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Editor 5 September 2024 No Comment

China offers Africa $51 billion in fresh funding, promises a million jobs

By Reuters BEIJING: President Xi Jinping pledged on Thursday to step up China’s support across debt-laden Africa with funding of

Editor 3 September 2024 No Comment

DR Congo government says 129 killed in attempted prison break

By Associated Press KINSHASA: An attempted jailbreak in Congo’s main prison left 129 people dead, including some who were shot by

Uganda opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, known as Bobi Wine, lies in bed at St. Francis Hospital after he was injured by a teargas canister when police fired at his convoy in Kampala, Uganda

Editor 3 September 2024 No Comment

Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine shot and wounded in confrontation with police

By Associated Press KAMPALA: Uganda’s leading opposition figure Bobi Wine was shot in the leg in a confrontation with police Tuesday

A Somali soldier controls the crowd as thousands of people attend a protest rally in Mogadishu

Editor 1 September 2024 No Comment

Ethiopia worried over defence deal between Egypt and Somalia as tensions rise in Horn of

By Associated Press MOGADISHU: Ethiopia is increasingly concerned over a recent defence deal between Egypt and Somalia, two countries that

Tesla and SpaceX chief executive officer Elon Musk

Editor 30 August 2024 No Comment

Brazil top court threatens to suspend X operations in latest twist of ongoing feud

By Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO: A Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Wednesday threatened to shut down the local operations

Editor 30 August 2024 No Comment

Telegram CEO Durov faces preliminary charges in France of allowing crime on messaging app

By Associated Press PARIS: French authorities handed preliminary charges to Telegram CEO Pavel Durov on Wednesday for allowing alleged criminal activity

Editor 30 August 2024 No Comment

WHO Europe laments declining rates of condom use among sexually active teens worldwide

By Associated Press GENEVA: The World Health Organization’s office for Europe on Thursday decried a decline in condom use by adolescents

Editor 28 August 2024 No Comment

South Africa is investigating alleged $7B corruption at state-owned companies

By Associated Press CAPE TOWN: South Africa has active investigations into alleged corruption totalling more than $7 billion at some

Editor 28 August 2024 No Comment

Prosecutors seek death penalty for 3 Americans implicated in alleged coup attempt in Congo

By Associated Press KINSHASA: Prosecutors on Tuesday called for 50 people, including three Americans, to face the death penalty for

Editor 27 August 2024 No Comment

‘Barcelona or die.’ For Senegalese dreaming of Europe, the deadly Atlantic route is not a

By Associated Press THIAROYE-SUR-MER: Salamba Ndiaye was 22 when she first tried to get to Spain, dreaming of a career