Both couples do not announce any formal announcement regarding when they will have an event to celebrate their wedding, held on Monday, February 27, 2026, for Byun Yo Han and Tiffany Young. Both couples have submitted all documentation listed as required and therefore are legal couples in the United States; under both federal and state […]
Rabat provides an elegant and historic location right on the banks of the Atlantic Ocean. Witnessing such a combination of ancient ruins, royal television stations, architectural masterpieces, and many other examples from various periods makes Rabat unique. If you have an interest in all things history, culture, and heritage, Rabat has the best historical places […]
On Saturday, West African states said they will continue to monitor events in Mali following a coup before removing the country’s suspension from a regional grouping. Following Colonel Assimi Goiter’s coup in May, Bamako has declared a new civilian government and committed to stick to a timeline for elections early next year. After weeks of […]
Ethiopia was voting on Monday in the greatest electoral test yet for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as war and logistical issues meant ballots wouldn’t be cast in more than 100 constituencies of the 547 across the country. Due to the pandemic, the elections got delayed which were supposed to happen last year. Abiy Ahmed rose […]
Some online users have been spreading false information and claims as Ethiopia prepares for legislative elections on Monday. In comparison to other African countries, Ethiopians have limited access to social media, but its use is fast increasing, particularly around major events such as national elections. Facebook took down accounts that it claimed were spreading false […]
Kenneth Kaunda, the 97-year-old former president of Zambia, died peacefully at 2:30 p.m. (1230 GMT) on Thursday of pneumonia in a military hospital where he had been receiving treatment since Monday. The news comes from the administration, which has designated 21 days of national mourning, as reported on television by Cabinet Secretary Simon Miti. President […]
The World Bank has approved a $450 million dollar loan for Morocco with the aim to support economic and social reforms in the country in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. As per a statement issued bythe World Bank office in Rabat, the loan has been approved under its Financial and Digital Inclusion Development Policy […]
On Thursday, former president of Côte d’Ivoire Laurent Gbagbo touched down on home soil after ten years in exile abroad when he received permission to return from President Alassane Ouattara’s government. Gbagbo anyhow managed to figure out a way around a huge crowd of supporters via heavy security vehicles to his political party’s campaign headquarters where […]
The act of sexual violence during the war isn’t new, it is perhaps the oldest way of efficient persecution and oppression in war times and it’s anything but an element of genocide. The International community condemns sexual brutality against women and girls in the Tigray region in Ethiopia and urges it to be immediately stopped. […]
African country of Uganda is battling third wave of Covid-19 currently amid acute shortage of vaccines and oxygen supply. Panic has swept across country’s authorities and healthcare framework as reports come in of running out or experiencing acute shortage of AstraZeneca vaccine in national capital Kampala, and other regional hubs including Jinga, Soroti, Gulu, Masaka […]
The South African government has announced tough steps to combat the coronavirus’s third wave. President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Tuesday that the curfew hours would be extended and that the sale of alcohol would be prohibited, among other steps, to combat the virus’s spread. In a nationally televised address, Ramaphosa stated that the recent spike […]
Tunisia’s Court ordered opposition leader Nabil Karoui’s release on Tuesday, six months after his imprisonment on charges of financial corruption and tax cheating. Karoui has been on a hunger strike since June 5 in protest of his lengthy detention. According to Karoui’s lawyer, Nazih Souii, the court appears to have determined that Karoui, 57, the […]
In a small province near Johannesburg, thousands of people have come out on a quest to find unidentified crystal-like pebbles. They are said to be a precious stone that was discovered and identified by a cattle herder a few days prior. As the news is spread fast, people are coming to grab this lucrative opportunity […]
June 21 is reserved for election in Ethiopia even as the African country battles out a bloody and long conflict in the Tigray region and reports of famine in the region. This is leading to escalated tensions between Ethiopia’s biggest ethnic groups. The elections were initially scheduled for August 2020 but had to be delayed […]
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern region has long been a hotbed of rebel activity, frequently as a result of strife in neighboring Rwanda, Burundi, and Uganda. Uganda’s Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) is one of the most notorious groups active there right now. The Ugandan Islamist militant group was founded in the 1990s and initially […]
President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria has recognized that he has failed to fulfill a promise he made when he was elected in 2015. In a television address, he stated that the fight against Islamist militants in the north had unintended consequences, such as spreading violence to other areas. Mr Buhari expressed his “sincere sympathies” to […]
Cameroon Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute and Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh, secretary-general at the president’s office (SGPR), appear to be crossing swords over the recent scandal of mismanagement of funds from a $338 million national COVID-19 response plan. Last month, Cameroon’s Audit Chamber of the Supreme Court unveiledsome discrepancies in reports of public health and scientific […]
Kenya lifted a ban on direct flights from Somalia on Thursday, ending a month-long standoff that saw air transport between the two countries halted. Kenya has “took full notice of intercessions made and has decided to reopen Kenya’s airspace to all flights originating from Somalia and departing from Kenya to Somalia,” according to its Foreign […]
The state-owned power utility company, Eskom announced major power cuts in South Africa. This is not the first time that country will be facing this issue, last month as well there was a 24 hour power cut as the company’s transformers and machines were busted due to overhead of power. This time company announced that […]
Eritrea has blamed the US government for the ongoing conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. In a letter to the UN Security Council circulated on Monday, Osman Saleh accused President Joe Biden’s administration of “stoking further conflict and destabilization” through interference and intimidation in the region, apparently to “resuscitate the remnants of the TPLF regime”. The […]