Category: Africa and the rest of the world

English Channel boat tragedy French Interior Ministry on Thursday confirmed the death of 27 migrants who died after their boat capsized in the English Channel. A spokesperson for the ministry said that the death toll of the tragedy, which was revised down from 31, was still preliminary. On Wednesday, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin had […]

Specialists take part in a rescue operation following a fire in the Listvyazhnaya coal mine in the Kemerovo region, Russia, November 25, 2021. Russian Emergencies Ministry/Handout via Reuters Attention Editors – This Image Has Been Supplied By A Third Party. No Resales. No Archives. Mandatory Credit The governor of the Kemerovo region, Sergei Tsivilev, on […]

Ousted Sudanese Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok was reinstated on Sunday. Hamdok took over the highest state office at the presidential palace in the capital Khartoum, state broadcaster Sudan TV reported. A few minutes earlier, Hamdok and military ruler, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, had signed an agreement for a new transitional government. “We will put our […]

Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo gives a speech during the 75th anniversary celebrations of The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) at UNESCO headquarters in Paris on November 12, 2021. (Photo by Julien De Rosa / Pool / AFP) Presidents from five African countries are set to converge on Sal Island, Cape Verde, for […]

In this file photo taken on December 09, 2020 Children look at books in the library of an elementary school that was damaged during the fighting that broke out in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, in the village of Bisober. – With thousands dead, two million displaced and mounting fears of a rebel march on Addis Ababa, […]

This handout photo taken and released on November 14, 2021 by the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Safety shows a mudslide closing Highway 1 between Popkum and Hope, east of Chilliwack, Canada. – Relentless rain battered Canada’s Pacific coast on November 15, 2021, forcing evacuations and sending mudslides, rocks and debris across highways that […]

(Photo by Arthur Edwards / Pool / AFP) Queen Elizabeth II on Sunday missed the annual Remembrance service at the Cenotaph with a “sprained back”, further stoking fears for her health after she was forced to cancel a series of engagements on medical advice. The ceremony, honouring the sacrifice of British and Commonwealth service personnel […]

In this file photo taken on January 31, 2014 Former South African President FW de Klerk looks on before delivering his speech to mark 20 years of democracy in Cape Town. – FW de Klerk, South Africa’s last white president, has died aged 85, his foundation announced on November 11, 2021. (Photo by Jennifer Bruce […]

In this file photo taken on June 30, 2021 former US President Donald Trump speaks during a visit to the border wall near Pharr, Texas. – A US federal judge ruled on November 9, 2021 that White House records that could implicate former President Donald Trump in the January 6 attack on the US Capitol […]