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Hawan sallah na Kano ya shiga jerin bukukuwan tarihi na UNESCO
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Hawan sallah na Kano ya shiga jerin bukukuwan tarihi na UNESCO

UNESCO ta sanya hawan dawaki da sarkin Kano ke yi a lokacin bukukuwan sallah cikin jerin bukuwan al'ada. Hukumar Raya Ilimi da Kimiyya da Al'adu ta Majlisar Ɗinkin Duniya UNESCO ta sanya hawan dawaki da ake yi da sallah a Nijeriya cikin jerin bukuwan al'ada na hukumar. A bikin na hawan dawaki wan...

Ghana polls: Floating voters keep presidential frontrunners guessing
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Ghana polls: Floating voters keep presidential frontrunners guessing

Ghana will vote for a new President on December 7, pegging its aspirations on the frontrunners' promise of economic resurgence amid a crisis triggered by the escalating cost of living in the West African nation. By Susan Mwongeli Twelve candidates, a politically aware electorate, and a nation bur...

Mali frees opposition leaders jailed for plotting against junta
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Mali frees opposition leaders jailed for plotting against junta

The 11 individuals were jailed after they signed a declaration in March calling for the military to relinquish power. A court in Mali has freed 11 opposition leaders who were arrested in June on charges of plotting against the ruling military junta after calling for a return to civilian rule. The...

Attiéké: The rise of Côte d'Ivoire's dish to global status
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Attiéké: The rise of Côte d'Ivoire's dish to global status

The recent addition of Côte d'Ivoire's Attiéké food to the list of Intangible Cultural Heritage by the United Nations once again highlights the richness of Africa’s cuisines. By Mazhun Idris In Anyama-Adjamé, a suburb of Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire's capital, almost every street has its own Attieke fo...

Mali : liberté provisoire pour 11 opposants au régime militaire
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Mali : liberté provisoire pour 11 opposants au régime militaire

La justice malienne a accordé jeudi la liberté provisoire à 11 opposants, qui avaient été arrêtés en juin pour "complot contre les autorités légales et réunion illégale" après avoir appelé à un retour des civils au pouvoir. Parmi les 11 opposants libérés figurent d'anciens ministres et des présid...

Sudan: Ex-child soldier urges help for displaced children
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Sudan: Ex-child soldier urges help for displaced children

The United Nations warned earlier this year that "an entire generation could be destroyed," with millions facing disease and malnutrition in Sudan. A former child soldier has urged the world to do more to help children devastated by Sudan's brutal civil war, telling AFP on Thursday that "we can't...

Hundreds protest in Chad against French military presence
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Hundreds protest in Chad against French military presence

The protesters went to a military airbase where French soldiers are stationed and called for their departure. Hundreds of people marched in Chad on Friday to call for the withdrawal of French troops from the country, a week after the Central African country ended a military agreement with its for...

Nigeria debunks 'France taking over mining sector' rumours
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Nigeria debunks 'France taking over mining sector' rumours

Following President Tinubu's recent state visit to France, speculations circulated online suggesting that Nigeria was ceding control of its mining sector. Nigeria's presidency has denied rumours the country has signed away its mining rights to France. Following President Bola Tinubu's recent stat...