WATCH: Inmates to soldiers, Ukraine’s mobilization of prisoners
Ukraine is expanding its draft to address battlefield shortages over two years into Russia’s invasion.
“…I had the impression I was playing in 3D” – Kylian Mbappé at Euro 2024
Kylian Mbappé felt like he was in a virtual reality game when playing in a mask to protect his broken nose at the European Championship.
Nigerians still grapple with unrelenting power shortages
About half of Nigeria’s more than 200 million people are hooked up to a national electricity grid that can't provide sufficient daily electricity to most of those connected.
Tyla bags two awards at the BET 2024
Tyla a South African amapiano superstar won two Black Entertainment Television BET awards starting with best international act.
WATCH: It’s not my pet, it’s my family
Hundreds of demonstrators in Mexico City advocated for animal rights, emphasizing that pets are family.
Sudan: paramilitaries loot the village of Jebal Moya
Fighters from Sudan’s notorious paramilitary group looted homes and shops and took over the main hospital in a central city, forcing tens of thousands to flee, residents said Sunday, as a new front opened in a 14-month war that has pushed the African country to the brink of famine.
Cairo hosts Egypt-EU investment conference
The meeting attended by President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi and EU commission Chief Ursula von der Leyen culminated in the signing of deals worth billions of dollars. It comes on the back of a $7.9 billion funding package agreed in March to support the north African country battle an economic crisis
2 Algerian journalists arrested for publishing video showing women protesting
Ghirous is the editor-in-chief of Algerie Scoop, accredited by the government in 2021, and Omar is the website's director.
Mauritania’s President Ghazouani on track for re-election, provisional results show
According to the provisional result released on Sunday, Mauritania's President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani is on track to secure a second mandate after positioning the country as a strategic ally of the West in a region swept by coups and violence.
Cyril Ramaphosa names ‘Unprecedented’ Government of National Unity cabinet
Late on Sunday night, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa named a new Cabinet after his African National Congress, the former main opposition party, and nine other parties agreed on the makeup of a coalition government following weeks of haggling