Algeria said it had sent a senior official to neighbouring Niger on Thursday to pursue a diplomatic initiative following a coup that has sparked threats of regional military intervention.Algeria has come out against West African bloc ECOWAS’s threat to send a military force to intervene if the new military regime there fails to restore democracy.The …

Algeria sends envoy to Niger for talks on coup crisisThu, 24 Aug 2023 21:43:09 GMT Read More »

Russian President Vladimir Putin broke his silence Thursday on the plane crash a day earlier that reportedly killed mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin and other senior members of the Wagner paramilitary group.In televised comments Putin offered his “sincere condolences to the families of all the victims”, describing the crash as a “tragedy”. As well as Prigozhin, …

Putin offers ‘condolences’ after Wagner plane crashThu, 24 Aug 2023 20:27:13 GMT Read More »

BRICS leaders announced on Thursday the “historic” admission of six new countries, as the bloc seeks to reshape the Western-led global order and expand its influence in an era of strategic competition.BRICS — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — agreed at their annual summit to make Argentina, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and …

BRICS hails ‘historic’ entry of new members amid bloc rivalryThu, 24 Aug 2023 19:25:17 GMT Read More »

Russian President Vladimir Putin broke his silence on Thursday on the plane crash a day earlier that killed infamous mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin and other senior members of the Wagner paramilitary group.In televised comments Putin offered his “sincere condolences to the families of all the victims”, describing the crash as a “tragedy”. As well as …

Putin offers ‘condolences’ after Russia plane crash kills Wagner bossThu, 24 Aug 2023 18:55:24 GMT Read More »

Rwandan President Paul Kagame has threatened to round up Catholic faithful who visit pilgrimage sites in his country, accusing them of “worshipping poverty”.”I learned that many young people, as many as thousands… wake up in the early morning, walk for three days to go to (a place) where a vision appeared, a pilgrim land, a place associated with …

Rwanda’s Kagame warns Catholic pilgrims who ‘worship poverty’Thu, 24 Aug 2023 18:43:06 GMT Read More »

By the end of century, more than one billion cows worldwide could suffer from heat stress if global warming continues unabated, threatening their fertility, milk production and lives, according to research published on Thursday. Nearly eight out of 10 cows across the planet are already experiencing excessively high body temperatures, spiked respiration rates, bowed heads and …

Heat stress could threaten health of one billion cowsThu, 24 Aug 2023 16:36:36 GMT Read More »

Amnesty International said Thursday that rights campaigners were stunned by a decision by the African Union’s rights commission to scrap its investigation into abuses committed in Ethiopia’s war-scarred Tigray.In a tweet, it said 33 civil society groups were “shocked” after the panel terminated the inquiry, yet had not published a report on its findings or …

Rights groups ‘shocked’ by AU move to scrap Ethiopia abuse probeThu, 24 Aug 2023 15:33:20 GMT Read More »

Sudan’s army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan was seen outside his headquarters Thursday for the first time since fighting with paramilitaries erupted more than four months ago, army videos showed.Some of the footage filmed before dawn and posted on the army’s Facebook page showed Burhan speaking to soldiers, with the caption indicating that he was at the …

Sudan army chief makes first foray outside HQ in months of warThu, 24 Aug 2023 14:57:26 GMT Read More »

TikTok has agreed to moderate content on its app in Kenya, the country’s presidency said Thursday, days after parliament received a petition to ban the popular video-sharing platform. TikTok, owned by Chinese technology giant ByteDance, is facing intense scrutiny across the world due to privacy and security concerns. “Short-form video hosting service TikTok will work with Kenya …

Kenya says TikTok agrees content moderation dealThu, 24 Aug 2023 14:49:22 GMT Read More »

A day after a plane crash that presumably killed Russia’s infamous mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin and all other nine people on board, Russian President Vladimir was still silent on the incident on Thursday. The crash on Wednesday evening took place exactly two months after Prigozhin led a rebellion against Moscow’s top military brass, in the biggest …

Wagner boss presumed dead in Russia plane crashThu, 24 Aug 2023 14:24:33 GMT Read More »