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In tonight’s edition: In Uganda, parents of children still missing since a school dorm was set on fire and another attacked with machetes, offer up their DNA in search for their missing loved ones. In Burundi, hundreds of thousands of people who fled their country in 2015 amidst poltical turmoil have started …
Read More »Mali : plainte de l’Etat contre la Minusma pour « espionnage » et « atteinte au moral des armées »
La justice malienne est saisie d’une action engagée par l’Etat contre la Minusma, accusée d’espionnage après la publication d’un rapport accablant pour l’armée nationale. Cette plainte fait suite à la publication d’un rapport du Haut-Commissariat aux droits de l’Homme de l’ONU, fondé sur une enquête de la division des droits …
Read More »Senegal: Political tension affects Tabaski preparations
Senegal is preparing for its most important religious celebration of the year: Tabaski. During this muslim festival, it’s customary to sacrifice a sheep. But for sheep farmers in particular, the build-up this year has been more turbulent than usual. That’s after deadly clashes nationwide when opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko, was …
Read More »Gabon blood donors: New app helps with fast blood transfusions
In Gabon, an app called Ntchina helps patients find blood donors. Designed by a young app developer Alvine Yeno,the platform connects blood donors to those who need to transfusion blood. They have created a community for the exchange of blood. After a 1 year trial period, the app has registered …
Read More »AfriExim bank meeting: Leaders meet in Accra to discuss trade between countries
Five years after its launch, the Africa Free Continental Trade Agreement was estimated to increase trading between African nations to more than 80 percent… But it’s yet to bring any significant changes. African and Caribbean leaders are meeting in Accra from today to discuss the red tape that stands in …
Read More »Uganda school attack: 20 ‘militia collaborators’ held over Friday’s attack
Authorities in Uganda say that 20 people have been detained for questioning about their possible role in last weeks school massacre, that left scores of students dead. 42 people were hacked to death, shot and burned beyond recognition by a group of Islamic State linked fighters, known as the Allied …
Read More »Uganda arrests 20 militia ‘collaborators’ over horrific attack on school
Ugandan police said Monday that 20 people had been arrested for suspected collaboration with the notorious militia group blamed for last week’s grisly attack on a school near the border with Democratic Republic of Congo.
Read More »Uganda detains 20 militia ‘collaborators’ after student massacre
In tonight’s edition: Twenty people are arrested in Uganda – suspected of collaborating with the notorious milita group blamed for last weeks tragic and deadly school attack. A phone application is saving lives in Gabon – linking potential blood donors to those who need an urgent transfusion. As Senegalese Muslims prepare for …
Read More »RD Congo : l’opposant Martin Fayulu se retire du processus électoral
En RD Congo, les partis politiques se mettent en ordre de bataille à six mois des élections annoncées par la Ceni. L’opposition dénonce un processus qui manque de transparence, plusieurs manifestations ont déjà été organisées pour demander une nouvelle Céni. Le parti de l’opposant Martin Fayulu a durci le ton …
Read More »Massacre dans un lycée en Ouganda : une vingtaine de jihadistes présumés arrêtés
La police a indiqué lundi avoir procédé à l’arrestation de vingt « collaborateurs » présumés des rebelles ADF, une milice islamiste, après le massacre perpétré par des jihadistes qui a fait au moins 42 morts la semaine dernière dans un lycée, en Ouganda.
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