Robert Francis Prevost became the first pope from the United States on Thursday, picking the papal name Leo XIV after cardinals from around the world elected him leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics.Tens of thousands of people packed in St Peter’s Square cheered as Prevost appeared on the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica, waving …
Prevost becomes first US pope as Leo XIVThu, 08 May 2025 17:33:44 GMT Read More »
Chinese-made weapons supplied by the United Arab Emirates have been identified with Sudan’s paramilitaries, Amnesty International said Thursday, as drone attacks prompted civilians to flee the army-held aid hub of Port Sudan.The Britain-based watchdog said that its research had detailed the use by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces of sophisticated Chinese-made artillery and guided bombs …
Paramilitary drone strikes targeting Sudan’s wartime capital have sought to shatter the regular army’s sense of security and open a dangerous new chapter in the war, experts say.Since April 2023, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) group has been at war with the army, which has lately recaptured some territory and dislodged the paramilitaries from the …
Drones drag Sudan war into dangerous new territoryThu, 08 May 2025 16:00:29 GMT Read More »
The head of Ivory Coast’s main opposition party on Thursday claimed the government was trying to silence dissent before upcoming presidential elections, as crowds gathered to protest his ban from standing.A court in the west African country last month barred Tidjane Thiam from being a candidate in the October 25 vote, saying he lost Ivorian …
A prayer ceremony was held in the Malian capital Bamako on Thursday for a 22-year-old man who was stabbed to death in a mosque in the south of France.Aboubakar Cisse was stabbed dozens of times while praying in the southern French town of La Grand-Combe on April 25.Olivier Hadzovic, a 20-year-old French national of Bosnian …
Senegalese lawmakers on Thursday began debating whether to allow several former ministers to face charges before a special court over accusations they embezzled funds meant for the country’s fight against Covid.Senegal’s National Assembly is largely controlled by President Bassirou Diomaye Faye’s party, who was elected in March last year on a promise to change how …
Senegal MPs weigh graft cases against ex-ministersThu, 08 May 2025 10:53:18 GMT Read More »
Paramilitary drones struck army-held areas of eastern and southern Sudan for a fifth straight day Thursday, army sources said, prompting an exodus of civilians from Port Sudan, seat of the army-backed government.Attacks targeted the country’s main naval base outside Port Sudan, as well as fuel depots in the southern city of Kosti, two sources said, …
People along the Matan Fada in northwest Nigeria remember the river’s abundance as being typified by fish literally falling from the trees, but those days are gone.The waterway, which was home to a UNESCO-listed fishing festival, is disappearing, locals say, as rainfall plunges and temperatures rise as part of the impact of climate change.Husaini Makwashi, …
Nigeria fishing river reels from changing climateThu, 08 May 2025 06:49:44 GMT Read More »
A drone strike targeted Sudan’s biggest naval base on Wednesday, an army source told AFP, marking the fourth straight day the seat of the army-backed government has come under attack.It comes a day after the government severed ties with the United Arab Emirates, which it accuses of supplying rival paramilitaries with weapons used to attack …
Drone strike targets Port Sudan naval base: army sourceThu, 08 May 2025 00:45:31 GMT Read More »
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa unveiled Wednesday a plan to revive South Africa’s flagging local governments, weeks after publicly criticising the state of the financial capital Johannesburg as it prepares to host the G20 summit in November.Africa’s most industrialised economy is divided into more than 250 municipalities, where basic services such as water and waste …
South Africa launches reform of derelict municipalitiesWed, 07 May 2025 16:08:56 GMT Read More »
