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Last updated: 57 minutes ago Shocked and grieving Russians gathered outside a university in the city of Perm on Tuesday after a student went on a campus shooting spree, killing six people and wounding dozens. On Monday morning a university student wearing black tactical gear and a helmet roamed through the densely populated campus wielding a hunting rifle and shooting… Read More

Cheick Ahmed Al-Hassan Sanou, known as Iron Biby, was welcomed this Monday, September 20 at the international airport of Ouagadougou as a national champion, in a real popular fervor. Members of the National Union of Stallion supporters (UNSE) and many other fans of the strongest man in the world, wearing T-shirts with words of recognition for his achievements, have made… Read More

The third edition of the 2021 Afro-Colombian festival “QUIBDO Africa Film Festival” took place Sunday in Pointe Noire, which is the economic capital of the Republic of Congo. The event intended to exhibit the cultural practices especially among Africans who traversed America centuries ago including Quibdo in Colombia, a city that has over 87 percent of Afro-descendants. “The relationship that… Read More

Tunisian President Kais Saied announced on Monday that he would appoint a new head of government, while keeping in place the emergency measures he had decreed on July 25 to assume full powers. “These exceptional measures will continue and a head of government will be appointed but on the basis of transitional provisions responding to the will of the people,”… Read More

Paul Rusesabagina, the “Hotel Rwanda” hero who became a fiercely outspoken government critic, was sentenced Monday to 25 years in prison on terrorism charges after what his supporters labelled a politically motivated show trial. He was convicted by a high court in Kigali of forming a rebel group blamed for deadly gun, grenade and arson attacks in Rwanda in 2018… Read More

Last updated: 5 hours ago A land artist in northern Italy has created a giant image of Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky to mark the 100 year anniversary of his birth. Using an old tractor, land-artist Dario Gambarin created his latest work of art in his field in Castagnaro, near Verona. “Beauty will save us,” a quote from Prince Myshkin in… Read More

French Defence Minister Florence Parly met her counterpart in Mali on Monday, amid rising tensions with the war-torn Sahel state over reports it plans to hire Russian mercenaries. Former colonial power France last week warned Bamako against signing a deal with private-security firm Wagner, after claims that Mali’s army-dominated government is close to hiring 1,000 paramilitaries. “We had a frank,… Read More

French President Emmanuel Macron apologised on Monday to Algerians who fought alongside French colonial forces in Algeria’s war for independence, and were then massacred and ostracised as traitors. In a solemn ceremony interrupted by the cries of one fighter’s daughter, Macron also promised a law guaranteeing reparations for the contingent known as the harkis. The distraught woman, who said she… Read More

Last updated: 12 minutes ago The almost 150-year-old Viareggio Carnival is one of Italy’s most popular carnivals, famous for its giant allegorical and satirical floats that depict societal issues. For the first time in history, the 2021 edition (that was to be held in February) was postponed due to COVID-19. This year the COVID pandemic is one of the central… Read More

Niger hosted last Saturday its major Sahara camel race. Twenty five camels took part in two laps of five kilometres at the Ingall camel race, in the north of Niger. This was is a flagship event of the “Salt Cure” festival, a great celebration of Saharan pastoralism trapped in the jihadist conflict in the region The race is considered one… Read More