Top 10 richest people in the world as of May 1, 2024/in /by
Forbes' real-time billionaires list confirms Arnault's ongoing reign at the top, a position he has held since February 2024, closely trailed by Elon Musk, the visionary behind Tesla.
‘Salah rift a non-story. There’s no problem’ – Jurgen Klopp/in /by
“Completely. Completely resolved. It's no problem. So, like, if we wouldn't know each other for that long, I'm not sure how we would deal with it, but we know each other for that long and respect each other too much that that’s really no problem.." Jurgen Klopp
Nollywood Week Film Festival gets underway in Paris/in /by
More than a dozen short and feature-length films are showing at the festival which runs from 2-5 May.
UK protesters block bus in attempt to stop asylum seekers from being moved to a barge/in /by
The Home Office, the UK's interior ministry, has used the Bibby Stockholm barge, to try to cut the cost of sheltering people seeking protection in the country. The 222-room, three-storey boat was chartered by the UK government for 18 months.
Liberia: Boakai signs decree for war crimes tribunal/in /by
President Joseph Boakai on Thursday signed an executive order to establish a long-awaited war crimes tribunal to provide justice for victims of Liberia's two civil wars, characterized by widespread massacres, torture, and sexual violence.
Several African athletes chosen for largest ever Olympic Refugee Team/in /by
The International Olympic Committee says the team is made up of 36 athletes from 11 different countries, who will compete in 12 sports during the games.
DR Congo: M23 rebel group claims control of Rubaya, a key mining town/in /by
The town of Rubaya holds deposits of tantalum, which is extracted from coltan, a key component in the production of smartphones. It is among the minerals that was named earlier this month in a letter from Congo’s government questioning Apple about the tech company’s knowledge of “blood minerals”.
Guinness World Records: Nigerian woman attempts record by painting nails for three days/in /by
With vibrant colours like blue, pink, and purple, she adorned hundreds of fingernails at an events center in her hometown.
Algeria takes Morocco to the Court of Arbitration for Sport/in /by
Algeria is challenging a CAF decision to allow a Moroccan club to wear a jersey featuring a map of Morocco which includes the disputed Western Sahara.
Russian trainers, US troops housed in same base in Niger/in /by
"The Russians are in a separate, compound and don't have access to U.S. forces or access to our equipment [...] Right now, I don't see a significant issue here, in terms of our force protection," the U.S. Secretary of Defense said Thursday (May. 2nd). US troops are set to leave the country.