Hit by COVID, Senegal’s women find renewed hope in fishing

BARGNY, Senegal (AP) : Since her birth on Senegal’s coast, the ocean has always given Ndeye Yacine Dieng life. Her … More

Mali Woman Gives Birth to Nine Babies

Mali’s government flew 25-year-old Halima Cisse, a woman from the north of the poor West African state, to Morocco for … More

Chad rebels threaten to depose slain president’s son

N’DJAMENA, Chad (AP) : Rebels in Chad threatened to depose the son of the country’s slain president after he was … More

Chad’s President Idriss Deby has died: Army spokesman

Recently re-elected president dies of wounds suffered on frontline as country’s soldiers battle rebels, army says. Chad’s longtime President Idriss … More

Moroccan mimics Charlie Chaplin to mask hardships

RABAT, Morocco (AP) : When 58-year-old Moroccan Belhussein Abdelsalam was arrested and lost his job three decades ago, he saw … More

The fortified cities on the fringes of the Sahara

In Africa’s largest nation, residents of five ancient cities are going to great lengths to protect and preserve their traditional … More

Photographing the final days of Gaddafi and his last stronghold

“It is a conflict that still gives me chills every time I stop to look back at my old photographs, … More

March of the mummies: Egypt readies for pharaohs’ parade

The mummified remains of 22 ancient Egyptian kings and queens will be paraded through the streets of Cairo Saturday, in … More

End of Suez Canal snarl marks beginning of new stress on global trade

LONDON (BLOOMBERG) : Now removed from the Suez Canal’s main channel, the Ever Given ship leaves in its wake several … More

Obama family matriarch has died in a Kenyan hospital at 99

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) : Sarah Obama, the matriarch of former U.S. President Barack Obama’s Kenyan family has died, relatives and … More

Suez Canal reopens after stuck cargo ship is freed

SUEZ, Egypt (AP) : Salvage teams on Monday finally freed the colossal container ship stuck for nearly a week in … More

Giant ship blocking Suez Canal refloated in dawn rescue effort

CAIRO (BLOOMBERG) : The giant container ship blocking the Suez Canal has been at least partially refloated, the first step … More

Egypt buries train crash dead, toll revised to 19

TAHTA, Egypt : Egypt buried the dead Saturday from a train collision that killed at least 19 people and injured … More

Egypt: Train collision kills 32 after emergency brakes triggered

More than 60 others injured after two trains collided north of Sohag city, the health ministry says. At least 32 … More

Suez blockage is holding up $9.6bn of goods a day

The stranded Ever Given mega-container ship in the Suez Canal is holding up an estimated $9.6bn (£7bn) of goods each … More

Rwanda: Paul Rusesabagina quits trial, says expects no justice

The man hailed as a hero in the film about the 1994 genocide says he will not appear before a … More

Suez Canal jam: How to dislodge a 200,000-tonne ship from a canal wall

CAIRO (BLOOMBERG) : When you cannot shift a ship that is stuck fast into the wall of a canal that … More

Suez Canal stays blocked as efforts to dislodge ship longer than Eiffel Tower continue

CAIRO (BLOOMBERG) : Efforts to dislodge a giant container ship from the Suez Canal continued as rescue teams tried to … More

Dan Gertler – the man at the centre of DR Congo corruption allegations

The Biden administration recently re-imposed sanctions on Israeli businessman Dan Gertler over alleged massive corruption in the Democratic Republic of … More