Why Chimp Moms Flock to Caves on the Savanna
Everyone needs to cool off on a scorching summer day, even chimpanzees. Where do the primates go on sizzling days when woodlands and forests don’t...
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For Senegal’s Biggest Holiday, a Shortage of the All-Important Sheep
MISSIRAH, Senegal — The couscous was all ready for the lunchtime crowd in Yassin Dicko’s restaurant near one of the biggest sheep markets in Senegal....
Wanted US fugitive arrested at Kenyan airport
A multiagency team in Mombasa has arrested 60-year-old Mansur Mohamed Surur, aka “Mansour”, a Kenyan citizen and wanted fugitive in the US. Surur is said...
WHO: Africa records 23 per cent increase in coronavirus cases
Flickr The World Health Organisation (WHO) says there is a 23 per cent increase in the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Africa in...
We’ll do all to resolve political crisis in Mali – ECOWAS chairman
Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS, President Mahamadou Issoufou, has said the sub-regional organisation will do all it can...
West African leaders seek end to Mali political crisis
Presidents from five West African countries arrive in Mali on Thursday to try to negotiate an end to a political crisis that has rocked the...
Five African leaders in Mali to resolve political crisis amid ongoing protests
Five African leaders are set to make a fresh bid to end Mali’s political crisis on Thursday, following weeks of sometimes deadly protests demanding the...
Saudi-trained cleric emerges as driver of Mali protest movement
When five West African presidents arrive in Mali on Thursday to try to defuse a political crisis that has alarmed governments in the region and...
Ghanaian president goes into isolation
Ghana’s president has gone into self-isolation for two weeks as a precautionary measure despite testing negative for coronavirus, the government said, after one of his...
George Floyd’s Killing Prompts Africans to Call for Police Reform at Home
NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenyan and American protesters knelt outside the United States Embassy in Nairobi one morning last month, outraged at George Floyd’s killing and...