Somalia lowers the age of majority. The controversial change will affect girls – World

The amendment to the Constitution of Somalia means that people under this age will be considered physically mature, but will remain, for example, under the care of state institutions dealing with youth. This may particularly affect the fate of underage women, who will be able to get married earlier than before, which will deprive them … Read more

Central African Republic: A US security company challenges Wagner’s hegemony in its African stronghold |

Marches, more or less orchestrated, in favor of Wagner have been common in the Central African Republic since the Russian mercenary company arrived in the country almost seven years ago. What was unusual and striking about the rallies last January, which the local press reported, was the appearance of a new graphic symbol, the head … Read more

Central African Republic: A US security company challenges Wagner’s hegemony in its African stronghold |

Marches, more or less orchestrated, in favor of Wagner have been common in the Central African Republic since the Russian mercenary company arrived in the country almost seven years ago. What was unusual and striking about the rallies last January, which the local press reported, was the appearance of a new graphic symbol, the head … Read more

Red Cross resigns from working in Barajas due to the chaos with asylum seekers | Spain

The Red Cross has given up being at the Madrid-Barajas airport to serve asylum seekers. The organization is leaving after several weeks in which the accommodation of hundreds of people who requested asylum at the airfield has turned into chaos. The unusual volume of requests for international protection that are being registered at the airport … Read more

2026 World Cup: Africa Zone Qualification Groups, Schedules, and Rankings

2023-11-21 21:10:15 The increase from 32 to 48 teams for the 2026 World Cup simplifies the qualification method for African teams. The confederation saw its number of qualified selections increase from 5 to 9. Gone are the three-phase qualifiers (round-trip preliminary round between the weakest nations, group stage, play-offs), make way for a more readable … Read more

Epiphanie Dionrang: “Slam allows people to speak out about violence against women”

2023-10-06 13:21:06 Back to Home / Broadcasts / ActuElles Published on : 06/10/2023 – 15:21 12:30 CURRENT 0610 © France 24 Natacha Vesnitch receives Chadian slammer Epiphanie Dionrang. At 32, this feminist activist is president of the Chadian League for Women’s Rights which organized the first march in N’Djamena in June 2021 to denounce violence … Read more

Somalia Bans TikTok, Telegram, and 1XBet in Effort to Curb Spread of Obscene Content: Minister of Communications Takes Drastic Actions Against Terrorist Activities

2023-08-22 12:41:19 Somalia has banned Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok and encrypted messaging platform Telegram. Somalia’s Minister of Communications has announced that it is taking action to prevent the spread of obscene content. In addition to these two apps, online-betting website 1XBet has also been banned. Minister Jama Hassan Khalif said in a statement that … Read more

The Rift Valley and the Shifting African Plates: Exploring the Impact of Superplumes

2023-07-10 02:53:00 The earth rumbles beneath the African continent. This is due to the shifting of the tectonic plates, i.e. the individual pieces of the earth’s crust that are in constant motion. The great African Rift Valley began 30 million years ago. The African plate breaks on its eastern side, creating a new tectonic plate: … Read more