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Congo: The app rendering humanitarian support/in /by
"The goal of this digital platform is to create a community that can help people who need help and also to make sure that those who need help can be the beneficiaries of some kind of help from someone of good will." Shekina Mabika SAMBA
Francis Ngannou signs deal with UFC rival PSL/in /by
Four months ago, Ngannou then a heavyweight belt holder, stormed out of the UFC, MMA's most powerful league, amid disagreements over his compensation and that of other fighters. With the PFL, Ngannou will, in an English boxing match in 2023, and will return to fight in MMA in 2024
Trial of South African murderer Thabo Bester adjourned to end of June/in /by
Thabo Bester was arrested in April 2023 by Tanzanian police along with Nandipha Magudumana, a celebrity doctor and social media influencer alleged to be involved
Singer The Weeknd wants to “kill” his stage name to “be reborn”/in /by
Days before hitting the Cannes Film Festival red carpet, global pop music superstar The Weeknd returns to his roots by reclaiming his real identity, Abel Tesfaye, and promising that he will eventually "kill " his stage name.
New UK law threatens South African taxidermists/in /by
The new UK law approved last March is sponsored by animal activists and bans the import of hunting trophies
Ghanaian influencer extradited to US in $2M romance scam targeting older Americans/in /by
The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) in a statement indicated she had been charged with several counts, including conspiracy to commit fraud and money laundering.
Over 210,000 displaced by flooding in central Somalia/in /by
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported the Horn of Africa nation to have "more than 460,000 people have been affected, including nearly 219,000 people who have been displaced", in early estimates
“Glimmer of hope” in African countries partially or fully abolishing death penalty- Amnesty/in /by
..Indeed, in authoritarian countries, there is a tendency to use the death penalty as a tool of terror on the population. That is, in some countries, the scope of the death penalty has been extended and protesters can be executed after being sentenced to death in totally unfair trials." Anne Denis
Italy lauds Tunisia’s efforts to curb illegal migration/in /by
Italian Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi praised Tunisia's efforts to curb the flow of migrants attempting to cross the sea to reach Italy
Tunisia’s opposition leader Ghannouchi sentenced to a year in prison/in /by
A Tunisian court on Monday (May 15) sentenced one of the main opponents of Tunisian President, to one year in prison on terrorism-related charges over comment he made during a eulogy in 2022. The main opposition coalition denounced a ruling showing "that arbitrariness had replaced the law."