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Calm has returned to São Tomé e Príncipe after Thursday’s attempted coup. At least four people lost their lives and many were arrested. Speaking on Friday, prime-minister Patrice Trovoada sought to reassure the population. “I want to reassure the population that the situation is under control and I want to take this opportunity to congratulate the armed forces who managed to put an end to this operation carried out by civilians who are mercenaries. As I speak, everything indicates that they were under the command of certain personalities”, said the PM. Amongst those arrested was Delfim Neves, the former president…

It is four-in-a-row for Angola. The Palancas Negras has won the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations women’s handball tournament. As in 2021, they beat Cameroon in the final on Saturday 19 November at Dakar Arena, in Senegal. Their victory of 29-19 confirms their undisputed continental dominance. But they are far from satisfied. Team coach, Catito Nelson, said: “It’s the fruit of a lot of hard work. Angola has taken the lead over other African teams. “We must continue to work hard to improve our handball and keep this dominance so that this group of athletes continues to play at the highest level…

A global team of humanitarian activists is working together on the front lines of today’s biggest crises to create a future of possibility, where everyone can prosper. Mercy Corps has a mission to alleviate suffering, poverty and oppression by helping people rebuild secure and productive and just communities. The group is part of the “Feed the Future Nigeria Rural Resilience Activity” of the U.S. Government’s global hunger and food security initiative and recently held a field trip on food security and agribusiness in a complex market system in North East Nigeria. Margrata Aswani is the Chief of the Party of…

Voting began on Sunday for elections in Equatorial Guinea with Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, president for 43-year, guaranteed to return to the top job. The polling station in the Nuestra Señora de Bisila school in the Semu suburb opened to let in dozens of voters who had been waiting since early morning. At 80 years-old Obiang holds the world record for the longest tenure of a head of state outside the monarchy. He has always been elected with more than 93 percent of the vote and his all-powerful Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea (PDGE) holds 99 of the 100 seats…

The United Nations COP27 climate summit has approved the creation of a special fund to cover the damages suffered by vulnerable nations affected by global warming. The two-week talks have switched from fears the whole process could collapse, to hopes of a major breakthrough on a fund for climate “loss and damage”. Delegates applauded after the fund was adopted early on Sunday 20 November following days of marathon negotiations over the proposal. Senior Coordinator of the African Group on Loss and Damage, Alpha Kaloga, said it was an important step. “Today is a symbolic day, it is a symbolic day…

Angolan major Pedro Lussati was sentenced today to 14 years in prison and a further 100 days after he was found guilty of embezzlement, fraud in transporting currency abroad and money laundering. According to the judge, it was proven in the trial that Pedro Lussati committed the crimes of embezzlement, by adulterating and inflating salary sheets of the Security House of the President of the Republic of Angola, in the period between 2008 and 2018. The well-known “Lussati case” involves 49 defendants, including high-ranking military and civilian officials, allegedly involved in the embezzlement of millions of dollars through a fraudulent…

Sadio Mane, who finished second in this year’s Ballon d’Or, was named to Senegal’s World Cup squad by coach Aliou Cisse on Friday in spite of a recent injury. Senegal coach Aliou Cissé named the Bayern Munich forward in his 26-man squad to the relief of a nation that had been fretting over whether Mané would be able to lead Senegal’s challenge in Qatar. Cisse said he hoped the condition of the Bayern Munich attacker would improve within a few weeks and declared himself “really optimistic” that the injury would not require an operation. “The good news today is that…

The army on Thursday opened fire on demonstrators in Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), a small southern African country protesting the arrest of their colleagues, leaving three people injured, witnesses said. About 100 minibus and bus drivers marched through the town of Manzini to demand the release of four of their colleagues who were arrested earlier this week after an attack on a transport customer. But the demonstration degenerated when some participants looted shops and set fire to a police station, witnesses said, prompting the deployment of the armed forces. “The army opened fire on protesters who were looting a truck,” said one witness on…

In Ethiopia, the Tigray rebel authorities denied claims made this Friday by the Ethiopian government that 70% of the Tigray region is now under the control of the federal army, The exchange marked a clear resurgence of tension between the two sides, just over a week after the government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) rebels reached an agreement to end their bitter two-year conflict. Talks are still underway in Nairobi, Kenya, on the implementation of the agreement, including the disarmament of the rebels, the restoration of federal authority in Tigray and the delivery of aid. Humanitarian aid is…

Senegal’s Coordination of Press Associations (CAP) is demanding the unconditional release of journalist, Pape Alé Niang, who was arrested on the weekend. He was detained by police over allegations that he distributed information the authorities say is ‘liable to harm’ national security. Niang runs the website, Dakar Matin, which is critical of the government. His lawyer, Cire Cledor Ly, says he was arrested on Sunday afternoon and detained at the central police station in Dakar over three alleged ‘infractions’. Ly says Niang is accused of ‘having brought to the public’s attention information whose disclosure is liable to harm the national…