Africa

Ramaphosa Visits Flood-Hit Eastern Cape as Death Toll Rises

President Cyril Ramaphosa visited the flood-stricken Eastern Cape on Friday, June 13, 2025. This is ...

Vacccine

Africa Faces Cholera Crisis, Urges Local Vaccine Production

Africa is grappling with a severe cholera outbreak, reporting two-thirds of global cases and 99% ...

Lungu

Zambia Mourns Former President Lungu

Zambia is in mourning following the sudden death of former President Edgar Lungu, who passed ...

Arabia

African Unions Urge ILO Probe into Saudi Migrant Worker Abuses

A coalition of African-led trade unions from 36 countries, including Ghana, Nigeria, and Senegal, has ...

Ivory Coast

Tidjane Thiam Barred from Ivory Coast Presidential Race

Ivory Coast’s opposition leader and former Credit Suisse CEO, Tidjane Thiam, has been excluded from ...

UN

UN Elects 5 New Non-Permanent Security Council Members

In a single round of balloting on Tuesday, 188 United Nations Member States voted to ...

Sudan

UN Peacekeepers Day in South Sudan: Hope for Peace

The International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers was commemorated on Monday in Western Equatoria State, ...

Zuma’s Corruption Trial Upheld by South Africa Court

On Tuesday, June 3, 2025, a South African High Court judge dismissed an application by ...

ancelotti

Ancelotti’s Brazil Era Begins vs. Ecuador

There’s no time for a honeymoon period in Brazil, as Carlo Ancelotti stepped into the ...

Hajj

Hajj 2025 Begins: 2 Million Pilgrims Arrive in Mecca

As the annual Hajj pilgrimage begins this Wednesday, over two million Muslims from across the ...

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