Riots erupted in Algerian desert city last weekend after months of water shortages left taps running dry and forced residents to queue to access water for their households. In Tiaret, a central Algerian city of less than 200,000 located 155 miles (250 kilometers) southwest of Algiers protestors wearing balaclavas set tires aflame and set up m...
The death toll in an attack in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Friday by militants and Islamist rebels has risen to at least 41, the government said on Monday. Red Cross volunteers and young people from the village of Masala in the eastern North Kivu province have been searching for bodies since the incident. Locals said armed men using g...
Pope Francis gathered the Palestinian and Israeli ambassadors to the Vatican Gardens on Friday to pray for an end to the war in Gaza, marking the 10th anniversary of a similar encounter with the Israeli and Palestinian presidents with a new appeal for peace. "Every day I pray that this war will finally end," Francis told the small gathering, ...
A Zambian court on Friday jailed 22 Chinese nationals over cybercrimes that included internet fraud and online scams targeting Zambians and other people from Singapore, Peru and the United Arab Emirates. The Magistrates Court in the capital, Lusaka, jailed them for periods ranging from 7 to 11 years. The court also fined them between $1,500 t...
27th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum: Shifting Geopolitical Focus and Exploring New Markets in Global SouthBy Prof. Maurice OkoliShareTweetPinMail All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the Translate Website button below the author's name (only available in desktop version). To receive Global Research's D...
At least 100 people were killed, and dozens were injured after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces attacked a village in Gezira province in Sudan on Wednesday, officials said. Women, children, and elderly were among the victims in the attacks by the Rapid Support Forces on Wad al-Noura village in Gezira, Mini Arko Minawi, the governor of Da...
Nigeria's Federal Government has announced that it will acquire a maximum of 3.5 million power meters by the end of 2024 in a move to increase revenue collection in the West African state. The country's Ministry of Power, through its cabinet secretary Adebayo Adelabu, announced this, echoing the recent resolution by the government to purchase...
A fire at a displacement camp in eastern Congo destroyed around 50 makeshift tents, leaving dozens of families without shelter, according to the United Nations, which said the fire is believed to have started during cooking at a camp. The Muganga displaced people camp near the provincial capital Goma was hit by fire Wednesday. It had already ...
Kenyan cobbler, Stephen Ochieng's life was changed forever following an accident a few years ago. He was standing in a crowd of people at a packed station, all trying to board a train to get home after work when he fell under the train. The damage to his legs was so severe they both had to be amputated. Now, a new 3D printing company, Prothea...
7 new bodies have been found as exhumations continued in the Kenyan forest of Shakahola on Monday As exhumations continued on Monday in a Kenyan forest where hundreds of victims of a doomsday cult were found buried last year, seven more bodies were discovered. The total number of people unearthed from the mass graves now stands at 436. The governme...
Morocco organized its first electronic gaming fair in Rabat last week, bringing together developers, startups and gamers. Organized by the Ministry of Youth, Culture, and Communication, the Morocco Gaming Expo aims to bolster the burgeoning gaming industry in the country. The expo featured four main sections including a display area with over 70 ex...
The two main labour unions in Nigeria have declared an indefinite strike as from Monday over what they terms as a disagreement on a new minimum wage with the government. The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) both had issued warnings on Friday that they would proceed with the strike shoulkd the government fail to head...
Dozens of women bring their empty jerry cans to the public fountain in Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu province, to fetch drinking water for their families. But the wait at the fountain can last several hours. The city has been hit by a water shortage due to its adduction system reaching its limits as the city is growin...
Совершенно новый вид динозавров обнаружила на берегу озера Кариба в Зимбабве международная группа палеонтологов из ЮАР, США и других стран. Ящер, которому дали имя Musankwa sanyatiensis, обитал на территории Африки в период позднего триаса около 210 млн лет назад, пишет «Газета.Ru» со ссылкой на исследование, опубликованное в научном журнале Acta P...
Residents from a village in Papua New Guinea that has been left devastated by a landslide last Friday have appealed for aid. The United Nations has estimated that 670 villagers were killed in the disaster and over 1,000 displaced. A mass of boulders, earth and splintered trees devastated Yambali in the South Pacific nation's remote highlands ...
Дипломаты, представители власти, бизнесмены, деятели культуры и науки из стран Африки и России стали участниками Африканского международного конгресса. Его работа началась во вторник, 28 мая, в Санкт-Петербурге, пишет «Российская газета». Форум проходит во второй раз, впервые его провели год назад. Мероприятие получило активную поддержку в лице вып...
26 мая 2024 года, в Неделю 4-ю по Пасхе, о расслабленном, в храме Воскресения Христова в столице Тунисской Республики г. Тунисе прошли торжества по случаю празднования 100-летия основания прихода. Божественную литургию совершил Патриарший экзарх Африки митрополит Зарайский Константин в сослужении настоятеля храма протоиерея Димитрия Нецветаева. По ...
Зажигательными мотивами встречал гостей Международный музыкальный ансамбль «Масатуня», лауреат фестиваля «Студвесна на Кубани». В корпусе факультета гидромелиорации наши студенты из разных стран мира, обучающиеся подготовительного отделения в национальных костюмах рассказывали о странах Африканского континента. Участников большого международного пр...
27 мая в АГТУ начался ежегодный, невероятно энергичный и колоритный праздник весны — Неделя Африки. АГТУ — многонациональный вуз, где тесно переплетаются культуры и традиции десятков государств. Значительная часть иностранных студентов приехала в наш университет из солнечного и экзотичного континента — Африки. Каждый год в конце мая они знакомят ст...
В странах Ближнего Востока и Северной Африки растет спрос на обучение в РФ. Прежде всего иностранцам интересны медицина, менеджмент, а также нефтегазовое дело, сообщает телеканал «Известия». В РУДН число первокурсников с Ближнего Востока и из Северной Африки выросло на 6,8% за последние три года. В университете обучается более 1,3 тыс. иностранцев ...
