Pope Francis – Copyright © africanews Alessandra Tarantino/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved Last updated: 4 hours ago Vatican Thousands of people have gathered in Vatican City to celebrate Easter with the pope. At Easter Sunday Mass, Pope Francis appealed for a ceasefire in Gaza, and for warring countries Russia and Ukraine to free…
Tyla grew up in Johannesburg, South Africa, practicing acceptance speeches in the mirror, envisioning herself on the grandest award stages. But as she found out, a dream is one thing — reality is another. “I was not prepared at all,” laughed Tyla, who won the inaugural African Music Performance Grammy last month, beating out established…
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, meets with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, right, in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, March 21, 2024 – Copyright © africanews Evelyn Hockstein/AP Last updated: 7 hours ago Gaza attack Top diplomats from Egypt, Jordan and France met on Saturday in Cairo for talks. Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry received…
Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud speaks during an interview on his visit to the United Nations, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023, at U.N. headquarters – Copyright © africanews Bebeto Matthews/Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved. Last updated: 10 hours ago Somalia Somalia made significant changes to its constitution on Saturday, granting the president the authority…
Delicately and with intense concentration, Zanyiwe Ncube poured her small share of precious golden cooking oil into a plastic bottle at a food aid distribution site deep in rural Zimbabwe. Her relief at the handout paid for by the U.S. government as her southern African country deals with a severe drought was tempered when aid…
This Good Friday, Catholics in Abidjan are commemorating the Stations of the Cross in a procession at St. André’s Catholic Church in the Yopougon neighborhood of Ivorian capital. Christians and Muslims make up around 40 percent of the population each in Ivory Coast, though most Christians are in the south of the country. As part…
With repeated school closures and mass flight, children in Haiti have been left in suffering under the shadow of the ongoing violence in the Caribbean country. The national capital Port-au-Prince remains engulfed in violence and a political power vacuum, with gangs having a stranglehold on roads and ports in the city and tens of thousands…
Roma – Copyright © africanews Andrew Medichini/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved Last updated: 30/03 – 09:43 Vatican Pope Francis has skipped the traditional Good Friday procession for the second year in a row, citing health reasons Francis had been expected to preside over the Way of the Cross procession, but announced he would…
In Egypt, population growth is at half-mast. In 2023, it slowed to 1.4%, its lowest rate in decades, according to figures by the Ministry of Planning data published on Thursday. Egypt is the most populous country in the Arab world, with 106 million inhabitants, according to the official Egyptian statistics agency. The fall in population…
The European Union intends to fast-track some of its aid money to Egypt using an urgent funding procedure that bypasses parliamentary oversight and other safeguards, according to the president of the bloc’s executive branch. The 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) intended for this is part of a larger package of 7.4 billion euros ($8 billion)…
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