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CAR gears for Sunday’s constitutional referendum
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CAR gears for Sunday’s constitutional referendum

If approved, the constitutional changes open the door for president Faustin Archange Touadéra, to stand for another term…Read More

Chinese president meets presidents of Mauritania and Burundi
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Chinese president meets presidents of Mauritania and Burundi

Chinese president met presidents of Mauritania and Burundi in China’s Sichuan province in an atmosphere of mutual praise and pledges

Algerians mourn victims of fires
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Algerians mourn victims of fires

Algerians gathered on Thursday to mourn the 34 victims of fires that destroyed houses turning vast areas of forest into

Kinshasa welcomes Francophonie Games with lavish ceremony
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Kinshasa welcomes Francophonie Games with lavish ceremony

In its ninth edition, this is the first time that Kinshasa, with an estimated 15 million people, hosts the Francophonie

Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko arrested
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Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko arrested

In a message posted on Twitter, which is being rebranded as X, Juan Branco, the French lawyer representing Sonko, said

Kenyan President William Ruto condemns Niger coup
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Kenyan President William Ruto condemns Niger coup

Kenyan President William Ruto on Friday condemned the coup in Niger, calling the army takeover of the unstable jihadist-hit nation

Central African Republic gears up for Sunday referendum
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Central African Republic gears up for Sunday referendum

Voters in the flashpoint Central African Republic will cast their ballot Sunday on a controversial plan to change the constitution,

Savannah Leaf’s film ‘Earth Mama’ looks into Black women and motherhood
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Savannah Leaf’s film ‘Earth Mama’ looks into Black women and motherhood

Black women are kind of like the center of our universe. And so it all started with that and thinking

Creating Sitopia: a city built around food
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Creating Sitopia: a city built around food

In modern cities, we rarely know the full story of what ends up on our plates: where food comes from,

Cameroonian sculptor transforming wastes into arts
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Cameroonian sculptor transforming wastes into arts

In Yaoundé, Cameroon, this painter and sculptor Joseph Francis Sumegne presents his exhibition “La citadelle des anciens” (“The citadel of