Joe Biden Calls Derek Chauvin Verdict ‘a Step Forward’
The death of George Floyd, at the hands of Derek Chauvin, sparked a wave of protests across the world, calling for police reform United States...
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Floyd Verdict Gives Hope, if only Fleeting, to Black America
A crowd gathers next to the spot where George Floyd was murdered at George Floyd Square after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial...
Police Fatally Shoot Black Teenaged Girl in Ohio as Floyd Verdict Announced
Police at the scene of the fatal shooting of a black girl by an officer in Columbus, Ohio on Tuesday (Brooke LaValley/Columbus Dispatch/AP) Police shot...
Mozambique Needs To Address Deepening Political Discontent And Widening Socio-Economic Disparity
Chairperson of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi has to make consistent efforts toward addressing the systemic governance deficit,...
Somali Forces Are Planning to Take Lead for Country’s Security
FILE – Security forces block a street with an armored personnel carrier during protests against the government and the delay of the country’s election in...
At Least 40 Migrants drown in Shipwreck off Tunisia
At least 40 migrants drowned in a shipwreck in waters off Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, United Nations and Tunisian...
Security Council Approves UN Cease-fire Monitoring Component for Libya
Participants attend the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum in Tunis, November 9, 2020. /Reuters The Security Council on Friday unanimously adopted a resolution to approve the...
Novak Djokovic Fizzles: Loses to Evans in Third Round at Monte Carlo
 “I just felt awful on the court. Nothing worked. It’s one of those days,” the ATP no. 1 Novak Djokovic says after an embarrassing...
Tunisia’s Holy city of Kairouan Waits Anxiously for Ramadan Visitors
The usual stream of visitors to the historical Great Uqba Mosque was cut off by the pandemic last year On the eve of Ramadan,...
Nigeria Generates Huge Revenue From Coconut Oil Export
The authorities said that coconut has so far proved to be a major non-oil export foreign exchange earner for Nigeria. | Photo: Twitter/@OvieAli The West...
Prince Philip: The Strength Behind the Crown
Prince Philip‘s coffin will be carried in a Land Rover he helped customize during his funeral procession on Saturday at Windsor Castle, The Associated Press reports. A Land...
Raul Castro Resigns as Head of Cuba’s Communist Party
Raul Castro said Friday he is resigning as head of Cuba’s Communist Party, ending an era of leadership that began with his brother Fidel and...
NHS Workers Demand a Green Recovery to Save Lives and Help the Country get Back on its Feet
NHS workers protest for a pay rise for health workers outside 10 Downing Street NHS workers are demanding a green recovery to help get the...
Senegal set to open Consulate in Western Sahara
To date, Dakhla is host to consulates from Gambia, Guinea, Djibouti, Liberia, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Haiti, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), as...
Beauty Queen Stripped of her Crown for TWERKING
Miss Papua New Guinea has been sensationally stripped of her crown after a video emerged of her twerking. Lucy Maino, 25, shared a private video...
Gold Producer Embraces Sector Improvements
A common theme in the recent changes to Tanzanian mining legislation is an increased focus on local content and securing the needs of the country,...
I Hope to Become a Professor Before I Turn 40
Dr Susan Mambo during the interview in Nyeri town on February 22, 2021. She is the chair of the Environmental Health and Disease Control at...
Somali Elections Remain on Hold After Latest Political Talks Collapse
 Somalia’s federal government said Wednesday that efforts to resolve the stalemate on elections collapsed after leaders from the states of Puntland and Jubbaland failed to...
Libya’s Largest Oilfield Could See Exports Interrupted
The largest oilfield in Libya, the 300,000-bpd Sharara field, could see crude oil exports from it disrupted if members of the Petroleum Facilities Guard (PFG)...
Tunisia suspends Isha, Taraweeh prayers in mosques
Muslims gather at Sidi Mahrez Mosque in Tunis, Tunisia on 25 June 2017 [Yassine Gaidi/Anadolu Agency] Tunisia’s Ministry of Religious Affairs announced on Thursday that...