Paul Kagame issues warning to Catholic tourists who “worship poverty”/in /by
Rwandan President Paul Kagame has warned Catholics who visit pilgrimage sites known to have been sites of Marian apparitions each year, accusing them of "worshipping poverty".
BRICS GDP to grow by 36% following expansion/in /by
The Gross Domestic Product of BRICS is now 36 percent of global GDP and 47 percent of the world population. This follows the announcement of the six nations to the BRICS bloc.
Niger: mediation by Algeria’s number two diplomat, opposed to any intervention/in /by
Hostile to any armed intervention in Niger, Algeria is continuing its mediation efforts with the dispatch Thursday to this country of the number two of its diplomats, Lounès Magramane, who called for favoring "negotiation", according to Nigerien national radio.
Belgian-Ghanaian Jeremy Doku signs for Manchester City/in /by
"I think the way I dribble. My speed. Those are things that I can add to the group. Of course, the group is already a top group with a lot of top players, but I think that I can add that to the group. And yes, my dribbling skills, my speed and my creativity, those are the things that I can add."
Libya: Islamic State leader captured – government/in /by
A leader of the jihadist group Islamic State (EI), the "planner and sponsor" of three deadly attacks in 2018 in the capital Tripoli, has been captured, the head of Libya's Government of National Unity announced on Thursday evening.
TikTok agrees to have its content moderated in Kenya, assures President Ruto/in /by
"In a virtual meeting with President Ruto on Thursday morning, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew committed to ensuring that content is moderated to meet community standards,"
Nigeriens react to news of death of Wagner chief/in /by
The head of private military contractor group Yevgeny Prigozhin and some of his top lieutenants were presumed dead in a plane crash on Wednesday. In Niger, junta supporters have been calling for the deployment of the Russian group to aid the country's military
Fati Niang, the chef who is decolonizing Senegalese street food/in /by
Niébé is an essential ingredient in Senegalese street food. Branded as ‘food for the poor’ by the colonists, the cowpea has long been neglected by African countries. But chef Fati Niang is determined to give niébé a comeback as a popular legume used to flavor fancy finger food recipes like accras.
Zimbabwe: Opposition vows to track and monitor as vote count begins/in /by
“Then in terms of the election results, I think what we can say for now is that we are monitoring the situation. We've learned a lot from the past and we will be responding accordingly at the appropriate time. But what we want to assure the people of Zimbabwe is that we are not going to let ZANU PF
Amid questions, Russia President Vladimir Putin speaks on death of Wagner boss/in /by
"I have known Prigozhin (ed. Yevgeny Prigozhin) for a very long time, since the early 1990s. He was a man of complicated fate, and he made serious mistakes in life, but he achieved the right results, both for himself and, when I asked him about it, for the common cause, as in these last months."