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Security forces in Togo have arrested former defence minister and prominent critic of the Togolese President, Marguerite Gnakadé. Gnakadé was detained at her home in the capital Lomé on Wednesday on largely undisclosed charges, though local media report she was accused of inciting the military to rebellion at a recent public gathering. Local media reported […]
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The World Health Organization has reported that 31 of the 48 confirmed cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have died. The outbreak has spread across Kasai province, with health officials working round the clock to contain the transmission. . The outbreak was declared by the DRC Ministry of Health on September […]
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When she left a banking job in 2008 to enter the creative sector, she quickly discovered that her presence in the industry would be overshadowed by her husband’s long-standing reputation. Despite her work as a producer and strategist, she was often introduced simply as “his wife.” Fashugba didn’t like that. That constant erasure made one […]
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The black colonisation of Africa sets the stage for the re-presentation of some of the conditions that fuel the racial tensions experienced abroad. Politics, inclusion, and the politics of inclusion
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Like many who anticipated Joker: Folie à Deux, I was intrigued by the concept behind its title, which is French for “madness of two”. Folie à Deux refers to a rare mental disorder where delusions are “transmitted” from one individual to another. Another definition is “the presence of the same or similar delusional ideas in […]
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We have accepted a recurring myth: the belief that art is for everyone. We often romanticize the aesthetics of art and what it means for the people, but slowly, we forget the exclusivity of gallery spaces, the rising cost of artistic visibility, and the gated participation and access tied to the art market rather than […]
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Zamo Mkhwanazihttps directorial debut, Laundry, is inspired by a personal story. In 1954, her maternal grandfather’s laundry business was unlawfully shot down by the apartheid government. It was about six years into the South African apartheid regime and this institutional disinheritance made her maternal grandfather lose his livelihood. This experience provides the autobiographical lens for […]
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President Bola Tinubu has lifted the controversial six-month state of emergency imposed on Rivers State, declaring that Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, Ngozi Nma Odu, and the members of the State House of Assembly can return to office from Thursday, September 18, 2025. The Presidency, in a statement on Wednesday, said the emergency proclamation of […]
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