Paris Saint-Germain hopes to win first UEFA Champions League title
The French team trained on Wednesday ahead of their UEFA Champions League clash against Inter Milan on 31 May.Sourced from Africanews
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England to launch world-first Gonorrhoea vaccination programme
Cases of gonorrhoea hit over 85,000 in 2023, the highest since records began in 1918, prompting concerns about strains that no longer respond to standard treatments.Sourced from Africanews
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Ramaphosa aims to salvage relationship with Trump in White House visit
U.S. President Donald Trump will host South Africa’s leader at the White House on Wednesday for a meeting that might be tense after Trump accused the country’s government of allowing a “genocide” to take place against minority white farmers.Sourced from Africanews
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Accra city authorities renew battle against roadside trading
In what officials are calling a renewed battle to reclaim the capital city, the Accra Metropolitan Assembly and the Korle Klottey Municipal Assembly have launched a joint decongestion exercise to clear unauthorised traders and structures choking the city’s roads, pavements, and walkways.Sourced from Africanews
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‘Silence is complicity,’ warns activist who fled DPR Korea
When human rights activist Eunju Kim was 11, her mother and older sister left, telling her they were going in search of food. For six days and six nights, Ms. Kim counted from one to 100 over and over again, desperate for their return. Source UN News
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London court sentences Egyptian man for smuggling people to Italy
Ahmed Ebid, who arrived in the U.K. in October 2022 after crossing the English Channel in a small boat, pleaded guilty at Southwark Crown Court to conspiracy to assist unlawful immigrationSourced from Africanews
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Reporters in Gaza bear witness and suffer tragic consequences
“After losing my leg in the war, I returned to photojournalism not just for work, but because I have loved photography since childhood,” said Palestinian reporter Sami Shahada. Source UN News
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Tanzania opposition leader Tundu Lissu to be remanded for 14 more days
The embattled Tanzanian main opposition leader, Tundu Lissu, will remain in remand for 14 more days pending further investigations.Sourced from Africanews
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Congo’s coltan miners dig for world’s tech amid struggles
Nestled in the green hills of Masisi territory in Congo, the artisanal Rubaya mining site hums with the sound of generators, as hundreds of men labor by hand to extract coltan, a key mineral crucial for producing modern electronics and defense technology — and fiercely sought after worldwide.Sourced from Africanews
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World News in Brief: Terror-crime link alarm, child detention in Australia, judiciary in Maldives, Protection of Civilians Week
The head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), called on Monday for renewed global commitment to combating emerging criminal threats and strengthening justice systems worldwide. Source UN News
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