WATCH: Philadelphia’s Franklin Square glows in annual lantern festival/in /by
Sea of lanterns is lighting up Philadelphia’s Franklin Square this summer as the Chinese Lantern Festival returns for its eighth year.
Wealthy businessman appointed leader in Haiti as gangs threaten to overthrow government/in /by
A wealthy businessman on Thursday became the head of Haiti's transitional presidential council tasked with restoring order in the troubled country as a top gang leader underscored the challenges facing the nation by vowing to overthrow the government.
Egypt seeks to renew cooperation with Sudan/in /by
Egypt and Sudan discussed the Nile River and cooperation during a visit to Cairo by Sudanese Prime Minister Kamil al-Taib Idris on Thursday.
Ivory Coast marks 65th independence anniversary with military parade/in /by
Just a week after the Ivorian president announced his intention to run for a controversial fourth term this October, supporters and members of his administration gathered in the central city of Bouaké to mark the country’s 65th independence anniversary with a military parade.
Nigeria: FG Should Have Sold Refineries to Dangote – Rewane/in /by
[Daily Trust] Foremost Economist and Chief Executive Officer of Financial Derivatives Company (FDC), Mr. Bismark Rewane, has said the Federal Government should have sold the government-owned refineries to the Dangote Industries Limited.
Tanzania: Tanzania Sees a 121percent Rise in Firms Importing Fuel/in /by
[Daily News] Dar es Salaam -- THE Joint Petroleum Procurement Agency (PBPA) has observed a substantial increase in the number of companies involved in the fuel importation process in the country.
Senegal, Turkey deepen cooperation in key sectors/in /by
Senegal's Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko met with Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara on Thursday
Air ambulance crashes near Kenya’s capital killing 6/in /by
AMREF Flying Doctors said that the mid-size jet, a Cessna Citation XLS, took off from an airport in Nairobi and was heading to the territory of Somaliland when it crashed
South Africa: Uproar as accused in pig farm murder case walks free/in /by
Adrian De Wet was one of three men facing murder charges after two Black women were killed at a farm and their bodies fed to pigs near Polokwane in Limpopo province last year
Liberia: ‘Smuggling’ of ‘Political Goods’ to Guinea Persists Amid Price Hikes in Liberia/in /by
[Liberian Observer] The "smuggling" of cement, rice, and petroleum products--classified by the government as "political goods"--continues to escalate across Liberia's borders, raising concerns about commodity shortages and soaring prices in local markets.