Johannesburg (AFP) - Contemporary African art has long been beloved by collectors in Europe and North America. But now, such works are enjoying a renaissance among experts and the public on the continent itself. The opening of the largest museum of African contemporary art in the world in Cape Town on Friday is seen as a game-changer for the ...
Shattaya (Sudan) (AFP) - Clashes between Sudanese forces and residents of a Darfur camp for the displaced killed three people Friday, the UN said, as President Omar al-Bashir urged reconciliation in the war-torn region. Bashir, wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on genocide and war crimes charges related to the Darfur conflict, is ...
Yaoundà (AFP) - Several thousand demonstrators took to the streets in English-speaking parts of Cameroon in protest at perceived discrimination in favour of the country's francophone majority, concurring sources said. Several thousand people have been marching in Bamenda, the main town in northwest Cameroon and the hub of anglophone agitation ...
Tunis (AFP) - Tunisia, where sodomy is punishable by jail, has committed itself to ban forced anal examinations to determine sexual orientation, the North African state's minister for human rights said on Friday. The authorities carry out the tests on suspected homosexuals but these exams can no longer be imposed by force, physical or moral, or ...
Tunis (AFP) - Tunisia, where sodomy is punishable by jail, has banned forced anal examinations to determine sexual orientation, the North African state's minister for human rights said Friday. The authorities carry out the tests on suspected homosexuals but these exams can no longer be imposed by force, physical or moral, or without the consent ...
Cape Town (AFP) - Africa's largest museum dedicated to the continent's contemporary art opened to the public in Cape Town on Friday, becoming the region's most significant new cultural space in decades. The Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa is housed in a clutch of abandoned grain silos at the V A Waterfront that have been transformed with ...
Dakar (AFP) - The head of the powerful Tijaniyya brotherhood of Muslims in Senegal has died, just six months after the passing of his predecessor, Senegalese media reported Friday. Serigne Abdou Aziz Sy, who was 89, died in Tivaouane, the spiritual home of the Tijaniyya, a Sufi order, the public APS news agency reported. Around 95 percent of ...
The University of Portsmouth is helping to tackle air pollution and its harmful effects in Sub-Saharan Africa. Researchers from the University rsquo;s Faculty of Creative and Cultural Industries are part of the AIR (Action for Interdisciplinary Air Pollution Research) Network that has received funding from the Medical Research Council (MRC) and ...
Cape Town (AFP) - Towering over Cape Town's Victoria and Alfred Waterfront, a clutch of abandoned grain silos has been transformed into Africa's largest museum dedicated to the continent's contemporary art. With its honeycomb lattice windows reflecting the Atlantic Ocean and the city's landmark Table Mountain, the audacious structure is home to ...
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