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Vibrant, diverse, and plentiful are a few words that describe the UAE’s culture and art scene, which also serves as a hub for regional creatives stemming from the Middle East and North Africa to share their work, before the pandemic. To maintain this active community during the COVID-19 pandemic, the country supported residing artists across 25 fields of innovation in… Read More

Mali’s interim legislature has elected Colonel Malick Diaw as its president. Diaw is a member of the military junta that toppled president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita in August. The 121-seat body known as the National Transition Council on Saturday elected Diaw after meeting for its inaugural session in the capital Bamako. Colonel Malick Diaw was elected president unopposed with with 111… Read More

Eight people were killed by unidentified gunmen in a shootout Friday night in a working-class neighbourhood of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the governor of North Kivu said. “Two individuals arrived on a motorbike at a barber shop and killed two people, firing without warning. Then they stole some phones. They then fired indiscriminately on the population, resulting… Read More

The African Union (AU) has called on the leaders of the Democratic Republic of Congo to preserve “peace and stability” on the eve of an announced intervention by the president in the midst of a political crisis, a few days after a UN call for dialogue. Visiting Thursday and Friday in Kinshasa, the chairman of the AU Commission, Moussa Faki… Read More

It is with tears and many emotions that this mother and her children leave in this bus, a departure that will take them to the Central African Republic, their country of origin. In fact, there are 200 refugees who are being voluntarily repatriated by the UNHCR from the largest camp which shelters most of the Central African refugees located in… Read More

US President Donald Trump has ordered the removal of American soldiers from Somalia by early 2021. According to the Pentagon, nearly 700 US soldiers are currently deployed in Somalia. Their responsibility include conducting training with local forces — comprised of the elite Danab special forces — and assisting them in their fight against the al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab militant group in counterterrorism… Read More

Patrick Vieira has been sacked as head coach of Nice, the Ligue 1 club have announced. Vieira was informed of the decision following a board meeting in the wake of the club’s Europa League defeat to Bayer Leverkusen on Thursday, their fifth straight defeat. In a statement, Nice paid tribute to Vieira for putting “all his heart and professionalism at… Read More

Senegalese President Macky Sall on Friday heralded former international Papa Bouba Diop at a ceremony marking the reception of his coffin from France, where he died after an illness last week aged 42. Diop is best known in native West African country for scoring the winning goal against then defending champions France in the opening match of the 2002 World… Read More

The Pan-Africanist Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo The President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, is seeking a second term in the upcoming presidential election on Monday. Although often positively-viewed by many other Africans on the continent and abroad as a Pan-Africanist, his win is not guaranteed in his home country as he must succeed in convincing Ghanaians that he is still the… Read More

Uganda police say they regret recent altercation that lead to some of them firing live bullets that killed more than 50 people during the demonstration against the arrest of Robert Kyagulanyi, Bobi Wine. The director of Police in charge of operations, Mr Edward Ochom, said passed the apology noted that the firing of live bullets to disperse crowds was uncalled… Read More