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Last updated: 3 hours ago A sunburst over the overcast birthplace of the ancient Olympic Games in Greece was too short-lived to light the backup flame for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at Sunday’s dress rehearsal. It was the second blip of the day, after two protesters were detained on the Acropolis in Athens trying to raise a banner to… Read More

Last updated: 3 hours ago Models wearing only white body paint pose across a stark desert expanse in southern Israel, as part of the latest photography project of the American artist Spencer Tunick. The 54-year-old photographer visited Israel as a guest of the tourism ministry to portray for the third time the shrinking Dead Sea via nude subjects More about… Read More

Hundreds of pro-military Sudanese protesters rallied for a second day Sunday, aggravating what Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok called the “worst and most dangerous crisis” of the country’s precarious transition. The protesters rallying in Khartoum are demanding the dissolution of Sudan’s post-dictatorship interim government, saying it has “failed” them politically and economically. “The sit-in continues, we will not leave until the… Read More

Cameroon has launched what it calls an ‘Information tour’ on the CAN 2021 which it is scheduled to host in January 2022. CAN-2021, was initially scheduled from 9 January to 6 February in Cameroon, but was officially postponed to January 2022 due to the pandemic of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), The tour which will last 10 days was launched in… Read More

French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed the President of Guinea-Bissau, Umaro Sissoco Embalo, at the Elysee Palace, as Guinea-Bissau’s armed forces announce they had identified soldiers who were preparing a coup, to overthrow the constitutional order of the small West African country. “France will be at your side to pursue these efforts, but also to support your country’s economic development choices.… Read More

The leader of Western Sahara’s Polisario Front Brahim Ghali says that the independence-seeking Saharawi army will continue attacking Moroccan positions in the disputed northwestern African territory unless a United Nations-appointed envoy is given a clear mandate to deliver on a self-determination vote. At a rare news conference on Saturday, Brahim Ghali answered questions from local and foreign reporters in Rabbuni,… Read More

Last updated: 20 hours ago The Signal festival of light illuminates Prague’s historic centre. It features more than 20 installations by artists from across Europe, ranging from augmented reality to videomapping. The topic of this year’s edition is human coexistence with nature, battling the Covid-19 pandemic, and a healthier environment. The festival has resumed after last year’s pause caused by… Read More

Vaccinating against Ebola started on Saturday in Beni, after new cases and the risk of a new outbreak were registered in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo earlier this month. At least two people died due to the virus in October, only five months since the country declared an end to the last outbreak that killed six people in the region.… Read More

Twenty galleries from Africa are among 47 exhibitors at the ‘1-54’ art fair holding this weekend in London. The contemporary African art fair opens its doors at London’s Somerset House with a record number of galleries from Africa but it also showcases works from across Europe and North America according to organisers. Over the past seven years 1-54 has established… Read More

Last updated: 10 hours ago To mark its 20th anniversary, ScareHouse has brought back some of its favorite characters including the original ScareHouse bunny and Creepo the Clown. The haunted house attraction located in Tarentum, Pa., about 20 minutes outside of Pittsburgh, is open at Pittsburgh Mills shopping mall on select dates through Nov. 6 with COVID protocols in place.… Read More