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The Tunisian Forum for Economic and Social Rights reacted to President Kais Saied’s comments accusing sub-Saharan African migrants of causing crime while posing a demographic threat. The spokesman for the rights group accused the President of racism and hate speech. “We feel ashamed of the president’s (Kais Saied) speech. We feel discontented for the words used (in his speech) which stigmatize and discriminate against sub-Saharan migrants”, said Romdhane Ben Amor, spokesman of the Tunisian Forum for Economic and Social Rights. Last week, 23 rights groups said the state had already started cracking down on migrants from sub-Saharan Africa while turning a blind eye to racist “hate speech”. “The president of the republic must bear responsibility and…

South Sudan’s President has urged the country’s more than two million refugees to return home in his first meeting with displaced people since civil war erupted almost a decade ago. President Salva Kiir’s appeal on Wednesday came as the country prepares to hold its first elections since gaining independence from Sudan in 2011. South Sudan’s delayed elections are set to take place in December 2024. South Sudan is still recovering from the five-year civil war that erupted in late 2013, killed hundreds of thousands of people, and ended with a peace agreement in 2018. For a while, fleeing South Sudanese…

Authorities in Madagascar have announced that the passage of the powerful tropical cyclone Freddy resulted in four deaths. The storm affected some 16,600 people according to the country’s National Risk Management Office. The powerful gusts of wind reached around 130 kilometers per hour; contrary to last year’s cyclone Batsirai, cyclone Freddy did not bring as much rain as expected. Freddy is the first cyclone and the second tropical weather system to hit Madagascar during the current season according to the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). After Madagascar, the cyclone is now heading to Mozambique and Zimbabwe on the African mainland. Last year’s Cyclone Batsirai killed more than 130 people across Madagascar. AMN | Reporters | AFP.

South Africa’s economic hub, Gauteng is bearing the brunt of water shortages caused by dwindling reservoir levels due to high demand of water. As taps are running dry, Dr Ferrial Adam, Water and Environment Manager for the Community Action Network (WaterCAN) believes the cause for the crisis are factors like ageing infrastructure and inequality. “We cannot deny that there is an additional element that is affecting people’s access to water and that is, on a local government level and municipal level. You have infrastructure deterioration and that is also leading to people not having sufficient water. There’s also the element…

The lighthouse, the library, Alexander the Great, Cleopatra…: in Marseille, the Mucem intends to “remove the varnish” of the myth of Alexandria in an exhibition that plunges into the heart of the Egyptian city thanks to the back and forth between ancient pieces and contemporary creations. Like Marseille and many other Mediterranean cities, “Alexandria is a port city, a city of emigration, a city of immigration, a cosmopolitan city,” says Arnaud Quertinmont, one of the curators of “Alexandria: Previous Futures” (until May 8 at the Museum of Civilizations of Europe and the Mediterranean, the Mucem). Founded by Alexander the Great…

The NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday called for targeted sanctions against Eritrean leaders, accusing the authorities of conscripting thousands of people, including minors, for military service and punishing the families of those who do not. One of the world’s most closed and authoritarian countries, Eritrea, ruled with an iron fist since its independence from Ethiopia in 1993 by President Issaias Afeworki, has a policy of universal conscription for an unlimited period. In a statement, HRW called for targeted sanctions against Eritrean leaders for the “ongoing repression” and called for a thorough review of the issue by the UN…

South Africa is facing a major electricity crisis, sometimes with no power for almost six hours a day. It is also affecting small business owners struggling to survive and forced to make hard choices. “We can run the store which is good, but we can’t run the whole store, and it’s affecting sales because customers tend to buy less because they are worried about their fridges at home. We deal with fresh stuff so it does not last long,” said Joe, a store owner. The outages which have lasted for more than 200 days since last year have piled misery on…

Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has suspended its operations in an area of northwest Burkina Faso where armed assailants killed two of its employees on Wednesday, the medical charity said in a statement. “On the morning of Wednesday, February 8, a clearly marked Doctors Without Borders vehicle carrying a four-person medical team on the road between Dédougou and Tougan (northwest) was targeted by armed men who fired on the crew. Two employees were killed, while two others managed to escape,” MSF said. Two Burkina Faso nationals – the driver and a logistics supervisor aged 39 and 34 respectively – were killed,…

The head of mission, Denmark Ambassador to Ghana, H. E. Tom Norring has disclose that Ghana can be the hope for Africa if they utilize their resource and talent very well. In an interview with AMN News reporter, Ohene Anochie on Tuesday, the outspoken diplomat narrated the kind of talents he have come across in the country is overwhelming and if it is put use very well, the country may shine again as the stars of Africa. He  highlighted Ghana’s rich endowment of natural resources, including gold, cocoa, and oil, which if managed judiciously, could propel the nation towards sustained…

Ashanti King, Osei Tutu Kwadwo ( Ghana 🇬🇭 ), to The British Governor, Sir Charles McCarthy. The Battle of Nsamankow was a battle between the United Kingdom and the Ashanti Empire that took place in 1824 as part of the First Anglo-Ashanti War. The British force under Charles McCarthy was defeated by an Ashanti force. The Battle of Nsamankow was fought on 21 January 1824. In late 1823, following the disagreements between the Fantis and the Ashantis, he declared war on the king of the Ashanti; after organizing the defenses of Cape Coast, he set out with an expedition of…