USA: New Orleans kicks off Carnival season with parades and more security/in /by
New Orleans kicked off the Carnival season on Tuesday with parades for Twelfth Night, featuring police motorcycles, marching bands, and colourful floats.
Algeria, Côte d’Ivoire cap AFCON quarterfinal lineup [Football Now]/in /by
The Africa Cup of Nations quarterfinal lineup was finalized Tuesday with Algeria and defending champion Ivory Coast booking the last places
Ethiopians gather for Orthodox Christmas Eve candlelight ceremony/in /by
Thousands gathered for Ethiopia's Orthodox Christmas Eve in Addis Ababa, marking the end of a 43-day fast with prayers, hymns, and midnight Mass.
Venezuelan migrants in Peru sell T shirts of captured President Maduro/in /by
Peruvian street sellers Kely Peraza and Jeanelys Torres use AI to create T-shirts depicting President Maduro, helping Venezuelan migrants stay connected to home.
South Africa’s informal miners fight for their future in coal’s twilight/in /by
Thousands of informal miners are working every day beneath South Africa’s coal heartland, but they worry that the government-led transition to green energy might leave them behind.
Algeria reach AFCON quarterfinal after dramatic win over DRC/in /by
Algerian supporters held their breath for almost two hours until winger Adil Boulbina scored the goal that sealed their fate and sent Congo out of the tournament at the 119th minute.
Tunisia frees NGO worker Sherifa Riahi after 20 months/in /by
After more than 20 months in detention, Sherifa Riahi has been reunited with her family following her release from prison in Tunisia. The former director of the French NGO Terre d’Asile, along with two colleagues, was freed on Tuesday.
Ramaphosa urges UN action after US capture of Venezuela’s President Maduro/in /by
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed deep concern over recent US military action in Venezuela, calling for the immediate release of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife.
Somalia condemns Israeli Foreign Minister’s visit to Hargeisa as “serious violation”/in /by
The Somali Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation on Monday condemned, “in the strongest terms,” the unauthorized incursion of the Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs into Hargeisa, describing the visit as a “serious violation” of Somalia’s territorial sovereignty.
Israeli foreign minister visits Somaliland after contentious recognition of breakaway territory/in /by
The Israeli foreign minister said Tuesday that Israel would soon open an embassy in Somaliland as he made the first visit there since his government's contentious move to formally recognize the breakaway Somali territory as a sovereign state.