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American artist Nathaniel Mary Quinn exhibits his “Forging Years” in Paris

"I began drawing as a child at around the age of three or four years old and ever since, it has been an obsession and for me, it is all that I've ever wanted to do. So from then on, throughout the entirety of my life, I've always had a hunger to draw a...

Gabon: Long queues at polling centres after deadline extension for voter registration

Presidential and parliamentary elections have been scheduled between the end of August and the beginning of September in Gabon, but no official date has been announced as yet.

Ivory Coast: Gbagbo files appeal for his name to be reinstated in electoral roll

"I was taken to the ICC with tons of accusations: crimes against humanity, war crimes, rape. but I was there. So I defended myself and I won, I was acquitted. Here they're hiding in secret and they're pinning an accusation on me. No. It's too political...

After IMF deal, Ghana faces high-stakes debt talks [Business Africa]

There's still a ton of work for Ghana's leaders to do to convince creditors to provide over $22 billion in debt relief- not least because a significant portion of Accra's external debt is held by private lenders who want all their money back

Equatorial Guinea: WHO declares end to Marburg virus outbreak

"A total of 17 laboratory-confirmed cases and 12 deaths were recorded. All the 23 probable cases reported died," the WHO said. "Four patients recovered from the virus and have been enrolled in a survivors programme to receive psychosocial and other pos...

Israel, Morocco seal parliamentary deals

Demonstrators gathered outside the Moroccan parliament in Rabat to protest against the visit of Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana, the first such visit by a head of Israeli parliament

Tupac Shakur posthumously honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

Shakur was given the 2,758th star on the Walk of Fame. His birthdate is on June 16.

Ghanaian man shoots wife in attempted murder-suicide in Columbus, police say

The Columbus Division of Police is currently conducting an investigation into a tragic shooting incident that led to the death of a man and left a woman critically wounded.

South Africa: ‘Comrades’ ultra-marathon, a symbol of hope

"We go through so much in this society, so running it was one of those sport that could actually bring people together and forget about our problems. So when you run there’s no actually label that you are from which country and which business do you ha...

Orphanage in Khartoum evacuated after deaths

A Sudanese orphanage in the capital Khartoum has been evacuated following the deaths of more than 70 infants, toddlers and older children from hunger and illness over the past couple of months, the U.N. children’s agency said Wednesday.