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In this week’s Across Africa, Georja speaks to Sudanese businessman, Mo Ibrahim about the 2024 Ibrahim Index of African Governance and his immense sadness at the international community’s failure to do more to protect Sudanese civilians caught up in one of the world’s worst wars. 

Far from the war in Ukraine and the multiple fronts in the Middle East, a power grab between feuding coup leaders rages on.

Au Sénégal, les appels se multiplient au sein de l’opposition et de la société civile pour la libération de l’opposant et homme d’affaire Bougane Gueye. Candidat aux législatives du 17 novembre, Bougane a été placé sous mandat de dépôt lundi pour refus d’obtempérer et outrage à agent. Des faits qui …

Ghana’s ruling NPP party has accused the speaker of parliament of undermining democracy a day after he indefinitely suspended it following a walkout by MPs. The NPP claims Alban Bagbin is biased towards the opposition NDC amidst a high stakes standoff over who can claim a razor slim majority in parliament. It …

The Kenya Ice Lions are Kenya’s ice hockey team. Aside from South Africa, Kenya is the only sub-Saharan African country with an ice rink. Recently, the team achieved a significant milestone: they are now members of the International Ice Hockey Federation, and they are dreaming of competing on the international …

Sickle cell anemia is an inherited blood disorder that can leave sufferers struggling with serious, sometimes excruciatingly painful health complications. Most of the eight million people worldwide who have the disease are of African descent. With the right care, those with sickle cell can live full and active lives, but …

In Uganda, the country’s main opposition claims that the guilty verdict of 16 of its members accused of treachery followed after they were forced to confess to the charges. They had already spent four years in jail after their arrest ahead of the 2021 presidential election. Details with FRANCE 24 …

Healthcare workers, who are doing what they can to care for victims of violence in eastern DR Congo, say that they have seen a distressing increase in the number of people who have been targetted by sexual violence. Since 2021, survivors – both children and adults – have increasingly been …

Have you heard of the Kenyan Ice Lions? They are Kenya’s ice hockey team. Aside from South Africa, Kenya is the only sub-Saharan African country with an ice rink. Recently, the team achieved a significant milestone: they are now members of the International Ice Hockey Federation and they’re dreaming of …

L’Organisation mondiale de la Santé a annoncé que le paludisme a été totalement éradiqué en Egypte, qualifiant ce résultat de « véritablement historique ». Cela faisait un siècle que le pays poursuivait cet objectif de santé publique.