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Last updated: 1 hour ago White shell and red eyes: this baby tortoise born in May in a tropical zoo located in Servion, western Switzerland, is the first albino Galapagos giant turtle ever observed in captivity or in the wild More about Sourced from Africanews Read More

Belgium’s King Philippe on Tuesday begins a historic visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo, in a region cruelly exploited by his ancestors, as tensions rise in the volatile east. The six-day trip, at the invitation of President Felix Tshisekedi, has strong symbolic significance, coming two years after Philippe expressed to the Congolese leader his “deepest regrets” for the “wounds”… Read More

Angola will hold general elections on August 24.  President João Lourenço announced the date before the Council of the Republic, a consultative body that met on Friday to vote on the head of state’s proposal. Even before the date of the ballot was revealed, electioneering had long gotten underway. But the leader of the opposition UNITA party, Adalberto da Costa… Read More

A cloud of dust covering the city surprised the residents on Dakar on Friday. Senegalese authorities warned of a “very poor air quality” in the city and the “high health risk”, especially for those suffering from respiratory diseases, children, and the elderly, and recommended people do not go out and avoid practicing sports and other activities outside. The density of… Read More

A first-in-the-nation task force in the U.S. state of California created to examine slavery and its impact on the black community released on Wednesday an almost 500-page report on the ongoing harms caused by slavery, political disenfranchisement, segregation and other racist and discriminatory practices. According to the report, even today, discriminatory laws and actions still cause harm to African Americans… Read More

Ethiopia’s Amhara region is experiencing government-led mass arrests and disappearances of activists, journalists and other perceived critics. More than 4,500 people have been arrested in the Amhara region as of May 23, according to officials, but some activists say the real figure could be much higher. They accuse Ethiopia’s government of targeting ethnic Amhara people it considers a threat to… Read More

Several hundred people marched through downtown Stockholm on Friday afternoon to protest against what they perceive as political inaction towards climate change. The protest was organized by Fridays for Future, first started in 2018 by Greta Thunberg as “school-strike for climate”, who also participated in the march. Protesters accused the participants of the currently ongoing Stockholm + 50 conference of… Read More

Two Senegalese opposition coalitions, which have joined forces in preparation for the legislative elections scheduled for July, said on Friday they intend to be the majority in the parliament against President Macky Sall’s ruling party and prevent him from running for a third term. First, to take control of the National Assembly, to repeal all the laws of the current… Read More

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his country won’t stop its resistance against Russia’s invasion. This week he said that enemy forces now control almost one-fifth of the country’s territory. But in his video message on Friday marking the war’s first 100 days, he made it clear Ukraine will not submit easily. “Our team is much larger,” said Zelenskyy in a… Read More

Last updated: 1 hour ago Mermaiding is the sport of using a monofin with a fabric tail, and learning how to ‘move like a mermaid’. The sport is a full body workout and has other health benefits, since “it’s for fun, it’s for fantasy, it’s therapy,” says mermaiding instructor, Izelle Nair. The sport is becoming increasingly popular with it’s own… Read More