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Residents of the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa say they hope Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government can ensure peace and economic stability after the incumbent’s party won a landslide victory. The election result grants Abiy a five-year term despite a brutal war raging in the country’s northern region of Tigray. Abiy hailed the outcome of what he described as a “historic”… Read More

Last updated: 8 hours ago Once a month, a bucolic corner of New York’s Central Park becomes an impromptu battlefield as combatants in full medieval armor vie before picnickers and passersby, in a demonstration of brute strength and swordsmanship. Two teams of knights, the Gladiators NYC and the Northern Hoard, compete against each other: to win a round, each team… Read More

Last updated: 7 hours ago Anti-Taliban militia deploy in the western Afghan city of Herat after veteran warlord and former mujahideen Ismail Khan, whose fighters helped US forces topple the Taliban in 2001, vowed to take up arms again as the insurgents closed in on the stronghold. Afghan authorities prepared Saturday to try to retake a key border crossing seized… Read More

Last updated: 36 minutes ago Argentines celebrate outside the Maracana Stadium after their national football team beat hosts Brazil 1-0 in the final of the Copa America. “I’m happy like never before in my life,” says one Argentina supporter. The victory at Rio de Janeiro’s Maracana stadium ended Argentina’s 28-year wait for a major trophy, and also ended Brazil’s unbeaten… Read More

Last updated: 24 minutes ago Firefighters were struggling to contain an exploding Northern California wildfire under blazing temperatures as another heat wave hits the U.S. West this weekend. The Beckwourth Complex headed into Saturday showing no sign of slowing its rush northeast from the Sierra Nevada. It’s tearing through bone-dry timber and prompted Nevada authorities on Friday to evacuate a… Read More

‘Lingui, The Sacred Bonds.’ The film brought to the big screen by Chadian writer-director Mahamet-Saleh Haroun is making waves at the Cannes Film Festival — where it is competing for positive critiques within its screening. The project which explores the journey of Amina — a single mother outcast by a patriarchal society for being unwed, pays tribute to the marginalised… Read More

Barren and desolate. The streets of the Tunisian tourist landmark of Sidi Bou Said following the total lockdown imposed by authorities on six regions. The sanitary precautions come in light of the North African country’s highest daily rate of new COVID 19 infections ever recorded since the onset of the pandemic. On June 30, the rate of positivity exceeded 35%:… Read More

A warm welcome Saturday in Daoukro Cote d’Ivoire for former president Laurent Gbagbo at the highly anticipated fraternal reunion with predecessor and former rival turned ally Henri Konan Bédié. A key step towards healing the country’s long-running political crisis. The two former heads of state gave each other a warm embrace before walking hand in hand for a few dozen… Read More

A new five-year term for Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as per results Saturday of a landslide victory in a landmark and twice delayed parliamentary vote where the country’s ruling Prosperity Party won 410 seats out of 436. The figures showed opposition parties and independent candidates won a small number of seats. The results were relayed by the National Election… Read More

On Friday in Damishi, Nigeria, dozens of members of the Baptist community came out to comfort and support the families of the over 120 students kidnapped by a group of gunmen Monday from the Bethel Baptist High School in Kaduna. This attack where armed men stormed the school — shooting sporadically as they kidnapped 121 students and leaving two security… Read More