The Lijadu Sisters, Nigeria’s Twin Musical Pioneers, Are Celebrated Anew
Taiwo and Kehinde were groundbreaking for their funky songs, as well as their feminism. Five years after Kehinde’s death, their albums will be reissued.
Taiwo and Kehinde were groundbreaking for their funky songs, as well as their feminism. Five years after Kehinde’s death, their albums will be reissued.
The decision is a crucial step in getting shots to the Democratic Republic of Congo, the center of the outbreak.
The punishments were handed down months after the Democratic Republic of Congo lifted a moratorium on carrying out the death penalty.
The announcement provides U.S. support to permanent council seats for African nations, though not new veto powers. But the path to adding members requires far more than White House approval.
Fatalities spiked 71 percent last year, far outpacing the 13 percent rise in cases, the World Health Organization said.
Rebecca Cheptegei, a long-distance runner who competed in the Olympic marathon in Paris, is in critical condition after a man poured gas on her and set her on fire, police in Kenya said.
Inmates at the overcrowded Makala prison had sought to escape their suffocating cells after water and power went out. At least 129 were killed, some two dozen of them shot dead, the government said.
Dickson Ndiema died from injuries he sustained when he set Rebecca Cheptegei, his partner, on fire. The police had planned to charge him with murder.
Ali Mohamed Kibao was beaten and acid had been poured on his face, according to an autopsy, his party said.
The traffic accident was the latest disaster to highlight how roads across many African countries are some of the world’s deadliest.