Abidjan’s West Africa Circus Festival Returns As COVID Tra...
FILE - Members of the Canada's Cirque Soleil perform on Feb. 6, 2019 during the Intercultural Circus Festival of Abidjan.
West Africa is beginning to open up to the world again. As COVID-19 travel restrictions are lifted, cultural events, like the ... Read More
UN: Dueling Governments In Libya Could Lead To More Instabil...
Rosemary DiCarlo, then deputy U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, speaks before the Security Council, Aug. 5, 2014. She said on March 16, 2022, at the U.N. that having parallel administrations in Libya could lead to unrest and perhaps scuttle ... Read More
Trapped Nigerian Students Plead For Evacuation From Ukraineâ...
Nigeria has evacuated at least 1,800 of its citizens from Ukraine since Russia's invasion, but says that 80 Nigerian students remain trapped in the southern city of Kherson. Russian forces have captured the city, and the students this week called ... Read More
Ukraine War: Food Shortage Looms In Africa
António Guterres – UN Secretary-General
There is a looming food shortage in some African countries over the Russia- Ukraine war.
The United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres, has warned that Russia’s war against Ukraine could lead to what he called “a hurricane of ... Read More
Ukraine Conflict: Biden Brands Putin A ‘War Criminal...
Joe Biden
US President Joe Biden has labelled Russian leader Vladimir Putin a "war criminal" in a move likely to escalate diplomatic tensions even further.
Mr Biden delivered the remark off-the-cuff in response to a reporter's question at the White House.
It is ... Read More
Zimbabwe Court Orders Trial For NY Times Freelancer
Jeffery Moyo
A court in Zimbabwe dismissed a discharge application Tuesday in a case against a New York Times journalist. Freelance journalist Jeffrey Moyo is accused of flouting Zimbabwe's immigration laws when he allegedly helped two foreign reporters enter the southern ... Read More
Burkina Faso-born Kere First African To Win Pritzker Archite...
Burkinabe architect Diebedo Francis Kere is photographed in his office in Berlin, on March 15, 2022, after being awarded the 2022 Pritzker Architecture Prize.
The Pritzker Prize, architecture's most prestigious award, was awarded Tuesday to Burkina Faso-born architect Diebedo Francis Kere, ... Read More
UN Extends South Sudan Peacekeeping Mission For One Year
The U.N. Security Council voted Tuesday to prolong its peacekeeping mission in South Sudan for one more year, after Russia and China chose to abstain.
The Council's 13 other members all voted in favor of the resolution, which extends the U.N. ... Read More
Ukraine War: West Made ‘Terrible Mistake’ After ...
President Vladimir Putin
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said the West made a "terrible mistake" and let President Vladimir Putin "get away" with annexing Crimea in 2014.
Writing in the Telegraph, Mr Johnson said ending the West's dependence on Russian ... Read More
Once A Powerful Symbol In Russia, McDonald’s Withdraws...
Two months after the Berlin Wall fell, another powerful symbol opened its doors in the middle of Moscow: a gleaming new McDonald's.
It was the first American fast-food restaurant to enter the Soviet Union, reflecting the new political openness of the ... Read More