BUJUMBURA (Reuters) – Burundi’s security forces fired teargas on Friday to disperse about 200 people protesting against the death of an opposition activist as political tensions grow before elections starting next week.
Read More 200-people, bujumbura, Death, opposition, security-forces, tensionsAlthough I had read reports over the last ten years, and heard anecdotal evidence of threats, attacks, victimization and simmering tensions towards foreign Africans in South Africa’s townships, like many others, it was the violence of …
Read More Africa, over-the-last, tensions, the-last, townships, violence, yearsThe simmering tensions and continued instability in both the Horn of Africa and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) were under the spotlight today as the Security Council met to discuss peace and security on the continent.
Read More Africa, continent, Democratic, horn, republic, spotlight, tensions, the-spotlightTrials and tribulations of Rastafarians in Africa : “Well ironically the acceptance of black, mostly black Carribbean and diasporean rastafarians by continental Africans has been equally fraught with similar tensions. …
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