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Last updated: 1 hour ago Posting videos of wild boars on social media has become something of a hobby, with exasperated citizens of the city capturing the creatures as they parade past their stores and through the streets of their neighborhoods. Rome’s overflowing garbage cans have been a magnet for families of wild boars who emerge from the vast parks… Read More

Rwandan President Paul Kagame visited the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado to reaffirm the importance of collaboration between the two countries. Kagame met with President Nyusi and reaffirmed that the conflict in northeastern Mozambique against armed jihadist groups, marked by some successes of joint Mozambican and Rwandan forces, is in a “consolidation phase “I don’t see any insurmountable problem… Read More

Last updated: 3 hours ago People in the Afghan capital Kabul were enjoying themselves at an amusement park on Friday evening, after the Taliban seized power. A Taliban officer said the new government had significantly reduced crime and vowed to keep citizens safe. In one part of town, people thronged the streets as dozens waited for free bread at the… Read More

Thousands of people gathered in Libya’s capital Tripoli on Friday to protest a parliamentary no-confidence vote against the unity government earlier this week, three months ahead of planned elections. Protesters gathered in Martyrs’ Square with Libyan flags and placards reading “parliament doesn’t represent me” and “the people want parliament to fall” as well as slogans against divisions in the North… Read More

Khalifa Haftar, who Wednesday cleared the way to a presidential run, has spent much of the last decade leading military campaigns in Libya but today seeks power through the ballot box after a humiliating rout last year at the gates of Tripoli. With white hair contrasting with his dark moustache and eyebrows, the 77-year-old field marshal has been a controversial… Read More

Last updated: 23/09 – 15:54 Located on Bluewaters Island, Ain Dubai Ferris wheel is the world’s largest with each glass-enclosed capsule rising up to 250 meters in the air and offering 360-degree panoramas of the Dubai skyline. The wheel that will be open to the public on 21st October, consists of 48 capsules that can accommodate 1,750 visitors and each… Read More

Thousands of people demonstrated in Mali’s capital on Wednesday, according to AFP journalists, backing the nation’s military rulers and protesting perceived foreign meddling in the Sahel state. The protest comes as military strongman Colonel Assimi Goita faces growing pressure from European powers to renounce a possible deal with Russian private-security firm Wagner. Former colonial power France — which has thousands… Read More

The 2025 world road cycling championships will be held in Rwanda, a first in Africa, the Rwandan cycling federation announced Thursday. The International Cycling Union (UCI) congress, which is being held Friday in Leuven (Belgium), must ratify the decision before it becomes official, the international federation said. Two applications, Rwanda (Kigali) and Morocco (Tangier), were in the running for these… Read More

Mali’s National Transitional Council passed a bill Thursday to create a War College. The CNT, which acts as a legislative assembly during the transition period, voted to create the school to strengthen the country’s national security arsenal, iand in particular by training future Malian army officers. The EGM, Mali War College, will “provide high-level training for senior officers of the… Read More

The World Health Organization’s Africa regional body says the current wave of COVID-19 on the continent is easing off, but warned that the “fight is far from over”. WHO Africa’s director for communicable disease response Dr. Benido Impouma said that a fourth wave spreading throughout the continent during the festive season could be the “most brutal yet”. The WHO is… Read More