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In Ivory Coast, the opposition coalition Cap Côte d’Ivoire is rallying support for a mass protest against what it calls the systematic exclusion of key political figures from the electoral process. The protest is set to happen in the coming…
Across Africa and the diaspora, celebrations for Africa Day 2025 are underway under the powerful theme: “Justice for Africans and People of African Descent through Reparations.” In a keynote address delivered on behalf of the African Union Commission (AUC), Chairperson…
In Mali, civil society leader Aliou Badra Sacko has been released, two months after his mysterious abduction near the Ministry of Education in Bamako. The Citizens Movement, which Sacko heads as interim president, announced his release in a statement, confirming…
The Nigerian Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted synthetic drugs worth $4 million in one of the country’s largest drug busts to date. Between May 19 and 22, operatives seized six million opioids and 332,000 bottles of codeine syrup…
Senegalese Customs have intercepted a major counterfeit currency operation, seizing 4,700 fake €500 banknotes valued at approximately 1.5 billion CFA francs during a bust in Silinkine, southern Senegal. The raid took place on May 15, 2025, around 5 p.m., near…
Sierra Leone is facing a sharp rise in MPOX infections, accounting for 58.2% of all cases in Africa last week, according to the Africa CDC. Director-General Jean Kaseya revealed 611 new cases were recorded, up from 483 the week before.…
The Ghana Hajj Taskforce has confirmed the deaths of two Ghanaian pilgrims in Mecca during the 2025 Hajj pilgrimage. Roughly 60,000 Ghanaians travelled to Saudi Arabia for this year’s pilgrimage. In addition to the fatalities, five pilgrims were repatriated due…
Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, is grappling with a cholera outbreak, with hundreds of new cases reported weekly over the past month. According to Health Minister Haitham Mohamed Ibrahim, between 600 to 700 cases have been recorded each week. On Thursday alone,…
More than 25,000 people have fled their homes in northern Mozambique in recent weeks, according to the UN, amid intensifying conflict and natural disasters. This latest wave of displacement brings the national total to nearly 1.3 million people uprooted by…
Ahead of the commemoration of the 62nd Africa Day on May 25, the Advocacy Advisor of Open Society Foundation (OSF) Désiré Assogbavi has urged the African Union (AU) to be more concrete in its actionable policies to drive the continent’s…
May 25, 2025 – Across Africa and beyond, this year’s Africa Day was marked with renewed energy and a powerful political message centered on justice, dignity, and sovereignty. Africa Day, celebrated annually on May 25, commemorates the founding of the…
In this edition of Citizens’ Hour, our concern has been drawn to the recent and growing propaganda efforts do more than boost the image of coup leaders—they are reshaping public opinion about democracy itself. In many of these countries, citizens…
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