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The streets of Congo’s capital, Kinshasa, appeared calm on Sunday after the army announced it had foiled a coup attempt earlier in the day. Dozens of gunmen stormed the president’s office, calling for his ouster. The army spokesperson, General Slyvain Ekenge, confirmed the arrest of the coup planners. Africanews correspondent Chris Ocamringa reports from Kinshasa that the coup attempt took… Read More

Lawyers in Tunisia took to the streets on Thursday, May 16 to protest a string of recent arrests that have convulsed the country over the past week and provoked international outcry. The demonstration in the North African country’s capital came days after two lawyers were arrested — one brusquely extracted from the bar association headquarters and the other needing to… Read More

As soaring violence and political turmoil grip neighbouring Haiti, the Dominican Republic will hold elections on Sunday that have been defined by calls for more crackdowns on migrants and finishing a border wall dividing the countries. Politics in the two Caribbean nations sharing the island of Hispaniola have long been intertwined. Haiti’s spiral into chaos in recent years has coincided… Read More

Six women redefining what is possible for future generations of female storytellers were honored in Cannes on Saturday. It comes as Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea International Film Festival and Vanity Fair Europe hosted the “Women in Cinema” Gala at the Cannes Film Festival. The event attracted celebrities from across Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Egypt, Italy India and the US. Lucy Hale,… Read More

Dozens of displaced Palestinians gathered on Saturday to fill containers with water in northern Muwasi where thousands of refugees live in dire conditions with little to no access to clean water, sanitation or toilets. The suffering has been compounded by the soaring early summer heat in the overcrowded camp. In recent weeks, thousand have fled the southernmost city of Rafah… Read More

Government forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have successfully thwarted an attempted coup. The incident, which unfolded Saturday night has left the nation on edge as authorities work to restore order and investigate those involved. “An attempted coup d’etat has been put down by the defense and security forces. The attempt involved foreigners and Congolese. These foreigners… Read More

Anita Akpeere prepared fried rice in her kitchen in Ghana’s capital as a flurry of notifications for restaurant orders lit up apps on her phone. “I don’t think I could work without a phone in my line of business,” she said, as requests came in for her signature dish, a traditional fermented dumpling. Internet-enabled phones have transformed many lives, but… Read More

Severe weather has been pummeling parts of the world with flash floods and heatwaves recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa, Europe, the Americas, and several countries in Asia. Globally, heavy rainfall events have become more frequent and intense over most land regions. according to the UN’s climate body, the IPCC. AFRICA Heavy rains and flash floods have affected nearly 1 million people… Read More

Former South African President Jacob Zuma on Saturday lamented the high levels of poverty amongst Black South Africans and promised to create jobs and tackle the scourge of crime as he launched his new political party’s manifesto ahead of the country’s much anticipated elections. He told thousands of supporters who gathered at Orlando Stadium in Johannesburg that his party would… Read More

It may have happened later in her career, but Jennifer Lopez is embracing her newfound action hero image. “It’s funny that at this point in my career, that I – you would think I did all these action movies when I was like in my 20s or whatever. And to be able as a kind of, you know, woman of… Read More