Crowd cheers as white smoke announces new pope at Vatican/in /by
White smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel, signalling the election of the 267th pope. Crowds in St Peter’s Square cheered, as they awaited the new pope to emerge.
Putin and Xi Deepen strategic alliance amid rising tensions with the West/in /by
As Putin and Xi project unity and shared purpose from Moscow, the summit signals a deeper alignment not just in trade and diplomacy—but in a vision for reshaping global power structures.
Algeria commemorates thousands killed by French troops in 1945 massacres/in /by
Ceremonies in the cities of Guelma, Kherrata and Setif on Thursday paid homage to the thousands of Algerians killed by French troops following anti-French riots in May 1945.
Nigeria: Visually impaired children learn to swim in push for inclusion/in /by
Each splash is a defiance of the odds in a country where swimming is not part of the school curriculum and access to public pools is scarce
Billionaire Bill Gates to donate almost entire personal wealth by 2045/in /by
The co-founder of Microsoft, who has an estimated $113.1 billion fortune according to Forbes, announced Thursday that he aimed at giving virtually all of it away over the next two decades.
Africa accelerates towards energy and economic sovereignty with DRC mining growth {Business Africa}/in /by
Africa’s energy and economic landscape is undergoing a transformative shift, led by major developments across mining, mobility, and regional energy trade. From the Democratic Republic of Congo’s evolving mining sector to Kenya’s pioneering all-women EV assembly line and Afreximbank’s new $3 billion
Reaction in St. Peter’s Square to black smoke on first day of Conclave to elect new pope/in /by
Reaction in St. Peter's Square to black smoke on first day of Conclave to elect new pope
No new pope as black smoke also rises at midday on second day of conclave/in /by
Cardinals failed to elect a new head for the Catholic Church on Thursday midday, with black smoke rising from the chimney on the Sistine Chapel. The cardinals are set to vote twice more on Thursday.
South Africa: African Coastal Livelihoods Deserve To Be Protected!/in /by
[The Green Connection] As court hearings unfold this week in the Western Cape High Court, small-scale fishers and coastal communities from across the Northern and Western Cape have united with civil society organisations The Green Connection and Natural Justice (the applicants) to resist oil and gas exploration in Block 5/6/7 - a marine region critical to their survival. Through the legal challenge, the applicants seek a judicial review of the Environmental Authorisation (EA) granted in 2023 to TotalEnergies for offshore
Tensions flare between India and Pakistan amid missile strikes and escalating rhetoric/in /by
As the region sits on edge, the spectre of nuclear conflict looms in the background. Both countries possess nuclear weapons and a history of conflict stretching back to their partition in 1947.