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Public figures and celebrities participated in the “kwita izina” ceremony, the gorilla-naming event that takes place every year in Rwanda. Speaking from the UK, Prince Charles was one of the public figures invited to name a baby gorilla. “The baby I will be naming is a male baby gorilla born on the 29th of April, 2022 from the Umuhoza family,… Read More

Mali’s coup leader and the leader of Burkina Faso’s military junta met on Saturday in Malian capital, Bamako to discuss bilateral cooperation. Colonel Assimi Goita welcomed visiting Burkinabe leader Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba. The visit coincided with the release of three Ivorian female soldiers, part of a group of 49 Ivorian military, detained in Mali since July. “Today we… Read More

Togolese authorities have announced on Saturday evening the release of three Ivorian female soldiers detained in Mali since July. The three soldiers were released on humanitarian grounds and are part of a group of 49 Ivorian soldiers detained in Bamako since July 10th. Togo has been mediating the crisis between Mali and Côte d’Ivoire. Discussions are now focused on the… Read More

At least 19 civilians were killed in an attack by radical Shebab Islamists on a road in central Somalia on Friday night. According to local officials and clan leaders, at least eight passenger minibuses and trucks travelling on a road between the towns of Beledweyne and Maxaas were intercepted, bundled and set on fire killing their passengers. The attackers are… Read More

Three Nigerian teenagers have developed an app they hope will help to tackle climate change. The team has created ‘EarthExp’ which combines information about environmental trends with social networking and games. Users create a city but need to consider how the environment might affect it as it develops. Fortune Somuadia is one of the developers and explained the thinking. behind… Read More

The huge ‘Rock in Rio’ festival is back in Rio de Janeiro after a three-year break due to the Covid-19 pandemic. It kicked off on Friday with heavy metal bands, Iron Maiden, Dream Theater and Sepultura. Other big names appearing will be Justin Bieber, Dua Lipa and Coldplay. Banker, Fernanda Fernandes, is among those excited to be attending.   “It’s a… Read More

Last updated: 5 hours ago Russians on Saturday bid farewell to former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who died earlier in the week at the age of 91. Mourners filed past his coffin in the Pillar Hall of the House of the Unions to pay their last respects. The iconic mansion near the Kremlin in Moscow has served as the venue… Read More

Last updated: 5 hours ago British Muslims attending Friday prayers at the East London Mosque in Whitechapel donate funds for Pakistan following record monsoon rains that have flooded over a third of the country, affecting more than 33 million people. Pakistan has received twice its usual monsoon rainfall, weather authorities say, but Balochistan and Sindh provinces have seen more than… Read More

Last updated: 39 minutes ago Members of the Society for Protection of Turtles (Spot) NGO gather at sunset in northern Cyprus’s Akdeniz turtle conservation beach to release around 300 newly-hatched Loggerhead (Caretta Caretta) and Green (Chelonia Mydas) turtles. Every year between the end of May and the beginning of August, Caretta Caretta and Chelonia Mydas turtles go on land by… Read More

Last updated: 39 minutes ago Pakistan appealed Saturday for help from the international community in responding to unprecedented flooding that has left at least 1,265 people dead. Federal Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal called for an “immense humanitarian response for 33 million people” affected by the devastating floods triggered by monsoon rains. The request came even as planes carried supplies to… Read More