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Malian Political parties and civil society groups jointly rejected on Thursday the ruling junta's order to suspend political activities and vowed to mount a legal challenge to what one opposition politician called the "dictatorial" move. The west african country has been under military rule since a coup in 2020. Tensions have risen in recent weeks, leading major parties and other organisations jointly to call out the junta on march 31 for not scheduling elections within the promised time frame.

Mali junta breaks promise on elections

Seeds specifically bred to withstand climate change could help farmers in Kenya. Scientists and farmers have worked together to create a bean that can cope with the country's drought conditions.

Farmers create climate-smart seeds in Kenya

Young people meet up to wrestle in the soft mud, in Uganda's Mukono district. They dream of one day emulating their heroes and joining world wrestling entertainment.

Uganda mud wrestlers aim for the stars

Niger has beckoned a new friend. The Sahel nation recently severed ties with France and the US with the junta government demanding the full withdrawal of their troops from the nation. Russian president Vladimir Putin has vowed full military support to junta run nations in west Africa.

100 Russian military instructors in Niger

Botswana has defended its elephant trophy hunting quota following a conservation dispute with Germany after its environment ministry floated the idea of banning the import of trophies from endangered species.

Botswana offers Germany 20,000 elephants

French President Emmanuel Macron receives backlash from leaders in Africa for saying that France and global community could have stopped the 1994 Rwanda genocide but lacked the will to do so. His comments came as the East African country marked 30 years since the massacre that claimed over 800,000 people, mostly from the minority tutsi ethnic group.

French President rebuked over apology to Rwanda over genocide

There is uproar in Uganda after Uganda’s constitutional court rejected a petition seeking to annul an anti-gay law that has been roundly condemned internationally as one of the toughest in the world. Anti-homosexuality act 2023 imposes penalties of up to life in prison for consensual same-sex relations and possible death in ‘aggravated homosexuality’ cases.

Uproar over anti-homosexuality law in Uganda

WhatsApp has committed to comply with European Union data transparency requirements. The decision follows complaints from consumer groups across Europe that the business did not clarify its privacy policy modifications last year.

WhatsApp agrees to EU transparency regulations for data

A new film in Nigeria is being screened to remember the nearly 100 schoolgirls who are still in captivity 10 years after they were seized from their school in the country's north-east. At least 276 girls were kidnapped during the April 2014 attack that stunned the world, but most have since regained their freedom.

Nigerian film honours missing Chibok girls

As countries marked world health day on the 7th of April , the world health organisation highlighted air pollution as a top danger. In Kenya, toxic fumes from dumps sites and traffic are being blamed for respiratory problems.

Dumpsites put health of Kenyans in danger

South Africa crackdown on corruption saw its first victim in now ex-speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula who was arraigned and charged with money laundering. Her case came weeks before the nation heads to polls and has added to the woes of the ruling ANC.

South Africa's speaker becomes first victim of graft war

Nigerian Swimmer Akinrodoye Samuel has tried to raise awareness on mental health in Africa's most populous nation, swimming nearly 12 km (7.45 miles), the length of the longest bridge in Lagos where many people have jumped to their deaths.

Nigerian takes to water to raise mental health awareness

Kenya declared cult an ‘organised criminal group’ after starvation deaths. the authorities started to hand over to relatives the bodies of 429 members of a doomsday cult. Paul Mackenzie and dozens of his associates were charged in February with the torture and murder of 191 children. The trial begins on April 23.

Kenya doomsday cult victims' bodies released to families

A tropical cyclone that swept across the island of Madagascar killed at least 20 people and displaced thousands more. On the flipside, there is a cycle of extreme weather, mostly drought in southern Africa which has left some 20 million facing hunger.

Cyclone Gamane wreaks havoc in Madagascar

Somalia has long suffered from food insecurity. However, a new crop of young and ambitious farmers and agricultural entrepreneurs are driving an agricultural revolution by introducing modern agricultural practices. Simple greenhouses allow farmers to produce fruit and vegetables all year round, increasing food security for the residents of Mogadishu.

Greenhouses improving food security in Somalia

Chocolate prices to keep rising as West Africa’s cocoa crisis deepens. Top growers in Ivory Coast and Ghana are facing catastrophic harvests, resulting in record-high cocoa prices.

Chocolate prices rises as West Africa’s cocoa crisis deepens

Senegal's once-jailed opposition candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye was sworn in on Tuesday (April 2) as the West African nation's fifth and youngest president ever, promising to restore stability and bring economic progress. The 44-year-old former tax inspector defeated Amadou Ba, the candidate of outgoing President Macky Sall's ruling coalition, by a landslide in the first round of voting, reflecting high hopes for change in the country of around 18 million.

Senegal restores democracy with smooth transition of power

Nigeria's defence chief general says the military was being fed bad intelligence by informants, hampering the fight against armed kidnapping gangs who continue to abduct students and residents in the north of the country. The military announced that it had rescued 137 students abducted by gunmen earlier this month in northwestern Kaduna state. The school children arrived in Kaduna on Monday. The chief says that the military was too stretched and often relied on informants to pursue the armed gangs, known locally as bandits, often with little success.

Nigeria abducted children reunited with parents

Uganda's president Yoweri Museveni, has promoted his son Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba to head the military. The 49-year-old's promotion comes amid a major cabinet reshuffle in which five ministers were sacked. In power since 1986, Museveni has denied speculation that he is grooming his only son as his successor. Gen. Kainerugaba is a controversial figure, becoming increasingly involved in the political arena, in breach of military protocols.

Ugandan president appoints son as military chief

Kenyan doctors stopped providing emergency services at public hospitals, as they escalated a national strike that entered its second week. Thousands of doctors have stayed away from hospitals over poor pay and working conditions, despite a court order calling for talks between the doctors and the health ministry

Health in crisis in Kenya following doctors strike

South Sudan has long been hit by climate change-exacerbated disasters like recurring droughts and floods. Now, extreme heat is forcing the world’s youngest nation to close its schools. The authorities have ordered schools across the country shuttered because of a wave of excessive heat that is expected to last at least two weeks. Temperatures are forecast to reach 113 degrees Fahrenheit, far above the 90-degree highs typically experienced in the dry season from December to March.

South Sudan swelters under severe heat

A trip to Morocco is not complete without a visit to Marrakech. Now new generation of social media influencers is making sure the historic City's hot spots are promoted to their peers across the globe. Take a look.

Youngsters market Marrakech to the world

Researchers in Kenya are developing an artificial intelligence app which they hope will accurately diagnose tuberculosis and possibly other chest infections. They're seeing whether the software can distinguish between coughs of people with the disease, and those without.

AI app trialled to detect tuberculosis cough

Set against miles of mesmerizing sand dunes, Namibia’s seaside resort town is seeing a boom in sandboarding, buoyed by a near-doubling of the numbers of cruise liners docking at nearby Walvis Bay last year.

Sandboarding makes comeback in Namibia desert town

A Tunisian woman has transformed her house in Tunisia into an animal shelter with hundreds of cats and dogs. Everyday, she tends to injured pets. For the past 10 years, Houda Bouchahda has run a refuge within her home in Tunisia, housing 400 cats and 20 dogs.

Tunisian devotes her life to the care of injured pets

The service was launched in Nigeria last month by Canada-based Viamo and allows anyone, even in locations with no internet, to access ai technology. Viamo uses a traditional handset to tap into local mobile phone networks to send commands or requests for information through SMS or voice calls.

AI-backed phones offer solutions in Nigeria

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