Category: Africa and the rest of the world

A handout picture provided by the Iranian presidency on October 27, 2021, shows Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi (C) visiting the ministry of oil to follow up on latest issues caused in the fuel distribution system. – Iranian authorities blamed a mysterious cyberattack for unprecedented disruption to the country’s fuel distribution network. (Photo by Iranian Presidency […]

US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks after receiving a booster of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine on October 30, 2021, in the South Court Auditorium of the White House in Washington, DC. (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP) The first woman and first person of color to become US vice president, Kamala Harris made history on […]

This undated file photo handout released by the Afghan Taliban undated handout photograph released by the Afghan Taliban on May 25, 2016 shows, according to the Afghan Taliban, the new Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada posing for a photograph at an undisclosed location. – Haibatullah Akhundzada has made his first-ever public appearance, officials announced on October 31, […]

The African Union said Wednesday it had suspended Sudan until civilian rule in the country is restored, saying it rejected the military takeover as an “unconstitutional” seizure of power. The continent-wide bloc said it “strongly condemns the seizure of power” and was suspending Sudan from all AU activities “until the effective restoration of the civilian-led […]

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva makes remarks at an opening news conference during the IMF and World Bank’s Annual Fall Meetings of finance ministers. Reuters/Mike Theiler/File Photo Embattled International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva was fighting for her professional life Saturday as the institution’s Executive Board considers evidence she manipulated data in […]

Pope Francis addresses the meeting “Faith and Science: Towards COP26” on October 4, 2021 in The Vatican, sending an appeal to participants in the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26, scheduled from November 1 to 12 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo by Alessandro Di Meo / Pool / AFP) Pope Francis expressed […]

German Finance Minister, Vice-Chancellor and the Social Democrats (SPD) candidate for Chancellor Olaf Scholz delivers a press statement at the party’s headquarters in Berlin on September 27, 2021, one day after general elections. (Photo by Christof Stache / AFP) Germany slipped Monday into a period of political unpredictability after the Social Democrats narrowly won a […]

A woman who allegedly killed her husband and mother in-law has been arrested alongside five others by the police in South Africa. Nophelo Gquthani allegedly shot her husband and her 81 year old mother in law in Mkatazo village Kwanditya, Elliotdale on Thursday, September 9. She and her supposed accomplices have appeared in the Elliotdale […]

Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban’s deputy leader and negotiator, and other delegation members attend the Afghan peace conference in Moscow, Russia March 18, 2021. Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via Reuters/File Photo The Taliban co-founder and now deputy prime minister of Afghanistan released an audio statement Monday saying he was alive and well after news of his […]

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko / Pool / AFP) A televised election debate on Sunday marks one of the last chances for Germany’s struggling chancellor candidate Armin Laschet, from Angela Merkel’s conservative camp, to close the gap with his centre-left rival. Two weeks before voters head to the polls, gaffe-prone Laschet will […]