Tunisia: In villages hit by water scarcity, residents feel abandonned/in /by
"Elderly people left due to water scarcity. They followed their children to the city so they could live, leaving their houses empty", says 60-year-old Djamila Mazhoud. Can an 80-year-old go to the river to get water? No way". She lives in a remote village. Tunisia is in its fourth year of drought.
Seychelles: President declares state of emergency after explosion and floods/in /by
Following an explosion at an explosives warehouse and a flooding, the Seychelles archipelago declared a state of emergency on Thursday and urged residents to stay in their homes, according to a statement from the presidency.
Burkina abandons French as an official language/in /by
The Burkinabè government adopted on Wednesday a bill revising the Constitution and henceforth enshrining national languages ​​as official languages ​​in place of French which is relegated to the rank of "working language".
Recording Academy’s Grammy Salute Concert to 50 Years of Hip-Hop’ airs Sunday/in /by
I think the fans are in for a real treat. I think it was a great night. And when I look at the broadcast back now that we it's been edited and I'm looking back at it, I mean, it's exciting and it translates off the screen the same way it was in the room. It feels good." LL Cool J, recording artist-
Seychelles: state of emergency after explosion and floods/in /by
The Seychelles archipelago declared a state of emergency on Thursday and invited its residents to stay at home after an explosion in an explosives warehouse and flooding, according to a press release from the presidency.
DRC: Pétronille Vaweka, activist, peace negotiator & Women Building Peace Award finalist/in /by
Twenty years on, Pétronille Vaweka remembers her heated exchanges with militiamen, the threats and the horrors in her home province of Ituri, in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where her mission was to "stop the war".
COP28: “The future of children is in danger”/in /by
Children from African and Latin American countries on Wednesday spoke at an event at the COP28 climate summit taking place in Dubai.
Photographer Prince Gyasi shares Vision and Inspiration Behind the 2024 Pirelli Calendar/in /by
Photographer Prince Gyasi drew upon his childhood sense of wonder growing up in Ghana to create the 2024 Pirelli calendar. While promoting the project in New York, Gyasi discussed the influences that shaped this year's theme, "Timeless."
Immigration: former UK Home Secretary calls on government to “change course”/in /by
Former British Home Secretary Suella Braverman on Thursday urged Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to "change course" on immigration, as his Conservative party was torn over a bill to send illegal migrants to Rwanda.
Cameroon: President Paul Biya receives Gabon’s coup leader Oligui Nguema/in /by
The Cameroonian leader is the latest to host Oligui Nguema who is on a tour of central African states asking for the lifiting of economic sanctions on his country before the 2025 elections.