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Paris Olympic Games unveils 2024 Olympic torch

The torch that will be used to carry the Olympic flame around France ahead of 2024's Olympic Games was unveiled by the Games' organisers on Tuesday.

Ghana hikes key lending rate to counter inflation

Accra is working to to stop its worst economic crisis in years, characterized by double-digit inflation, a weak Cedi and growing public debt. Annual inflation accelerated to 42.5% in May and June after slowing from 54% last December

United States: Emmett Till to be honoured by national monument

The United States' President Joe Biden will establish a national monument honouring Emmett Till and his mother Mamie Till-Mobley, a White House official said Saturday.

Kenya’s Odinga denounces ‘unprecedented police brutality’ against protesters

Veteran Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga denounces "unprecedented police brutality" against anti-government demonstrators and accuses the government of pursuing an "ethnic agenda," during a press conference in Nairobi

Cuban car and motorbike lovers fight to bring races into the light

After years of clandestine races, drivers and fans are now fighting to make car and motorbike races a legal sport.

DRC: the soldier responsible for a family massacre arrested

DRC: the soldier responsible for a family massacre arrested

USA sanctions 3 Malian colonels for their aid to the Wagner group

The United States announced Monday economic sanctions targeting three Malian soldiers, including the current Minister of Defense, for having "facilitated the deployment and expansion" of the activities in Mali of the Russian paramilitary group Wagner.

Somalia: at least 20 soldiers killed in a suicide attack

An Islamist suicide bomber blew himself up inside a Somali army camp in Mogadishu on Monday and killed at least 20 soldiers, officials and witnesses said.

CAR: Mixed feelings ahead of the referendum on a new Constitution

Central Africans in Bangui express hopes and concerns about the draft of a new Constitution. Undecided voters still have a few days left before casting their ballot on July 30. The campaign is set to end on July 28.

Nigeria to recover 150 million euros from Ibori fraud

A British court has ordered a former politician and his accomplices convicted of fraud and money laundering to return 150 million euros to Nigeria, investigators announced on Monday.