Copenhagen is perhaps the global star in Denmark, yet the beauty of the country lies much further. Those who seek the real culture, bustling food cultures, and relaxed city living will have lots to do in other places. Denmark has a selection of different destinations that are full of character, in the old port towns […]
On Wednesday at 6 PM in Morocco, Egypt and Senegal will play a very important football game. It’s the semifinal of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). The winner will go to the final. Egypt is the most successful team in this tournament’s history. They have won it seven times before. Their best player is […]
Legendary fashion dressmaker Kenzo Takada died in the French capital on Sunday from the novel coronavirus, a spokesperson announced. The famend Japanese founder of the Paris-based ready-to-wear graph residence Kenzo succumbed to the virus at the American Hospital in Neuilly-sur-Seine. He used to be 81. Kenzo, as he was known, made his way to Paris […]
Sudanese protesters shut the Southern Port of Sudan on Sunday in protest of a recently-signed peace deal with insurrection groups. On Saturday, the Sudanese transitional government signed a power-sharing deal with the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF), an alliance of riot groups, in the course of a ceremony held in Juba, the capital of South Sudan. […]
Sensational singer, Naira Marley has revealed what will happen to him if he decides to protest against injustice meted on youths by officers of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). Marley had on Saturday criticised Nigerians trending ‘EndSARS’ hashtags rather than going out to protest. “In this country, we love protesting on twitter. That’s the problem.” […]
Malaria cases in northern Mali have spiked, according to medical workers, claiming 23 lives in the often lawless desert region last week alone. Mali’s ministry of health said this week that 59 people have died of malaria in the north since the start of the year, almost double the number of deaths over the same […]
Dozens of Angolans marched on Saturday against alleged state corruption after Portuguese media accused the president’s chief of staff of embezzlement, damaging the credibility of an ongoing anti-graft campaign against the former regime. Private Portuguese broadcaster TVI 24 last month investigated several public contracts awarded to firms owned by Angolan President Joao Lourenco’s chief of […]
Ivory Coast inaugurated Saturday its new 60,000-seat Olympic stadium, built with the help of China, in Ebimpe, on the outskirts of Abidjan, in preparation for the African Cup of Nations soccer in 2023. The ceremony, with a great show of dance and music, took place in the presence of 50,000 people, according to the organizers […]
Petrochemicals giant Sasol fell almost 5 percent on the JSE on Friday after it announced that it would sell 50 percent of its difficult Lake Charles Chemicals Project (LCCP) in the US for $2 billion (R33.29bn) to LyondellBasell. Sasol said the proposed sale to one of the world’s greatest plastics, chemical compounds and refining companies […]
The head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control (CDC) has praised African states for managing to curb the spread of coronavirus. Africa has seen about 1.4 million cases and 34,000 deaths since February. These figures are far lower than those in Europe, Asia or the Americas, with reported cases continuing to decline. Early interventions […]
Archeologists in Egypt announced on Saturday that they had discovered at least 59 ancient coffins in a vast necropolis south of the country’s capital Cairo, one containing the pristine mummy of an ancient priest. This is than 2,600 years since they were buried. The ornate sarcophagi have remained unopened since they were entombed near the […]
Britain announced an additional 12,872 new cases of the coronavirus in the UK in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 480,017. The huge rise is almost double Friday’s figure. A “technical issue” caused a delay in the release of the numbers – an issue that has since been resolved. But it means extra […]
Sudan’s transitional government signed a peace deal with various rebellion corporations on Saturday, amid excessive hopes for an end to years of conflict in regions across the country. The settlement between the government and the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF), an alliance of riot groups, used to be signed at a ceremony in Juba, the capital […]
Crystal Palace summer acquisition Eberechi Eze has attempted to give an explanation as to why the Eagles were caged at Stamford Bridge on Saturday. Palace were handed their biggest defeat this season by their London neighbours and while Eze finds it had to swallow, he admits Chelsea were simply the better team in Saturday’s contest. […]
A storm is brewing in Mogadishu which could put the Federal Government and the opposition at loggerheads and probable check the integrity of a free media, Garowe Online reports. At the center of the latest intrigues is the Director of National Intelligence and Security Agency Fahad Yasin Dahir, who secretly held a meeting with media […]
Oromo ethnic humans in Ethiopia on Saturday celebrated Irreecha, or thanksgiving holiday, in the country’s capital. Thousands of Oromo people, clad in colourful traditional clothes, had been considered flocking to the capital’s downtown as part of a procession to thank the God. Irreecha is celebrated yearly in Ethiopia around quit of September to mark the […]
The transitional government of Sudan and 13 rebel factions have today signed a final peace agreement in South Sudan capital, Juba. The agreement, which was brokered by South Sudan president Salva Kiir following continued unrest in Khartoum since the ouster of strongman Omar al-Bashir in April 2019, was witnessed by Mr Kiir, South Sudan Vice […]
The president of the Union for Progress and Change (UPC), Burkina Faso’s main opposition party, Zephirin Diabré, and former Prime Minister Isaac Zida, filed their candidacies for the November 22 presidential election with the National Electoral Commission (Ceni) on Friday. In the 2015 elections, Diabré, 61 years old, came second with 29.65% of the votes, […]
A Hurt World Champion Five-time world champion and three-time Olympic gold medalist, Kenenisa Bekele, announced in a video on social media Friday that he will no longer be competing in the highly anticipated London Marathon on Sunday that would have seen him face Kenyan icon and marathon world record-holder Eliud Kipchoge. An event that industry […]
