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Mourners in Tunis, carried Thursday (May 11) the coffin of a Tunisian member of the anti-terrorist brigade member who was killed Tuesday (May 9). Officer Mohamed Abdelmajid Atigue died in a shooting by a gendarme near a synagogue on the island of Djerba. Tunisia’s Interior Minister praised Thursday the work of those he called ‘heroes’ who managed to “control the… Read More

Nigeria’s Kebbi state now has a brand-new stadium. The state’s capital, was chosen back in 2020 to host the artificial football pitch. The project was undertaken by the Nigerian Football Federation NFF as it aims to develop the sports in the state bordering Niger and Benin and which is home to over 4 million people. “My priority has got to… Read More

Pretoria rejected Thursday (May 11) allegations by the US envoy that South Africa supplied weapons to Russia. It also criticizes a ‘counter-productive public posture’ by the US saying both countries had discussed the matter. Is there trouble brewing between the United States of America and South Africa? The US ambassador to the southern African nation accused South Africa of having… Read More

Since the start of the bloody conflict between two rival generals in Sudan, Mohammed had been holed up in his home with his family, amid the din of explosions, until the day the paramilitaries came to dislodge him. His apartment is in a northern suburb of Khartoum, the capital, one of the hot spots of the fighting that has pitted… Read More

Long considered a latecomer, Africa is launching itself into space with ambition and drive. With enormous gaps in communication, education and science, the demand for satellite capacity in Africa is growing fast. The African space industry is expected to top $22 billion by 2026. In 2022, countries allocated a total of $539 million to their respective space programs. A Chinese-backed… Read More

The year 2022 has been “the hottest” recorded in Morocco for four decades, a consequence of climate change, the national meteorology announced on Wednesday. “The year 2022 is the hottest recorded in Morocco for 40 years, beyond the record set in 2020, exceeding the average temperature for the period 1981-2010 by 1.63 degrees”, specified an official of the weather, on… Read More

A “perfect storm” of overlapping crises forced tens of millions to flee within their own country last year, sending the number of internally displaced people to a record high, monitors said on Thursday. An unprecedented 71.1 million internally displaced people (IDPs) were registered in 2022 — up 20 percent from a year earlier — amid mass displacement for Russia’s war… Read More

A boat capsized in northwestern Nigeria, killing 15 people, police said Wednesday. The boat was heading to the village of Dundeji in Sokoto state on Tuesday when it capsized in the middle of a river, local police spokesman Sanusi Abubakar told The Associated Press There were 36 passengers on board the boat, with 21 of them rescued alive. Thirteen females… Read More

Hollywood Boulevard looked as if it took a dive under the sea as Disney rolled out the blue carpet for the world premiere of “The Little Mermaid” on Monday (8 May). The 2023 film is a live adaptation of the 1989 animated movie. This new version stars actor and recording artist Halle Bailey who is making Disney history as the… Read More

Kenyan Pastor, Paul Nthenge Mackenzie, who is accused of ordering his followers to starve to death “to meet Jesus” faces terrorism charges over what has been dubbed the “Shakahola Forest Massacre”. The grisly discovery was made last month of mass graves near the Indian Ocean town of Malindi. His brother, Robert Mbatha Mackenzie, says he knew him as a good… Read More