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Kenya’s Albert Korir won the men’s title and compatriot Peres Jepchirchir captured the women’s crown at the 50th New York Marathon on Sunday with surges over the final miles. About 30,000 runners competed in the 26.2-mile run through the “Big Apple” after last year’s race was wiped out by the Covid-19 pandemic. Korir was the 2019 runner-up, finishing 23 seconds… Read More

Candidates for Libya’s presidential and legislative elections slated for December 24 can start registering from Monday, the electoral commission said. “This is the real start of the electoral process,” aimed at turning the page on a decade of violence in the North African country, the head of the commission Imad al-Sayeh told reporters on Sunday. “Candidate registration for the presidential… Read More

An extraordinary summit of Heads of State of the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) opened this Sunday, November 7, in Accra, Ghana, “devoted to the examination of political developments in the Republic of Guinea and the Republic of Mali,” Ecowas said in a statement. “During this extraordinary summit, the Heads of State will take stock of the situation… Read More

Ivory Coast held its 15th edition of the Afrik Fashion Show on Saturday, November 6 to showcase various new and upcoming talents all over the country. ‘Made in Ivory Coast’ fashion show in the capital Abidjan brought together 15 designers to promote materials made locally. “Tonight we had very beautiful collections, we had 15 designers who showed us their knowledge.… Read More

Last updated: 4 hours ago Thousands of people flooded the hometown of late Brazilian country music star Marilia Mendonca Saturday, paying an emotional tribute to the beloved songstress of sorrow and strong women after she was killed in a plane crash at age 26. Mendonca, a Latin Grammy-winning superstar of Brazilian “sertanejo” music, died with four other people Friday when… Read More

Last updated: 4 hours ago Joyful crowds pelted each other with fistfuls of cow manure this weekend as part of one village’s local ritual to mark the end of Diwali, India’s most important Hindu festival. Similar to Spain’s “La Tomatina” — the eccentric tomato-hurling celebration of the local fruit — residents of Gumatapura instead fling snowball-sized wads of a more… Read More

Last updated: 1 hour ago South Korea’s pavilion at Dubai’s Expo 2020 is hosting the traditional children’s games popularized by the Netflix most viewed series “Squid Game” – but without the deadly consequences. Participants each day get the chance to play “Dalgona,” a game where they try to cut out different shapes from a hard candy. Winners – and even… Read More

Last updated: 51 minutes ago Iran’s military began its annual war games in a coastal area of the Gulf of Oman, state TV reported Sunday, less than a month before upcoming nuclear talks with the West. The report said navy and air force units as well as ground forces were participating in a more than 1 million square-kilometer (386,100 square-mile)… Read More

A coalition of political parties sat in Bamako Saturday to demand the country’s junta organize elections next year. Mali’s army rulers have been accused of dragging their feet on the transition calendar, which prescribes a return to civilian rule by February 2022. “We, the political parties and groupings of political parties of the framework for a successful transition in Mali,… Read More

Tens of thousands of Ethiopians vowed to defend the capital from advancing rebels during a pro-military rally on Sunday where attendees dismissed diplomatic efforts to end the year-long war. The rally in central Addis Ababa was the latest attempt to shore up public support for the conflict against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) and allied groups. It came five… Read More