Soixante candidatures à la présidentielle ivoirienne, dont celles des opposants inéligibles Laurent Gbagbo et Tidjane Thiam, ont été déposées devant la Commission électorale indépendante (CEI) qui va les transmettre au Conseil constitutionnel, chargé de valider la liste définitive des candidats au scrutin du 25 octobre.

War-torn Sudan is in the grips of one of its worst cholera outbreaks in years. More than 100,000 people have been infected by the disease and over 2,400 lives lost since the outbreak was declared last year. The war has been fuelling the crisis, forcing mass displacement and as people …

Au Soudan, la guerre se déroule loin des radars. Elle est pourtant l’une des plus meurtrières du moment. Depuis plus de deux ans, le pays est en proie à un grave conflit civil, opposant l’armée régulière aux Forces de soutien rapide. Il a fait plus de 150 000 morts et …

And finally, a prosthetics firm in Nigeria has created a breakthrough that’s changing the lives of amputees — bionic arms. In the state of Aqua Ibom, the company’s humanoid bionic arms are not only functional and humanlike to match Nigerians’ skin tones, but the prosthetics work with the signals sent …

After months of legal battles and political uncertainty, Dakar’s mayoral office is turning a new page. The Senegalese capital has shifted to the colors of PASTEF, the ruling party. In an extraordinary session, city councilors elected Abass Fall as the new mayor, succeeding Barthelemy Dias. The former mayor was removed …

The son of radical preacher Mohamed Yusuf, the late founder of Boko Haram was reportedly arrested by authorities in Chad, according to intelligence sources. He’s accused of leading a cell linked to he Islamic State West Africa Province or ISWAP — a terrorist group considered a splinter faction of Boko …

France on Tuesday returned three colonial-era skulls to Madagascar, including one believed to be that of a Malagasy king decapitated by French troops during a 19th-century massacre. Details by FRANCE 24 correspondent in Madagascar, Gaelle Borgia.

France has formally returned 3 colonial-era skulls to Madagscar — one of which is believed to belong to a Malagasy king who was beheaded by French troops during a massacre in 1897.His skull then taken back to Paris as a trophy, and placed in the archives of the Natural History …