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An Intimate Look at an International Golf Legend “Tiger” a two-part documentary series explores the rise and fall of international world champion pro-golfer Tiger Woods by way of the namesake best-selling book and the people who have known him intimately – detailing his life both in and out of the spotlight. Matthew Hamachek, the director of the project, shares a… Read More

Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi started his five-nation tour in Africa on Monday, which will take him to Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Botswana, Tanzania and Seychelles in line with the ministry’s 30-year diplomatic tradition of paying new year visits to Africa, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying at a press briefing. Chinese foreign ministers have chosen… Read More

The World Bank has called for rapid COVID-19 action, including a faster vaccination process, to limit the damage to global growth in 2021. In its Global Economic Prospects report, the World Bank forecast the global economy would expand 4% in 2021 after shrinking 4.3% in 2020, While 2020’s global economic activity was not as drastic as expected –due to a… Read More

As the incumbent Central African Republic President Faustin Archange Touadera is reelected in the tense December 27 vote and the continent reacts, Africanews correspondent Samuel Thierry Nzam is in the capital Bangui with the latest. “The provisional results were published last night around 8 PM local time by the national election authority,” he said. “The incumbent Faustin Archangel Tuadera led… Read More

In Zimbabwe, where girls as young as 10 are forced to marry due to poverty or traditional and religious practices, a teenage taekwondo enthusiast is using the sport to give girls in an impoverished community a fighting chance at life. “Not many people do taekwondo here, so it’s fascinating for the girls, both married and single. I use it to… Read More

Faustin Archange Touadera, whose re-election as Central African Republic president was announced on Monday, casts himself as a unifier and man of peace in one of the world’s most divided and turbulent countries. But each time he travels, Touadera is given a stark reminder of the scale of this challenge — he is escorted by a hefty guard of UN… Read More

A court in China has jailed 17 people for smuggling pangolin scales worth US$28 million from Nigeria to China. The creature is the world’s most trafficked mammal in the world and its scales are used for medical reasons in Asia despite there being no evidence they can cure ailments. The gang was convicted of importing 23 tonnes of scales between… Read More

A British judge on Monday blocked the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States over the publication of tens of thousands of leaked classified documents in 2010. This is a recap of Assange’s long-running battle to avoid trial in the US. – Bombshell leak – In one of the biggest leaks ever, Assange’s WikiLeaks whistleblowing website releases… Read More

Honouring the Lives Lost in Tragic Violence Three days of mourning in the Republic of Niger as announced Monday by the Interior Minister Mohamed Bazoum. In addition to the reinforcement of security in the border area with Mali. This comes two days after the reported deadliest jihadist attack in the Sahel nation that saw the murder of one hundred civilians… Read More

Speculation over the whereabouts of the Chinese billionaire and Alibaba founder Jack Ma, who has not been seen publically for two months, grew after he was not featured in the final episode of his Africa’s Business Heroes television show. The show, which took place in November, gives budding African entrepreneurs the chance to compete for US $1.5 million. Ma was… Read More