At least 40 killed after two buses collide in Senegal
Three-day period of national mourning announced by country’s president
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More than 30 dead in bus collision in central Senegal
Thirty-eight people died and 87 were injured when two buses collided near the town of Kaffrine in central Senegal on Sunday, a fire brigade official told AFP.
Pardoned Ivorian soldiers arrive home after months in Malian detention
Forty-six Ivorian soldiers detained in Mali since July arrived home late Saturday, according to an AFP reporter at the airport, a day after they were pardoned by the neighbouring country’s junta.
‘A search for ourselves’: shipwreck becomes focus of slavery debate
Vessel that sank with more than 200 transported people onboard is being used to humanise the story of slaveryIn 2015, a delegation from the Smithsonian Institution travelled to Mozambique to inform the Makua people of a singular and long-overdue discov…
UN rights chief urges rapid inquiry after 28 die in Burkina Faso town
Volker Türk says investigation launched by government into deaths in mainly Fulani and Muslim area should be rapid and openThe head of the United Nations human rights office has called for a prompt, transparent investigation into the deaths of at leas…
46 Ivorian soldiers pardoned by junta depart Mali
Forty-six Ivorian soldiers detained in Mali since July departed the capital Bamako on Saturday a day after being pardoned by Mali’s junta leader, an airport official and a diplomatic source told AFP.
Kenyan police arrest suspect over killing of LGBTQ+ activist
Body of fashion designer and model Edwin Chiloba, 25, found in metal trunk left by roadsidePolice investigating the death of an LGBTQ+ rights campaigner whose body was discovered stuffed in a metal trunk have arrested a suspect, they said.Edwin Chiloba…
UN calls for ‘impartial’ investigation after 28 killed in Burkina Faso
The UN rights chief called Saturday on the transitional authorities in jihadist-hit Burkina Faso to swiftly and transparently probe the killing of 28 people whose bodies were found last weekend.
Somaliland’s frankincense brings gold to companies. Its women pay the price
Female workers tell of exploitation and sexual assault at frankincense warehouse supplying US essential oils company“I’m not speaking metaphorically – a bottle of doTERRA essential oil can change the world,” says David Stirling, a mild, clean-cut, midd…
Six journalists ‘arrested’ over footage of South Sudan president wetting himself
State broadcaster’s staff reportedly held under suspicion of disseminating the clip of Salva Kiir at official eventSix journalists have been detained by South Sudan security forces over viral footage of the country’s president apparently urinating on h…