Tag: world news today
Kruger Floods: River Burst Banks in South Africa’s Kruger; Wildlife Park Hit by Fast-Rising Waters
Kruger Floods: River Burst Banks in South Africa’s Kruger; Wildlife Park Hit by Fast-Rising Waters | WION CLIMATE TRACKER South African authorities shut Kruger National…
Benin offers African diaspora citizenship to mark slavery legacy | REUTERS
Benin’s president has unveiled the ‘My Afro Origins’ program in a bid to raise the country’s profile and herald an initiative that offers Beninese citizenship…
Ethiopia begins construction of ‘Africa’s biggest airport’ | REUTERS
Ethiopian Airlines officially started a $12.5 billion construction project for what officials say will be Africa’s biggest airport when completed in 2030 in the Ethiopian…
How Uganda’s election could be a story of violence and succession | REUTERS
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni seeks to extend his four-decade rule, but political observers are still paying attention to what the vote could tell us about…
Protests in Minneapolis After Deadly Shooting by ICE Agents
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot a woman during a confrontation in Minneapolis, sparking an uproar over the presence of ICE agents in…
US Bolsters Caribbean Military Presence With Drones Amid Rising Tensions With Venezuela
The United States is bolstering its military presence in the Caribbean, with MQ-9 Reaper drones spotted at Rafael Hernandez Airport in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, on…
Will Central African Republic’s crypto embrace endanger state assets? | REUTERS
Central African Republic has embraced opaque cryptocurrency schemes that raise the risk of state assets being captured by foreign criminal organizations, according to a report…
South Sudan: How a rivalry sparked a political crisis – BBC Africa
More than a decade after independence, South Sudan is still struggling to secure lasting peace. President Salva Kiir and First Vice President Riek Machar have…
Guinea-Bissau army seizes power, ousts president | REUTERS
Army officers in coup-prone Guinea-Bissau say they seized power, hours after gunfire erupted near the presidential palace and one day before results from a tense…
South Africa cannot turn back Palestinians, says President Ramaphosa
Speaking on the sidelines of a Johannesburg clean-up campaign, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the media regarding a group of Palestinians who were stranded…
