Guinea Coup Leader Mamady Doumbouya Sworn In As Interim Pres...
Doumbouya led the overthrow of President Alpha Conde on September 5
Guinea has sworn in Colonel Mamady Doumbouya as interim president, who promised to respect the West African state’s international commitments while transitioning to civilian rule.
Doumbouya, who led the overthrow of President ... Read More
UN Urges Lebanon To Implement Reforms As Extreme Poverty Gro...
The UN estimates that 78 percent of the Lebanese lives below the poverty line - some three million people - with 36 percent of the population living in extreme poverty
The United Nations has sounded the alarm on Lebanon’s spiralling economic ... Read More
EU Delegation In Ghana, Plastic Punch Embark On Beach Cleanu...
Many countries around the world are fighting to end the menace of plastic pollution in the ocean. The story of plastic pollution in Ghana is not different from others as the country still struggles to save and protect the ocean ... Read More
Rwandan YouTube Content Creator Sentenced To Jail
The High Court in Rwanda has sentenced a woman to 15 years in prison after finding her guilty of criticising the way the 1994 genocide is commemorated, calling for a protest and spreading a rumour that the president had died.
Yvonne ... Read More
Biden Suffers Blow As Trillion-Dollar Vote Delayed
Pramila Jayapal, leader of the Democrats' progressive wing in Congress, said her members would vote against President Biden's infrastructure plan unless the larger welfare and climate change bill was passed first
US President Joe Biden has suffered a setback after Congress ... Read More
Australian Border To Reopen For First Time In Pandemic
Australians will be eligible to travel when their state's vaccination rate hit 80%
Australia will reopen its international border from November, giving long-awaited freedoms to vaccinated citizens and their relatives.
Since March 2020, Australia has had some of the world's strictest border ... Read More
Ethiopians In three Regions Go To Polls In Delayed Election
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed
Ethiopians in three regions where elections had been delayed have headed to the polls to vote for their representatives, with one area also voting on whether to form its own regional state.
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed will form ... Read More
South Africa Tells Western Envoys It Needs Funds To Shift Fr...
South Africa told visiting climate envoys from the United States, Britain, Germany and France that it needs major financial support to move away from coal, the environment department said on Wednesday.
South Africa is the world's 12th biggest carbon emitter, according ... Read More
‘We Live Day To Day’: Almost Half Of Argentines ...
Eduardo David Rodriguez, 40, gives instructions to children at a soccer school he manages for hobby, in Lomas de Zamora, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina September 28, 2021. Picture taken September 28, 2021. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian
Eduardo David Rodriguez takes ... Read More
Ghana President Heralds Historic Agreement To Build A World-...
H.E. Nana Akufo-Addo, President of the Republic of Ghana, attends signing in New York between W.E.B. Du Bois Museum Foundation and Government of Ghana
NEW YORK – H.E. Nàna Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, President of the Republic of Ghana, heralded plans to ... Read More