former guinean leader Dadis Camara escapes from prison in a jailbreak/in /by
Gunmen stormed the main prison in Guinea’s capital early Saturday and freed former leader Moussa “Dadis” Camara, the country’s justice minister said, announcing the closure of the West African nation’s borders.
Springboks welcomed by proud Capetonian fans/in /by
South Africa’s proud rugby champions tour Cape Town from the central business district to Langa and Bonteheuwel on the Cape Flats on Friday (Nov. 03). Fans lined the streets waving flags and chanting for the World Cup winners as their open top bus passed through.
Nigeria, French Foreign Affairs ministers talk regional issues, UN Security council seat/in /by
Nigeria's Foreign affairs minister Yusuf Tuggar hosted his French counterpart in Abuja on Friday (Nov. 03). They oversaw the signing of an agreement between the French Agency for Development and Nigeria's government and discussed bilateral relations and global issues.
“Time running out to prevent Genocide in Gaza”, UN human rights experts/in /by
Israel's embassy in Geneva said on X, formerly Twitter, that it was "deplorable and deeply concerning" that UN special procedure mechanisms "repeated propaganda" led by Hamas. Over 9,000 people, mostly women and children, have been killed in Israel's retaliatory bombing campaign on Gaza.
USA: “Tragic hero” Malcolm X opera comes to New York’s Met/in /by
The musical biography of civil rights leader Malcolm X infusing history with Afrofuturism will open at New York's Metropolitan Opera on November 3rd. The opera by composer Anthony Davis is the second by a Black composer in Met history.
Moroccan archaeologists unearth new ruins at Chellah, a tourism-friendly ancient port near Rabat/in /by
Archaeologists have unearthed more ancient ruins of what they believe was once a bustling port city near the capital of modern-day Morocco, digging out thermal baths and working class neighborhoods that the country hopes will lure tourists and scholars in the years ahead.
Henri Lopes, Congolese writer and politician, dies in France/in /by
"Henri died on Thursday, November 2 at the Foch hospital in Suresnes (near Paris), carried away by illness," the statement said.
Somalia: In 2nd Year, HSF to Cover Fuel Costs for Largest Maternity And Children Hospital/in /by
[Shabelle] Mogadishu, Somalia -- The Banadir Maternity and Children's Hospital in Mogadishu has yet again benefited from the Hormuud Salaam Foundation, which has been working closely with the public sector to improve various departments via Corporate Social Responsibility [CSR].
Tourists killed in Uganda: captured ADF leader also accused of school massacre/in /by
On Thursday, the army announced the capture of Abdul Rashid Kyoto, also known as Njovu, and the death of six other members of the commando group accused of murdering a British and a South African honeymooner and their guide in Queen Elizabeth Park on October 17.
Charles III meets with religious leaders as he wraps up Kenya visit/in /by
The King, on a rainy Friday morning, visited East Africa region’s oldest mosque, and the Anglican cathedral of Mombasa where he met leaders from the Christian, Hindu, Muslim and African Traditional Faiths.