The makers of Guurdoon, the first app for singles in Somalia, are hoping to help their fellow citizens find love in a nation with no shortage of challenges.
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Some thirty suspected illegal miners were found dead at the bottom of a disused mine in South Africa, a month after a probable accident, in the small gold-mining town of Welkom, 250 km south of Johannesburg, the government said on Friday.
The head of the World Food Program (WFP) on Thursday called on the international community to come to the aid of "traumatised and hungry" Somalis, as food insecurity "soars" again in the country hit by armed conflict and drought.
On Friday, Emmanuel Macron accused Russia of being "a power destabilising Africa", in an interview with franceinfo/RFI/France 24 on the fringes of the Paris summit, with the Kremlin assuring that it was developing "constructive relations" with Russia.
Isabel dos Santos, the daughter of the late former Angolan president, embezzled 52 million euros from Angola's national oil company, according to a Dutch court.
A spiritual music originally performed by descendants of slaves in the Maghreb, it has been inscribed on Unesco's list of intangible heritage in 2019.
France's Victor Wembanyama was chosen with the top pick in the NBA Draft by the San Antonio Spurs on Thursday, sparking wild celebrations as the Texas club reveled in landing the gifted teenager seen as a once-in-a-generation talent.
Desta Hailu, a university lecturer in the town of Adigrat, a few kilometers from the Eritrean border, said he had not eaten for two days. His last meal consisted of a slice of bread with tea.
According to Save The Children, 26% of Kenyan children are suffering stunted growth due to malnutrition. At the launch of the initiative on Tuesday, President William Ruto highlighted the need to “eliminate the shame of hunger in our country”.
Eleven candidates will run in Zimbabwe's presidencial election next August, the electoral commission announced on Thursday.
