Several countries worldwide have announced the start of Ramadan 2026, the ninth and holiest month of the Islamic calendar, observed by Muslims worldwide.
Nigerian cleric, Pastor John Anosike, has shared a notable prophecy warning of solar collapse, extreme weather, and alleged plans to “cast viruses in the sun".
Under an acacia tree in Kenya's drought-ravaged north, malnourished infants feed on sticky mouthfuls of a nutrient-dense peanut paste long used to prevent child starvation in disasters across the globe.
The Commonwealth Games are sometimes seen as a quirky relic in the modern sporting calender but former International Olympic Committee (IOC) marketing chief Michael Payne says they have consistently defied the doomsayers. Payne, credited with transforming the IOC brand and finances through sponsorship, said the Commonwealth Games had shown remarkable resilience over the decades.
Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto appeared alone at a presidential debate Tuesday ahead of April 9 polls, after his main rival pulled out at the weekend. But on Tuesday Ruto found himself alone on stage, opposite an empty pulpit, fielding questions from two journalists.
Morocco and Israel added legal links to a growing list of cooperation accords since they normalised relations in 2020, during a visit Tuesday by Israeli Justice Minister Gideon Saar. Also on Tuesday, Israel's Regional Cooperation Minister Issawi Frej, an Israeli Arab whose family originated in Morocco, held talks in Rabat on a cultural exchange programme for youths from both countries.
Hundreds of protesters rallied on Tuesday against last year's military coup in Sudan and a recent spike in tribal violence which killed more than 100 people, AFP correspondents said. while others called on the military "to go back to barracks", according to an AFP correspondent.
Nigerians, including three presidential candidates, basked in the glory of the country's first world athletics gold medal, welcoming a respite from bad news about economic hardships and deepening insecurity.
Burkina Faso's former president Blaise Compaore, sentenced in absentia to life in jail for the 1987 assassination of revolutionary icon Thomas Sankara, apologised to the ex-leader's family on Tuesday. A Burkina court handed him a life term in absentia in April for his role in the assassination.
French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday declared his country would support Africa's need for security as he began a three-country tour marked by France's military revamp in the jihadist-torn Sahel. Macron also pledged French support for countries fighting jihadists in the Lake Chad region, where an older insurgency launched by Nigeria's Boko Haram is also raging.
Lesotho on Tuesday dropped murder charges against the country's former prime minister Thomas Thabane and his wife over the 2017 killing of his previous estranged wife Lipolelo. Thabane, 83, was accused of hiring hitmen to kill Lipolelo in June 2017, two days before the prime minister's inauguration.
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