Nigeria: China Film Festival opens in Lagos/in /by
The first China film festival kicked off in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial hub, on Monday.
Leaders kick off BRICS summit with Business Forum/in /by
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa, Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao and Russian delegations opened this year’s BRICS summit with the Business Forum on Tuesday.
Ramaphosa, Xi Jinping strengthen ties ahead of BRICS Summit/in /by
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping discussed improvements to their economic partnership and the conflict in Ukraine ahead of the BRICS summit starting Tuesday in Johannesburg.
Central African Republic’s top court confirms constitutional referendum results/in /by
The Constitutional Court therefore “validates the new constitution of July 30, 2023,” it said.
Central African Republic: Maxime Mokom denies any war crimes before the ICC/in /by
Prosecutors investigating war crimes will try from Tuesday to convince the judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to bring to justice a former Central African militia leader they accuse of attacks against Muslim civilians.
African Union suspends Niger due to military coup/in /by
The African Union suspended Niger, the scene of a coup d'état since July 26th, and told its members to avoid any action that might legitimize the junta.
Hunger has killed at least 500 children in war-torn Sudan/in /by
At least 498 children "and probably hundreds more" have died of starvation in four months of war in Sudan, the NGO Save the Children reported on Tuesday.
Nelson Chamisa, the ‘young’ pastor aiming for Zimbabwe poll upset/in /by
A lawyer and church pastor, Chamisa leads the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) -- the only party harbouring any real hope of unseating the ruling ZANU-PF, which has held an iron grip on power since independence in 1980.
Burkina Faso’s Zango secures gold medal at World Athletics Championships/in /by
Hugues-Fabrice Zango claimed his first world title in the triple jump with a mark of 17.64 m at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest on Monday.
Zimbabwe: Emmerson Mnangagwa, the president nicknamed ‘the crocodile’/in /by
This wednesday he would be hoping voters would choose him for another five term over Nelson Chamisa, the 45 year old pastor promising a new dawn if elected president.