DRC: soldier shoots his family and kills at least 14/in /by
A Congolese army soldier killed at least 14 people, including at least 10 children, with firearms on Saturday in Ituri, in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, we learned on Sunday from concordant sources.
DRC agrees to free detained Rwandan soldiers/in /by
A mission of the African Union (AU) is in Burkina Faso led by a regime resulting from a coup d'etat, to assess the situation of a country undermined by jihadist violence and suspended from the pan-African organization, noted Sunday an AFP journalist.
At least 33 dead in Cameroon building collapse/in /by
On Monday morning, emergency crews were still working in search of survivors. Rescue workers assisted by a digger sifted through the steel and concrete rubble for signs of life
Central African Republic: last week of campaigning ahead of referendum/in /by
Ahead of voting on July 30, the Central African Republic is entering its last week of campaigning for a referendum on a new draft constitution.
Champion boxer Oscar De La Hoya tells all in two-part documentary/in /by
Oscar De La Hoya's journey to becoming a multi-world title-winning fighter is the subject of a two-part HBO Original documentary. Part one of the “The Golden Boy” debuts July 24th on HBO, followed by part two on July 25th. Both episodes will be available to stream on Max beginning July 24.
Elon Musk reveals new black and white X logo to replace Twitter’s blue bird/in /by
Elon Musk has unveiled a new black and white "X" logo to replace Twitter's famous blue bird as he follows through with a major rebranding of the social media platform he bought for $44 billion last year.
Central Nigeria: 80,000 displaced after intercommunal violence/in /by
At least 80,000 people have been displaced over the past three months in central Nigeria, the scene of bloody intercommunal violence to which the army has sent reinforcements, a local official has said.
War in Sudan: residents appeal for donations to survive/in /by
A "technical" plane crash left nine people dead on Sunday evening in Sudan, where residents are appealing for donations of food to survive in the East African country that has been ravaged for more than three months by a bloody war between the army and paramilitaries.
Plane crash kills nine in Sudan/in /by
Nine people, including four soldiers, were killed Sunday evening when a civilian plane crashed at Port Sudan's airport, in the east of the country. The army said the crash of the Antonov plane was due to “technical” reasons, adding that a child had survived.
Brazil’s most iconic monument lit up by Climate Clock/in /by
Rio de Janeiro's Christ the Redeemer statue was illuminated on Saturday to project the Climate Clock, showing how little time the world has left to slow global warming sufficiently to avert disaster.