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The U.S. announced on Friday its Secretary of State Anthony Blinken would travel to South Africa, the DRC and Rwanda between the 7th and 11th of August. This trip was notified just two days after Blinken’s Russian counterpart Serguei Lavrov completed his African tour in four countries, Egypt, Congo, Uganda and Ethiopia. It stands as an additional sign of the… Read More

Rubber sandals may be a common object in most countries but in Vietnam, they have a heritage value. Vietnamese began making them in the 1940s during the first Indochina War using tyres from French army trucks. Cheap to make and practical for wet weather, they later became a symbol of the communists’ fight against the US. “I wore rubber sandals when I… Read More

Last updated: 3 hours ago In between North American and Eurasian tectonic plates, Iceland’s Silfra fissure is one of the world’s most famous dive sites, popular with tourists who venture into its icy waters. Visibility underwater can exceed 100 metres (330 feet) and the spectacle of light and darkness is hypnotic. In the heart of Thingvellir National Park, on the… Read More

Last updated: 2 hours ago Timelapse images show the Milky Way galaxy glimmering in the night sky as it eerily lights up the town of al-Nayrab, in Syria’s northwestern Idlib region, on the frontline between regime forces and rebel fighters. More about Sourced from Africanews Read More

A villager was charged for involuntary fire in the northern Moroccan province of Larache, the region most affected by violent forest fires, a judicial source said “A resident of a village in Larache has been referred to the royal prosecutor and charged with involuntary fire,” she told AFP. “He will be tried in custody,” she added, stressing that the investigation… Read More

Beyonce released her highly anticipated album “Renaissance” Friday, July 29, 2022, sending the music world into joyful chaos. It’s her first release since the critically acclaimed “Lemonade.” “Six years ago Beyoncé released ‘Lemonade,’ which was a very raw, emotional album. And, you know, it was kind of fueled by betrayal and processing hurt. And, you know, obviously, it’s been a… Read More

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa said Friday that his ruling African National Congress party was at its “weakest”, after a historic loss in municipal polls last year. The party leader spoke as the continent’s most advanced economy faces a raft of socio-economic crises. Critics charge that the government lacks a national plan to tackle poverty, inequality and 34.5-percent unemployment worsened… Read More

In Algeria, the professional association of Banks and Financial Establishments (ABEF) announced on July 29 that it was lifting restrictions on banking operations for foreign trade with Spain. The President of the Algerian-Spanish Circle of Commerce and Industry welcomed this decision saying many Algerian companies had suffered from it, especially those which imported industrial and agri-food products. Direct debits for… Read More

Italian hydrocarbon giant ENI, France’s TotalEnergies, Britain’s BP, CABGOC, a subsidiary of U.S. Chevron, and Angola’s state-owned Sonangol have agreed to invest in a consortium to develop the Quiluma and Maboqueiro (Q&M) gas fields in Angola, which are expected to eventually produce 4 billion cubic meters per year by 2026. “Eni and its Partners in the New Gas Consortium (NGC),… Read More

A Kenyan court on Thursday ordered vice presidential candidate Rigathi Gachagua to refund about $1.7 million to the state. Court determined that the funds were proceeds of corruption. Gachagua’s lawyers had argued that the funds were payment for the supply of goods and services to the government but High Court Judge Esther Maina ruled that there was no evidence to… Read More