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Last updated: 26 minutes ago Millions hunkered down as Storm Eunice pummelled Britain with record-breaking winds on Friday, leaving the streets of London eerily empty and disrupting flights, trains and ferries across Western Europe. The UK capital was placed under its first ever “red” weather warning, meaning there is “danger to life”. The same level of alert was in place… Read More

Last updated: 26 minutes ago Despite warnings to stay indoors, some people in Brighton brave the beach as Storm Eunice hits, with some of them seeming to quite enjoy the experience. Britain’s Met Office has issued a rare “red” warning for the south of England. Environment Agency official Roy Stokes warned weather watchers and amateur photographers against heading to Britain’s… Read More

On Thursday, large crowds gathered in Tripoli to mark the 11th anniversary of the Libyan revolution. It was is in an easy going atmosphere with music that Libyans marked the 11th anniversary of the revolution. Inhabitants in Tripoli gathered in the Martyrs’ Square, on Thursday. Large crowds took part in the celebrations with high hopes and aspirations for their country,… Read More

Finalists from Benin, South Africa and Ethiopia arrived in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo for the forthcoming African School Champions Cup on Thursday. The tournament is being played from February 19-20 with schools’ teams from six countries and is one of many initiatives designed to help increase global competitiveness, one of the eleven pillars of FIFA President Gianni Infantino’s Vision… Read More

Politicians in Mali have begun to give their reactions to news of the decision of France to withdraw its troops from the West African nation over a breakdown in relations with the country’s ruling junta, after nearly 10 years of fighting a jihadist insurgency that still poses a major threat. The deployment has been fraught with problems for France —… Read More

Belgian prime minister Alexander De Croo has submitted a complete inventory of Congolese works of art and artefacts which potentially could be returned to the former African colony. The list was submitted this Thursday during a visit by DRC’s prime minister. “I’m not really going to take this as repairing wounds, but I want to take it as a very… Read More

Nationals of the DRC, Ethiopia and the Comoros living in Belgium and coming from other European countries all had the same objective this Thursday, a few meters from the European Council in Brussels- They staged a protest to denounce the political and social situation in their countries. The Congolese were the first to make themselves heard in front of mobilized… Read More

The shell crashed through Aicha Nur’s flimsy hut just as she was serving a lunch of bread and milk to her nine-year-old son Tahir. His slim body quickly became engulfed in flames. She grabbed Tahir and another son before fleeing on foot to safety, dodging an artillery assault allegedly carried out by Tigrayan rebels on her village in northern Ethiopia’s… Read More

Witwatersrand (Wits) University in Johannesburg is vaccinating students and staff on the campus ahead of the vaccine mandate starting on the 1st of March. Although the university’s management stresses the safety of the vaccine and the need for the vaccination mandate to secure the future of in-person learning, it has been met with hesitancy and reluctance by students. “We are… Read More

Africa’s relations with other respective regions across the world came under the limelight in the ongoing AU-EU summit in Brussels on Thursday. The President of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat reiterated the need for the African continent to strengthen its bond with the European Union for better economic progress. “Africa is developing a diversity of partnerships that do… Read More