Nearly 1,000 homes in informal settlements in Cape Town, South Africa, have been destroyed by gale-force winds, displacing around 4,000 people, authorities and an aid organization said as the city braces for a week of damaging storms. South African weather authorities said Monday that Cape Town and surrounding areas are expected to be hit by ...

 Between shifts at Amazon to support her family in Senegal, Hassan Diol often called her husband, Amadou Beye, who was awaiting a visa. While she worked opposite shifts with her sister-in-law to care for their children, Hassan would video call Amadou daily, eager for him to meet their infant daughter and reunite with their family in the U.S. B...

Соотечественники, проживающие в африканских и ближневосточных странах, играют большую роль в сохранении цивилизационного наследия, считают в МИД РФ. Заместитель главы ведомства Михаил Галузин также высоко оценил их деятельность, направленную на укрепление связей между странами в культурно-гуманитарной сфере, сообщает ТАСС. Об этом он сказал в приве...

Burkina Faso is facing an "unprecedented humanitarian crisis" and lacks means to solve it, the UN has warned. The spokesperson for the UN chief Stéphane Dujarric on Friday (Jun. 28) appealed for member states to provide funding. "In Burkina Faso, our humanitarian colleagues say the country is facing an unprecedented humanitarian crisis, with 6.3 mi...

Ученые воссоздали внешность самого древнего из известных представителей Homo sapiens, жившего около 300 000 лет назад, передает Tengri Life со ссылкой на Daily Mail. Череп обнаружили в 2017 году исследователи из Института Макса Планка вместе с каменными орудиями и костями животных в Джебель Ирхуде в Марокко. До этого считалось, что колыбель человеч...

27 июня состоялась церемония вручения сертификатов и удостоверений об успешном прохождении профессиональный программы «Русский язык как иностранный для науки, образования, культуры» для девяти преподавателей из университетов Намибии и Зимбабве. Для участников это уже не первая встреча с нашей страной — ранее они обучались в российских вузах, а тепе...

На площадке Новгородского университета ИНТЦ «Валдай» прошло официальное закрытие программы «Популяризация русского языка и российского образования в странах Африки». Её участниками стали 11 граждан Уганды, Эфиопии и Зимбабве – представители университетов Мбарара, Макерере, Бугема, Христианского университета Уганды и Королевского университета Мутеса...

Туристы из стран Ближнего Востока и Африки стали чаще посещать Москву после долгого перерыва, также растет туристический поток из ОАЭ, сообщил первый заместитель руководителя аппарата мэра и правительства Москвы, председатель Комитета по туризму города Москвы Евгений Козлов.С 28 июня по 2 июля на Манежной площади проходят Дни культуры Объединенных ...

Researchers in South Africa have injected radioactive material into the horns of 20 rhinos as part of a research project aimed at reducing poaching. The idea is that radiation detectors already in place at national borders would detect the horns and help authorities arrest poachers and traffickers. The research, which has included the participation...

Nigeria is one of the world's top plastic polluters, generating over 2.5 million tons of plastic waste annually. The need for a more comprehensive waste collection system and limited recycling facilities means that over 70 per cent of it ends up in the sea or in landfills. Now, Nigeria has become the latest African country to join the fight against...

 Kenya's president came to power by appealing to the common people, describing himself as a "hustler" and vowing relief from economic pain. However, Tuesday's deadly chaos in the capital, Nairobi, shows how far support for him has turned. Part of parliament burned as protesters rushed in and lawmakers fled. Bodies lay in the streets, and medic...

 Кения и Чад могут отменить визы для туристов из России26 Июня 2024, 03:15Алена Нефедова КЕНИЯРЕСПУБЛИКА ЧАДДИПЛОМАТИЯБЕЗВИЗОВЫЙ РЕЖИМВИЗЫФото: Global Look Press/Nikolay Ivaschenko Россия обсуждает введение безвизового режима для своих граждан с Кенией и Чадом. Об этом «Известиям» рассказали в российских посольствах в обеих республиках. «С янв...

 Flooding and landslides in Ivory Coast's largest city of Abidjan have left at least 24 people dead following a week of heavy rains, four times the usual volume in some cases, authorities said Tuesday. Flood-related deaths are not uncommon in the West African nation during the rainy season, but according to the Ivorian meteorological agency, t...

 Senegal says it has detected Covid-19 in dozens of pilgrims returning from their Hajj journey in Mecca. From tests conducted at Dakar's Blaise Diagne International Airport, 78 cases of Covid-19 were recorded. Senegal's health ministry said the results are not surprising. It said returning pilgrims had been advised to wear masks and self-isola...

 Always one sashay ahead of the fashion pack, Naomi Campbell is the first supermodel to get her own solo fashion exhibition. Opening at London's Victoria and Albert Museum on Saturday, the star has loaned outfits from her private collection to be put on display. Complimenting around 80 garments in the exhibition are photos and items from Campb...

Madagascar's capital has a new means of public transport. The first cable car rode over neighborhoods of Antananarivo carrying President Andriy Rajoelina, city officials and project contractors. Capable of carrying up to 75,000 passengers a day, the cars are designed to reduce congestion in the Malagasy capital, which today has a population of over...

 Sierra Leone's parliament has approved a law banning child marriage in a development lauded by activists as a major win for children's rights. The law criminalizes marrying girls under 18 years of age. It also prescribes jail terms of up to 15 years for offenders. One-third of all girls are married before their 18th birthday in the west Afric...

 Egypt has withdrawn the licenses of over a dozen tourism companies accused of causing the deaths of hundreds of people during the hajj pilgramage in Mecca. Media reports say as many as 1,000 pilgrims died in Saudi Arabia from illness but the prime minister's office, tasked with handling the crisis has confirmed only 31 deaths. The travel agen...

 This is Ayetoro, where waves break over concrete bricks, wooden posts and ruined homes. The lives of its residents have been upturned repeatedly as the sea eats into their neighbourhood. Ayetoro, otherwise known as the Happy City, was founded in 1947 as a utopian Christian community. Victoria Mofeoluwa Arowolo, a retired civil servant, has li...

 World leaders, health groups, and pharmaceutical firms announced $1.2 billion in funding to produce vaccines in Africa, at the Global Forum for Vaccine Sovereignty and Innovation in Paris on Thursday. The Covid-19 pandemic exposed gaping global inequalities in access to vaccines, including in Africa which is facing numerous health crises. Spe...