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Pics of the day: June 23, 2023/in /by
Africanews samples the best pictures of the day’s news.
Rolls-Royce Sets Up in East Africa/in /by

Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc is opening its first office in East Africa drawn by increased demand for engines to generate electricity from renewable sources and to power locomotives and ships.

Nigeria: displaced person camps under pressure/in /by
After authorities in northeast Nigeria closed a dozen camps for people displaced by the region's jihadist conflict, the other camps are increasingly overwhelmed.
Somalis search for love online, but don’t call it dating/in /by
The makers of Guurdoon, the first app for singles in Somalia, are hoping to help their fellow citizens find love in a nation with no shortage of challenges.
South Africa: Some thirty illegal miners found dead/in /by
Some thirty suspected illegal miners were found dead at the bottom of a disused mine in South Africa, a month after a probable accident, in the small gold-mining town of Welkom, 250 km south of Johannesburg, the government said on Friday.
UN appeals for aid for “traumatised” Somalis who are hungry/in /by
The head of the World Food Program (WFP) on Thursday called on the international community to come to the aid of "traumatised and hungry" Somalis, as food insecurity "soars" again in the country hit by armed conflict and drought.
“Russia is a destabilising power in Africa,” says Emmanuel Macron/in /by
On Friday, Emmanuel Macron accused Russia of being "a power destabilising Africa", in an interview with franceinfo/RFI/France 24 on the fringes of the Paris summit, with the Kremlin assuring that it was developing "constructive relations" with Russia.
Isabel Dos Santos convicted of embezzlement, according to Dutch court/in /by
Isabel dos Santos, the daughter of the late former Angolan president, embezzled 52 million euros from Angola's national oil company, according to a Dutch court.
Morocco: the Gnaoua festival ” upholds the values of humanity “./in /by
A spiritual music originally performed by descendants of slaves in the Maghreb, it has been inscribed on Unesco's list of intangible heritage in 2019.
San Antonio Spurs select Victor Wembanyama first overall/in /by
France's Victor Wembanyama was chosen with the top pick in the NBA Draft by the San Antonio Spurs on Thursday, sparking wild celebrations as the Texas club reveled in landing the gifted teenager seen as a once-in-a-generation talent.