Dahomey doc on Europe’s looted African art wins Berlin film festival | Arts and Culture News

Dahomey doc on Europe’s looted African art wins Berlin film festival | Arts and Culture News

Dahomey, a documentary by Franco-Senegalese director Mati Diop probing the thorny issues surrounding Europe’s return of looted antiquities to Africa, has won the Berlin International Film Festival’s top prize. Kenyan-Mexican Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o announced the seven-member panel’s choice for the Golden Bear award at a gala ceremony in the…

ECOWAS lifts sanctions on Niger amid tensions in West Africa bloc | Politics News

ECOWAS lifts sanctions on Niger amid tensions in West Africa bloc | Politics News

The West African regional bloc is lifting most sanctions imposed on Niger over last year’s coup, in a new push for dialogue following a series of political crises that have rocked the region in recent months. A no-fly zone and border closures were among the sanctions being lifted “with immediate…

How Kagiso Lediga became the most sought-after filmmaker in South Africa | Arts and Culture

How Kagiso Lediga became the most sought-after filmmaker in South Africa | Arts and Culture

As a teenager in drama school in Cape Town in the 1990s, Kagiso Lediga was bored by the heavy focus on theatre and Shakespeare in the curriculum. For a teenager who had grown up in Pretoria, he thought he had seen far more interesting things. Lediga’s mum trained as a…

Hundreds of mourners attend funeral for marathon star Kiptum in Kenya | Athletics News

Hundreds of mourners attend funeral for marathon star Kiptum in Kenya | Athletics News

The 24-year-old set the world record in Chicago in October before his death in a car accident this month. Marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum, whose dreams of breaking the race’s two-hour barrier were ended by a fatal car crash this month, has been remembered for his talent and humility at…

‘They could have done more’: Zimbabweans slam gov’t anti-cholera campaign | Health

‘They could have done more’: Zimbabweans slam gov’t anti-cholera campaign | Health

Harare, Zimbabwe – When Priscilla Moyo’s husband Brian returned home to Harare from Mvurwi, about 100km north of the capital on Sunday night, he seemed well. By 11pm, he was battling diarrhoea. When his situation was still the same on Tuesday morning, 39-year-old Moyo took him to a nearby clinic…

Sudanese refugees face gruelling wait in overcrowded South Sudan camps | Conflict News

Sudanese refugees face gruelling wait in overcrowded South Sudan camps | Conflict News

A new truck arrives in the South Sudanese town of Renk, packed with dozens of elderly men, women and children, their exhausted faces betraying the strain of their traumatic journey out of war-ravaged Sudan. They are among more than half a million people who have crossed the border into South…

What will it take to end hunger and malnutrition in South Sudan? | Poverty and Development

What will it take to end hunger and malnutrition in South Sudan? | Poverty and Development

UN warns Africa’s youngest nation is facing a food crisis. South Sudan is on the verge of a devastating hunger catastrophe, the World Food Programme has warned. In its short history, Africa’s youngest country has been battered by armed conflict and the effects of climate change. Now, the influx of…

South Africa to hold general election on May 29 | Elections News

South Africa to hold general election on May 29 | Elections News

Ruling ANC faces a tough challenge to retain its majority in the seventh election since the end of the apartheid system. South Africa will hold national and provincial elections on May 29, President Cyril Ramaphosa’s office has said. Ramaphosa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) party is expected to face a…

‘Israel’s apartheid must end,’ South Africa says at ICJ hearing | Israel War on Gaza News

‘Israel’s apartheid must end,’ South Africa says at ICJ hearing | Israel War on Gaza News

The International Court of Justice will hear from 52 countries on the legality of Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories. South Africa told the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague that Israel is responsible for apartheid against the Palestinians and its occupation is “inherently and fundamentally illegal”. South African…