MARCO SIMONCELLI| DAVIDE LEMMI | KHALIFA SAID Tanzanian authorities have pushed Maasai relocations since 2022, sparking condemnation from rights groups. With elections nearing, will pressure shift or deepen? The Maasai, an ethnic group indigenous to southern Kenya and northern Tanzania, have grazed livestock around Tanzania’s Lake Natron for generations. Park rangers from the Tanzania Wildlife […]
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NATASHA BOOTY A Jamaican man deported from the US to Eswatini under President Donald Trump’s tough new immigration rules has been sent on to Jamaica, the Eswatini government has said. Orville Isaac Etoria, 62, was voluntarily repatriated late last month, and was “warmly welcomed by members of his family”, it added. But his treatment has […]
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ANTHONY DIALA A unanimous Constitutional Court ruling has sparked fierce controversy by affirming the right of South African men to adopt their wives’ surnames if they wish to. It emerged from a lawsuit against the Department of Home Affairs by Henry van der Merwe, who was denied the legal right to take the surname of […]
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The Ministry of Mines and Energy has ordered the immediate closure of all mining operations in Duogbo City, Grand Kru County, following confirmation of large-scale illegal mining activities taking place in the middle of the city. The decision comes after a compliance enforcement team, led by Chief Mining Engineer James Smith, uncovered severe land disturbances […]
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The Trump administration has confirmed it plans to destroy the already purchased supplies, preventing their distribution. Belgium has called on the administration of United States President Donald Trump to abandon a plan to destroy a massive stockpile of contraceptives for women as part of its rollback on foreign aid. In an interview on Friday, September […]
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Burkina Faso on Friday, August 22 halted a project backed by US billionaire Bill Gates that had seen genetically modified mosquitoes released in a bid to eradicate malaria and other insect-borne diseases. Target Malaria, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, is the latest NGO to come under pressure from the country’s military rulers. […]
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As Kenyan police continue to exhume bodies from a mass grave discovered last week, authorities are linking these new discoveries to a starvation cult uncovered with the discovery of hundreds of bodies in a forest in 2023 – according to documents exclusively obtained by RFI. In mid-August, 24 bodies were exhumed from Kwa Binzaro, a […]
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Cities in Japan have received thousands of complaints amid confusion over scheme that was intended to foster closer ties JUSTIN McCURRY An attempt to promote friendship between Japan and countries in Africa has transformed into a xenophobic row about migration after inaccurate media reports suggested the scheme would lead to a “flood of immigrants”. […]
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CECILIA JAMASMIE Burkina Faso is accelerating its drive to nationalize natural resources, requesting this week to acquire another 35% of West African Resources’ (ASX: WAF) Kiaka gold mine — a move that forced the miner into a trading halt on Thursday, August 28. The company said the government wants to raise its stake in Kiaka, […]
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THOMAS NAADI Ghana’s President John Mahama has fired the country’s Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo following a recommendation by an inquiry. She had been on suspension since April after complaints were lodged against her in petitions by three individuals. A president-appointed commission then found that “grounds of stated misbehavior… had been established and recommended her removal […]
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