An African Christmas in a time of COVID-19
How can an African continent plagued with so much suffering celebrate a joyous moment such as Christmas?
How can an African continent plagued with so much suffering celebrate a joyous moment such as Christmas?
From fiction and non-fiction to essays and poetry, we bring you some of the continent’s most exciting reads from 2020.
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On Tuesday, the Mexican Congress passed a new law severely restricting the operations of foreign law enforcement agents in Mexico. It is clearly directed at the United States in retaliation for the U.S. arrest of Mexico’s former Secretary of Defense Salvador Cienfuegos on drug trafficking and corruption charges at the Los Angeles airport in October.…
From Miguel Monjardino, Azores, Portugal
A move to scrap the governing coalition in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has triggered a political crisis.
Ethiopia says it ‘doesn’t need a babysitter’ as it dismisses calls for independent probes into the month-long conflict.
Somali presidential elections are scheduled in just a few months, war is erupting in neighboring Ethiopia, and Shebab militants are still strong. The timing, Somalis say, could not be worse.
A British mom had sex with a 14-year-old boy after luring him and a pal to her home after watching them play soccer, a court was told this week. Mother of three Teah Vincent, 32, has admitted having sex with the youngster at her home in Gloucestershire — but claimed he told her he was 16,…