Ghana has been buzzing over the return on Feb 8 of its stolen antiques by a U.S. museum. The looted Asante royal regalia and other objects are returning to their original place, the Manhyia Palace, after 150 years, a sharp reminder of colonial-era appropriations. Reclaiming a cultural narrative is at stake here, and the response has been high...
Morocco is planning on passing new laws and strengthening penalties to combat art forgeries in order to protect a multimillion-dollar art market that officials believe will continue to grow. The North African nation's chief prosecutor on Monday kicked off a series of meetings with the country's Ministry of culture and the National Foundation ...
Crowds gathered in the Nigerian city of Lagos on Sunday for an early celebration of the Lunar New Year. The day, often referred to as the Chinese New Year, marks the first day of the lunar calendar and there are many cultural traditions associated with this celebration of spring. It is one of the most important holidays in Chinese culture and...
Буркина-Фасо получила российскую пшеницу, сообщает ТАСС. Торжественная церемония передачи гуманитарной помощи состоялась в Уагадугу. Двадцать пять тонн зерна доставили в африканскую страну из порта Абиджана, который расположен в Кот-д'Ивуаре. По словам посла РФ Алексея Салтыкова, участниками церемонии стали представители руководства страны, ж...
South African-based journalists and pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered in Johannesburg on Sunday to pay tribute to journalists who lost their lives in the conflict in Gaza. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, at least 83 journalists and media workers have lost their lives since the conflict began. This includes 76 Palestini...
Two British museums are returning looted gold and silver artifacts to Ghana under a long-term loan arrangement as U.K. institutions face increasing demands to hand over treasures acquired at a time when the British Empire ruled over people around the globe. The British Museum and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, together with the Manhyia...
In a significant diplomatic encounter, President Faustin-Archange Touadéra of the Central African Republic engaged in discussions with Pope Francis during his visit to the Vatican on Saturday. The meeting focused on the social, political, and humanitarian situation in the Central African country, with an emphasis on enhancing international co...
24 января в Новом Каире открылась 55-ая Каирская международная книжная ярмарка. В этом году она проходит под девизом «Мы делаем знания. Мы сохраняем слово». В ней принимают участие более 1200 представителей из 70 государств. Россию представляют советский и российский арабист Владимир Беляков, писатели Дмитрий Стрешнев, Афанасий Мамедов, Марин...
Allegations of rape, pimping and sexual exploitation have kept Cameroonian netizens on tenterhooks. A hashtag on Twitter has gathered over 100,000 posts on what has become a scandal. Was a man given a blank to abduct, threaten, rape, and sometimes confine illegaly women and men without ever being questioned by the police during decades? Anony...
A Rwandan official said Thursday (Jan. 25) that the remains of 119 people believed to be victims of the 1994 genocide have been discovered in the country's south, as authorities continue to find mass graves nearly three decades after the killings. The remains of more victims continue to be found because perpetrators of the genocide tried their best...
Two British museums are returning gold and silver artifacts to Ghana under a long-term loan arrangement — 150 years after the items were looted from the Asante people during Britain's colonial battles in West Africa. The British Museum and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, together with the Manhyia Palace Museum in Ghana, on Thursday anno...
A documentary by Uganda's Robert Kyagulanyi popularly known as Bobi Wine, titled 'The People's President' has received a nomination at the 2024 Oscars. Bobi Wine: The People's President is nominated for the best documentary feature film alongside four other documentaries, including Tunisian documentary Four Daughters. "It is such a humbling m...
Nigerian singer Damini Ogulu, known as Burna Boy, will perform at the 2024 GRAMMYs on Sunday, February 4 at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, US. The Recording Academy announced on Monday, January 22, that the 'City Boy' crooner Burna Boy, will share the Grammy stage with notable artists such as Luke Combs and Travis Scott. The Recording Acade...
Orthodox Christians in Ethiopia celebrated Timket - a festival that marks the baptism of Jesus - on Saturday in the capital Addis Ababa. The UNESCO-inscribed festival of the Epiphany began on Friday with the ritual of each church carrying a Tabot - a sacred replica of the Ark of the Covenant. In the ritual, the Tabot is covered with cloth and carri...
Rio de Janeiro's iconic Christ the Redeemer statue donned Pele's bright-yellow Brazil jersey on Friday night to honour the first anniversary of the soccer legend's death. The 98-foot (30 metre) statue was illuminated with an image of the national jersey, including the famed number 10 and Pele's signature. The Brazilian king of soccer won a re...
On a weekday this December, the fabrics section at Accra's frenzied Makola market was unusually quiet for the festive end-of-year period. Female traders with big woven hats sat in front of their stalls chatting and tiredly swatting away flies. Behind them, colourful African wax textiles were stacked in rows from ground to ceiling, waiting to ...
Kenyan police are investigating allegations of killings by guards at a US company Del Monte plantation in the center of the country after four bodies were found in a river, a county official said on Thursday. According to the Kenyan media Citizen TV, two bodies were found on Sunday, and two others the next day, in the Thika River, near this p...
At least 40 people were killed when a tanker truck exploded after crashing in central Liberia, the police said on Tuesday. The tanker carrying gasoline crashed and fell into a ditch along a road in Totota, in Bong County, with police saying at least 30 more people were injured in the explosion as locals gathered at the scene. "There were lots...
Телеканал RT подвёл итоги уходящего года. В 2023-м в семи городах России состоялся международный фестиваль документального кино «RТ.Док: Время героев». Также был представлен сборник стихов «ПоэZия русского лета». Наряду с этим RT организовал участие потомков африканских освободителей в форуме Россия — Африка, а также запустил новые программы и онла...
Концерты, лекции, мастер-классы и образовательные семинары вошли в программу, направленную на продвижение русского языка за рубежом. Её подготовило Министерство культуры при содействии МИД РФ. Она охватила несколько стран, среди которых Марокко, Мьянма, Танзания и Венесуэла. Проект будет продолжен в следующем году, сообщает Минкультуры РФ. По слова...
