Today: September 21, 2024
Today: September 21, 2024

Africa

Africa|Sports

‘I realized that this was bigger than basketball’: Former NBA All-Star Luol Deng on the rise of South Sudan’s basketball team

‘I realized that this was bigger than basketball’: Former NBA All-Star Luol Deng on the rise of South Sudan’s basketball team

‘I realized that this was bigger than basketball’: Former NBA All-Star Luol Deng on the rise of South Sudan’s basketball team
Africa|Economy|Finance

Kenyan court nullifies 2023 finance law in new blow to President Ruto

Kenya's Court of Appeal on Wednesday declared the government's 2023 finance law unconstitutional, inflicting a new blow to the government of

Kenyan court nullifies 2023 finance law in new blow to President Ruto
Africa|News|World

Sudan's military leader survives a drone strike that killed 5, says the army

Sudan’s military says its leader, Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, has survived a drone attack on an army graduation ceremony he was attending in the country’s east

Sudan's military leader survives a drone strike that killed 5, says the army
Africa|Economy|Finance

Ghana's Mahama would renegotiate IMF deal if he regains presidency

Former Ghanaian president John Dramani Mahama will try to renegotiate terms of an International Monetary Fund bailout and boost local ownership of future

Ghana's Mahama would renegotiate IMF deal if he regains presidency
Africa|Political

Guinea's new draft constitution will reduce and limit presidential term

Guinea's transitional authorities have presented a draft of a new constitution which will reduce and set presidential term limits, and potentially allow current military leader

Guinea's new draft constitution will reduce and limit presidential term
Africa|Economy|Finance

World Bank approves $1.5 billion in financing for Ethiopia

The World Bank's board has approved $1.5 billion in financing for its first ever budget support lending to Ethiopia, the lender said late on Tuesday as the east African nation tries to push

World Bank approves $1.5 billion in financing for Ethiopia
Africa|MidEast|News|Political

Sudan says it conditionally accepts invitation to U.S.-sponsored peace talks

Sudan's government conditionally accepted on Tuesday an invitation to attend U.S.-sponsored peace talks in Geneva, raising hopes that the talks could advance efforts to end a 15-month

Sudan says it conditionally accepts invitation to U.S.-sponsored peace talks
Africa|Entertainment|Lifestyle

Nollywood aims to become a global cultural phenomenon like Afrobeats

Nollywood aims to become a global cultural phenomenon like Afrobeats

Nollywood aims to become a global cultural phenomenon like Afrobeats
Africa|Arts|Entertainment

'Our time has come': What Nollywood can learn from Afrobeats' blueprint for global domination

With no shortage of talent and ambition, Nigeria's film business can become a global phenomenon like Afrobeats, industry insider Toyosi Etim-Effiong tells CNN’s Stephanie Busari at this year’s Essence Film Festival in New Orleans. 

'Our time has come': What Nollywood can learn from Afrobeats' blueprint for global domination
Africa|Celebrity|Entertainment

Tiffany Haddish defends Zimbabwe grocery store TikTok video after backlash

Tiffany Haddish defends Zimbabwe grocery store TikTok video after backlash

Tiffany Haddish defends Zimbabwe grocery store TikTok video after backlash
Africa|Opinion

African cities sitting on ‘keg of gunpowder’ as growing youth anger fuels unrest

African cities sitting on ‘keg of gunpowder’ as growing youth anger fuels unrest

African cities sitting on ‘keg of gunpowder’ as  growing youth anger fuels unrest
Africa|News

Rain and floods add to misery of Sudanese displaced by war

Thousands of people are stranded on the streets of the eastern Sudanese city of Kassala as a deluge of rain compounds the suffering of more than a million Sudanese who sought refuge

Rain and floods add to misery of Sudanese displaced by war
Africa|Europe|News|Political|World

France shifts Western Sahara stance, seeking closer ties with Morocco

France has backed Morocco’s autonomy plan for the disputed Western Sahara, shifting a decades-old position and adding itself to a growing list of countries to align with Morocco as a United Nations-mediated peace process remains stalled

France shifts Western Sahara stance, seeking closer ties with Morocco
Africa|News|Opinion

Surviving Rwanda: God, remembrance and reconciliation on the genocide’s 30th anniversary

Pascal Kanyemera has no doubts: Back in 1994, when he survived the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, God had his back

Surviving Rwanda: God, remembrance and reconciliation on the genocide’s 30th anniversary
Africa|Crime|News|Opinion

Morocco releases imprisoned journalists after pardons from King Mohamed VI

Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has pardoned three journalists who were charged with sex crimes and espionage in prosecutions widely condemned by press freedom advocates as retaliation for critical reporting

Morocco releases imprisoned journalists after pardons from King Mohamed VI
Africa|News|World

DR Congo government says M23 rebels, Rwanda disrupting local air traffic

Democratic Republic of Congo's government on Monday accused M23 rebels and Rwandan forces backing them of sending false navigation signals to disrupt air traffic over the

DR Congo government says M23 rebels, Rwanda disrupting local air traffic
Africa|News|World

Russia's Wagner has deadliest loss in Africa’s Sahel, highlighting the region's instability

Dozens of Wagner mercenaries were killed by jihadis and rebels over the weekend in northern Mali in what one analyst describes as the largest battleground blow to the shadowy Russian group in years

Russia's Wagner has deadliest loss in Africa’s Sahel, highlighting the region's instability
Africa|Political

South Africa’s ANC kicks former president Jacob Zuma out of party he once led

South Africa’s ANC kicks former president Jacob Zuma out of party he once led

South Africa’s ANC kicks former president Jacob Zuma out of party he once led
Africa|Crime|News

Sexual violence widespread in Sudan's capital, report says

Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have committed widespread acts of sexual violence in the capital Khartoum, including gang rape and forced marriages, in

Sexual violence widespread in Sudan's capital, report says
Africa|Political

South Africa's ANC expels former president Zuma after election betrayal

Former South African president Jacob Zuma has been expelled from the African National Congress after backing a rival party in May's

South Africa's ANC expels former president Zuma after election betrayal
Africa|Crime|Health

Women and girls in Sudan subjected to widespread sexual violence by warring parties, report finds

Women and girls in Sudan subjected to widespread sexual violence by warring parties, report finds

Women and girls in Sudan subjected to widespread sexual violence by warring parties, report finds
Africa|Crime|Health|News|World

Rights group says sexual violence is rampant in Sudan's conflict, calls for international protection

Human Rights Watch is accusing the paramilitary group fighting against the military in Sudan’s civil war of rampant sexual violence against women, including gang rape and forced marriages of girls

Rights group says sexual violence is rampant in Sudan's conflict, calls for international protection
Africa|Sports

Refugee athletes want more of them to compete at the Olympics as migration takes global focus

South Sudanese runner Perina Lokure Nakang first ran for sport along the road near her refugee camp in Kenya

Refugee athletes want more of them to compete at the Olympics as migration takes global focus
Africa|Crime|News

Libyan court jails 12 officials over deadly floods

A Libyan court has jailed 12 officials in connection with the collapse of a series of dams in Derna last year that killed thousands of the city's residents, the Attorney General

Libyan court jails 12 officials over deadly floods
Africa|Asia|News|Travel

Yemenia Airways to resume flights to Cairo and India from Sanaa

Yemenia Airways will resume commercial flights from Sanaa to Egypt and India, the Houthi-run Saba news agency said on Sunday, as part of a deal between opposing sides in Yemen's civil

Yemenia Airways to resume flights to Cairo and India from Sanaa

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