It’s been a long time coming, but we are finally back in the deep-space game. The Artemis II mission update is currently moving through its most significant stretch yet, marking the first time a human crew has actually headed for the Moon since the Apollo era wrapped up decades ago. Everything started with a smooth […]
Algiers youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) stands at approximately 29.8%, roughly twice the global average. Young people constitute 65% of all unemployed Algerians. The most paradoxical finding. Those with higher education face higher unemployment than those without. In 2019 ONS data, unemployment among university graduates reached 17.4%, while those with no educational degree faced just […]
Beijing – China has got one more country by its collar as it takes over the Ugandan airport when the African country could not pay up its loan to the world’s largest economy. This has obviously led Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni to send a delegation to Beijing for a renegotiation with the Chinese government. Earlier […]
Uganda – Jessica Ata hasn’t visited the River Aswa since being diagnosed with river blindness in 2014. Onchocerciasis, which is transmitted by the blackfly, affected 1.5 million individuals in Uganda at the time. The vector thrives along water rapids, such as this one, which runs through several areas.The return of rain has resulted in an […]
Ethiopia – As the world expresses concern over the Tigray crisis, Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed reaches the battlefront of the country’s war against the indigenous community. This was after he had announced that he would order the army to retrieve the area. As telecasted by a state-owned Ethiopian TV channel, Ahmed was found saying […]
Libya – As desperate migrants try hazardous sea crossings to enter Europe, Libyan Red Crescent recovery teams retrieved the bodies of four people from a beach near Sabratha, 70 kilometers (43 miles) west of Tripoli, on Thursday. Mohamed Al-Manobi, the commander of the recovery team, said the remains that had washed up on the shore […]
South Africa – The new highly mutable Covid-19 variant is rocking the African continent, now leading to a travel ban to be imposed by the United Kingdom as the first point of protection to its own. The travel ban is now imposed on six African countries. In a swift response, to Britain’s announcement of suspending […]
Africa – Children in West and Central Africa have become the most recruited by armed organizations, with the largest number of sexual abuse victims in the world, according to a new report released Tuesday by the United Nations Children’s Fund. According to the report, the region has seen an increase in the number of new […]
Israel – Israel and Morocco have started to engage in bettering their diplomatic ties with the recent step being a defense deal with each other. It is a landmark agreement between the two countries that made their ties recently. On Wednesday, the two came together to lay a strong foundation for each other when it […]
South Africa – On Tuesday, 8 June, Stats SA stated that South Africa (GDP) grew at an annualized pace of 4.6% in the principal quarter of 2021, with business and real estate making the most significant contribution to gross domestic product climb. Stats SA asserted that expanded monetary growth was listed for monetary intermediation, other […]
Kenya – Presidents Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya and Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa have urged more cooperation to restore peace to Africa’s conflict-ridden regions. Kenyatta’s two-day state visit to South Africa began with this statement. The two leaders met in Pretoria on Tuesday (November 23) to address the “grave situation in Ethiopia” and agreed that […]
Zimbabwea – This week, the Central Bank of Zimbabwe presented a new 50-dollar note, the country’s most noteworthy denomination since a re-visitation of utilizing Zimbabwean dollars (ZW$) as the leading currency in 2019. It joins different denominations which have been dissolved by excessive inflation, which took off to 800% in 2020, preceding dialing back to […]
Israel – Iran has been aggressively doing rounds around its nuclear programme but as it inches closer to execution, Israel threatens with airstrike. Though Iran has not made any official comment nor do experts predict anything till now, the way Iran has been showing aggressive participation in the nuclear programme, Israel’s threat gets serious. Israel […]
Sudan – On Sunday, Sudan’s military reinstated PM Abdalla Hamdok and pledged to release all political detainees. The military’s statement comes weeks after deadly unrest triggered by their coup. Lately, large crowds have taken to the streets to reject any political settlement with the army. Under an agreement inked with military leader General Abdel Fattah […]
Argentina -Late Footballer Diego Maradona has been accused by a Cuban woman of physically and sexually violating her and the reports about the incident were confirmed after she filed a complaint in the Argentinean courts. The complaint was filed for alleged human trafficking which according to the woman was executed by the late footballer. Mavys […]
Libya – Hundreds of Libyans demonstrated in Tripoli on Friday against “war criminals” competing in the presidential election next month, after eastern strongman, Khalifa Haftar and the son of former dictator Moamer Kadhafi announced their candidacies. Demonstrators stomped on posters of Haftar and Seif al-Islam Kadhafi, expressing their displeasure with a contentious electoral law that […]
A report formed by one of the French investigative outlets revealed that the former president of Democratic Republic of Congo had siphoned $138 million in state funds while in power. The report was published on Friday creating a doubtful spectacle for the political sphere of the nation. Joseph Kabila has been held accountable for corruption […]
Sudan – Sudan’s senior general, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, signed a deal with Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok on Sunday, nearly a month after a military coup, to restore the transition to a civilian government. The 14-point agreement, signed at Khartoum’s presidential palace, calls for Hamdok’s reinstatement as prime minister as well as the release of civilian […]
The United States has added Algeria’s name under special watch status into the list of religious freedom guarantees. As per the latest reports the addition is after the US observed that Algeria is violating the rights to follow any particular religion. With this, the US has placed the North African state in the same list […]
SUdan – The Sudan Finance Minister, Gibril Ibrahim is appealing for financial aid for Sudan to move forward in a flux that it is stuck, yet again. In October, General Abdel-Fattah Burhan, Sudan’s top military leader took the radical step to dissolve the government and the Transitional Council, arresting many political leaders and activists, including […]