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Last updated: 14 hours ago Believers celebrate Timkat, the Ethiopian Orthodox epiphany, in the city of Gondar in the war-torn Amhara region. This year’s festivities are stained with signs of the war’s toll: Gondar’s hospitals teem with wounded combatants, while families grieve their lost ones. More about Sourced from Africanews Read More

Soccer fans can now start registering to buy tickets for Qatar World Cup at prices from around $70, one-third cheaper than the tournament in Russia, The Associated Press has learned. Some people who spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity said the category-three tickets on international sale will be 250 Qatari riyals ($69), compared to $105 for the… Read More

The 53rd NAACP image awards are just around the corner. The list of nominees was unveiled on Tuesday. Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson, singer Megan Thee Stallion or Halle Berry are just three of a string of Black celebrities competing. The list of nominees for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People image awards was unveiled on Tuesday. With… Read More

Rapper Cardi B will cover burial costs for the victims of a deadly Bronx blaze that killed 17 people earlier this month, the city said Wednesday. Many of the victims had ties to Gambia, and families of several of the victims planned to bury them in their West African homeland. “The Grammy Award-winning artist has committed to paying costs, including… Read More

DRC’s Former President Joseph Kabila will not appear in court hearing in the trial of the assassination of Floribert Chebeya and Fidèle Bazana. On Wednesday, the Kinshasa-Gombe High military court rejected the request to hear former President Kabila. Lawyers of late human rights defender Floribert Chebeya and his driver Fidèle Bazana hoped to hear him. Eleven years after the disappearance… Read More

Ethiopian orthodox Christians celebrated Epiphany locally known as Timkat, on Wednesday. Crowds gathered in Gondar, a former seat of the royal empire in Ethiopia’s Amhara region. But this year,in the conflict-torn region, many were not in a party mood. Thousands made the trip to Gondar for the religious festival of Timkat. If the feast day commemorating Jesus’ baptism is a… Read More

“We firmly believe that we have the right man in place, a coach who is very experienced, a coach who knows our country, a coach who knows our mentality which is very very crucial and a coach who has the respect of our players.” This was the president of the Ghana football Association, Kurt Edwin Simeon-Okraku in September last year… Read More

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has opened a new vaccine manufacturing facility that he says will boost the country’s capacity to produce its own vaccines for diseases including COVID-19. The factory located in Cape Town was also launched by Patrick Soon-Shiong, the South African-born founder of NantWorks, a multinational biotechnology firm based in the United States that has invested about… Read More

Military authorities in Eastern Congo have arrested two men in connection with the murder of the Italian ambassador in February 2021. The police however added that the main suspect is still at large. The commissioner for the North Kivu province accused rebels of killing Ambassador Luca Attanasio in a botched kidnap for ransom attempt. The kidnappers were allegedly seeking more… Read More

Comorians took to the streets of Moroni to celebrate the win over Ghina’s “Black Stars” in the Africa Cup of Nations. The team representing the tiny island nation off the south-east coast of Africa, beat Ghana in a 3-2 victory, eliminating the four-time African champions from the competition. Comoros finished third in their group and must wait until Thursday to… Read More