France crowns seagull cry champion at quirky Dunkirk carnival/in /by
Dunkirk’s World Seagull Cry Championship sees feathered contestants screech on stage.
Streets of Ivrea explode with flying oranges in a three-day carnival revolt/in /by
In Ivrea, Italy’s Battle of the Oranges turns streets into a citrus battlefield, in three‑day carnival ritual.
African Union adopts resolution describing slavery and colonisation as crimes against humanity/in /by
African Union leaders meeting at at a two-day summit in Addis Ababa have adopted a resolution that describes slavery, deportation and colonialism as genocide and crimes against the people of Africa.
Nepal: Watch cannabis rituals unfold during Shivaratri in Kathmandu/in /by
Crowds thronged Kathmandu’s Pashupatinath Temple for Shivaratri, where worship, music and a rare legal tolerance of marijuana marked the festival.
South Africa starts extensive vaccine campagin against FMD in cattle/in /by
South Africa on Wednesday rolled out a 10‑year drive to vaccinate nearly 20 million cattle as a fast‑spreading foot‑and‑mouth outbreak hits herds and squeezes key export markets.
China to scrap tariffs for most of Africa from 1 May, says Xi Jinping/in /by
It's another hurdle lowered for more Chinese-African trade: Beijing announced on Saturday that it would scrap tariffs for imports from 53 African countries. Eswatini is the only one not on the list as it maintains diplomatic relations with Taiwan, whose sovereignty China challenges.
Kenyans mourn one of last Mau Mau rebellion leaders/in /by
Mourners attended the funeral of one of the last leaders of Kenya's Mau Mau resistance movement in Ngorika near the Aberdare mountains. Christopher Njora Muronyo died at the age of 106, still carrying three bullets in his body from his time as a rebel against the British in the 1950s.
Chad: French tourist’s death “a tragic accident” according to another traveller/in /by
A French tourist, identified as Paul Ferreri, who went missing in northeastern Chad after heading off to visit an oasis in the desert has been found dead "after a fall", Chad's tourism minister told AFP on Friday. His death was a "tragic accident" according to another French tourist.
USA: former president Obama reacts to racist depiction by Trump/in /by
Former US president Barack Obama has reacted to a racist AI-generated video depicting himself and his wife Michelle Obama as apes. The video was shared by current US president Donald Trump, who claimed that he had not seen the part of the video showing the Obamas.
Nigeria sees more armed attacks on three villages, dozens killed/in /by
Motorcycle-riding gunmen swept into three villages in Niger state in Nigeria, shooting dead or cutting the throats of at least 46 people, a humanitarian source told AFP on Saturday.