Egyptian lawyer sues Netflix for depicting Cleopatra as Black woman
The complaint submitted against the streaming platform alleged that "most of what Netflix platform displays contradicts Islamic and societal values and principles, especially Egyptian ones."
UN urges focus on reproductive rights as India overtakes China in population
Kanem said the ranking of the world's most populous countries would change significantly over the next 25 years, with India currently overtaking China at the top
Port Sudan residents hope for quick end to generals’ battle
"We ask God that Khartoum will be safe and back to stability in the near future. We hope that the army and the Rapid Support Forces can reach an agreement so that Sudan can become stable and so good can prevail in all the country, God willing," a vendor in Port Sudan said Wednesday (Apr. 19).
Ukraine pleads for Putin’s arrest in South Africa
A Ukrainian Nobel peace prize winner on Wednesday called on South Africa not to allow Russian President Vladimir Putin to attend a BRICS summit in the country in August.
Ivory Coast: municipal and regional elections on September 2
Ivory Coast: municipal and regional elections on September 2
France: first meeting of historians on colonization in Algeria
The commission of French and Algerian historians created to work on French colonization and the war in Algeria held its first meeting on Wednesday, the Elysée announced by revealing the composition of this body on the French side.
Don’t let Putin in, Nobel prize winner tells South Africa
A Ukrainian Nobel peace prize winner on Wednesday called on South Africa not to allow Russian President Vladimir Putin to attend a BRICS summit in the country in August.
Sudan: Thousands flee as ceasefire fails to hold
Thousands of residents have fled the capital, Khartoum. So have some 320 soldiers who were detained in neighbouring Chad.
Central Africa accuses rebels of killing nine Chinese miners
According to the Minister of Justice for the Central African Republic (CAR), the investigation into the murder of nine Chinese a month ago in a gold mine in the C.African Republic confirms that they were "undoubtedly" murdered by "elements of armed groups from the Coalition of Patriots for change
Nigeria: Inside Mele Kyari’s Exploits At NNPC
[Premium Times] As a new dispensation dawns, it is no surprise that certain people have started to eye certain positions, more out of lust for lucre than thirst for service. And if the targets of the smear campaigns are too kind, too aloof or too pure to return the salvo, it is left to us lesser mortals to paint the true picture of things for the incoming president and the discerning public to judge.