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The heads of state of Ethiopia, and Ghana paid tribute to the late British monarch Queen Elizabeth II on Sunday as they signed her book of condolences at Lancaster House in London. Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo said the queen had overseen the “dramatic transformation” of the Commonwealth into a global “force for good” during her 70-year reign Ethiopian President Sahle-Work… Read More

Tunisian opposition leaders will be questioned by the police Monday. The chief of the Islamist party Ennahdha Rachid Ghannouchi, shown here, and his and his right-hand man Ali Larayedh were summoned by the country’s anti-terrorism unit. According to party officials, quoted by Reuters, the Ennhada leaders are questioned for allegedly “sending jihadists to Syria”. Ghannouchi himself told the news agency… Read More

Last updated: 17 hours ago Two Argentinean couples became champions of the Tango World Cup on Saturday in Buenos Aires. Constanza Vieyto and Ricardo Astrada won first place in the stage tango category. Cynthia Palacios and Sebastián Bolivar, won in the salon tango category. Five hundred and sixty competing couples took part in the championship. In the final on Saturday,… Read More

Senegal President Macky Sall on Saturday named a new prime minister — a position he abolished in 2019 and reinstated last year — after July’s tense legislative elections. A presidential decree named Amadou Ba, a former foreign minister, as the new premier of the divided country, five days after the return of parliament which was marked by a series of… Read More

Last updated: 9 hours ago A strong earthquake shook much of Taiwan on Sunday, toppling a three-story building, trapping about 400 tourists on a mountainside and derailing part of a passenger train. No serious injuries were reported immediately. The 6.8-magnitude quake was the largest of dozens that have shaken the island’s southeast coast since Saturday night, when a 6.4 quake… Read More

Overlooking Cotonou, this 30-meter bronze statue of a historic female warrior known as the Amazon of Dahomey, was inaugurated a few weeks ago. It is here that the premiere of the film “The Woman King” took place on Saturday. The Hollywood production depicts the Beninese female warriors who fought against French colonial rule more than a century ago. “It is… Read More

Last updated: 2 hours ago In Egypt, volunteers build a “waste pyramid” on the Nile before COP27 Egyptian volunteers from the “Verynile” initiative board kayaks to catch bottles, cans and other plastic waste floating on the Nile. They then collect the waste in large blocks to form a pyramid, “a huge symbol” for the country, which will host the next… Read More

Last updated: 1 hour ago In a harbour in central Taiwan, many competitors took off from a three-storey high ramp in their homemade flying machines. Their goal was to fly as far as possible. The event, called “Flugtag”, is organised every year by the energy drink Red Bull. “Everyone dreams of flying,” says the pilot of this year’s winner’s flying… Read More

A service to remember Queen Elizabeth II was held in a church in the Kenyan town of Naromoru in Nyeri county on Saturday. Like many other former British colonies, Kenya has a complicated relationship with the monarchy. Those living there are conflicted. “We must celebrate her as a human being, mother and grandmother to her family but at the same… Read More

Mathias Pogba, 32, was indicted for extortion in organized gang and participation in a criminal association, said a judicial source. According to a source close to the investigation, he was placed under the more favorable status of witness for the facts of sequestration in the night of 19 to 20 March. He was placed in pre-trial detention. “We will challenge… Read More