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South Sudan: women learn to rebuild lives after sexual violence/in /by
Rape and sexual violence were a common weapon in the civil war that ravaged South Sudan. UN programmes are helping some of the survivors overcome the trauma and rebuild their lives.
New York research centre celebrates 100 years of documenting Black culture/in /by
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture's first collection was started in 1925, and today, it is among the oldest and largest collections of materials documenting the history and culture of people of African descent in the United States.
In this Moroccan crocodile park, children learn about the environment/in /by
The Crocopark on the outskirts of Agadir is home to crocodiles, turtles and other reptiles. Here, children and adult visitors alike can learn about the human impact of nature.
Iran and Israel exchange more missiles in retaliatory attacks/in /by
A Tel Aviv neighbourhood, nuclear sites in Iran and the Defence Ministry headquarters in Teheran: these were just some of the targets that Israeli and Iranian missiles aimed at in the night and early hours on Sunday.
Protesters gather in Ivory Coast, demand Thiam’s return on electoral list/in /by
Ivory Coast witnessed several thousand protesters descend in the streets in Abidjan on Saturday to demand the opposition candidate Tijane Thiam be reinstated on the electoral lists. Thiam is currently barred from running in the presidential elections set for October.
Fourth edition of China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo opens in Changsha/in /by
The event sees nearly 4,700 Chinese and African companies as well as over 30,000 participants come together over the course of four days.
Haiti sees first domestic flight in seven months take off from Port-au-Prince/in /by
No planes departed for domestic destinations for seven months from Haiti's Toussaint Louverture airport after it was attacked by gangs. But on Thursday, the first flight took off for Cap-Haitien in the north of the country, marking a rare success in Haiti’s struggle against armed gangs.
Egypt and Germany FMs call for “de-escalation” in Iran-Israel crisis/in /by
Germany's new Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul stopped in Egypt on the first leg of his regional tour on Friday. During a joint press conference, the Foreign Ministers of both countries expressed their concern over the mutual missile attacks between Israel and Iran on the same day.
Iran retaliates with more missile strikes after Israeli attack/in /by
More Iranian missiles shot towards Israeli territory late on Friday and early on Saturday morning in a tit-for-tat exchange following an Israeli attack on Iran on Friday. Israel said on Saturday morning that it would continue its attacks on Iranian targets.
Lungu funeral row continues as family says President Hichilema not welcome/in /by
The row over the funeral of former Zambian president Edgar Lungu shows no sign of letting up after his family announced on Friday that Lungu had left instructions that the current president, Hakainde Hichilema, should not be allowed “anywhere near his body.”