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Football: PSG defender Achraf Hakimi named top African player in French league

Hakimi won the Marc-Vivien Foé award on Sunday, ahead of Nice forward Evann Guessand, from Ivory Coast, and Senegalese midfielder Habib Diarra, who plays for Strasbourg.

Pope Leo XIV reopens sealed papal apartment but will he live there?

Pope Leo XIV has reopened the papal apartment, sealed since Pope Francis' death, raising questions about his approach to tradition.

Pope Leo XIV calls for the release of imprisoned journalists

Pope Leo XIV has made a powerful appeal on Monday for the release of imprisoned journalists, highlighting the 'precious gift of free speech and the press.'

Pope Leo XIV calls for release of imprisoned journalists

Pope Leo XIV on Monday called for the release of imprisoned journalists and affirmed the “precious gift of free speech and the press” in an audience with some of the 6,000 journalists who descended on Rome to cover his election as the first American po...

China, U.S. agree to lower tariffs in major trade war de-escalation

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said the U.S. agreed to drop its 145% tariff rate on Chinese goods by 115 percentage points to 30%, while China agreed to lower its rate on U.S. goods by the same amount to 10%

49 white South Africans head to US under Trump refugee offer

A group of 49 white South Africans departed their homeland Sunday for the United States on a private charter plane, having been offered refugee status by the Trump administration under a new program announced in February.

Cholera outbreak in Angola kills nearly 600 people

Angola is facing its worst cholera outbreak in 20 years.

Burkina Faso forces killed 100 civilians in March – HRW

The victims were all ethnic Fulani, a pastoralist community that is widespread across the region, which the government has long accused of supporting Muslim militants.

Experts call for AI skills development in Africa’s education sector

“We also need another kind of infrastructure: intellectual infrastructure. If African leaders do not understand AI, it will show. They are responsible, and they must educate and upskill themselves to drive results.”

Nigerian farmers struggle as climate change dries up water sources

Farmers in Nigeria are facing a deepening water crisis as climate change dries up rivers and forces them to rely on costly and unreliable wells, threatening food production and livelihoods across the region