01:25 Kinshasa Muhammad Ali's 'Rumble in the Jungle' fifty years on On October 30 1974, he gave boxing one of its most memorable moments when he stopped the fearsome George Foreman to recapture the heavyweight ...
Russia Africans recruited for Russian jobs say they were tricked into building Ukraine drones To fill an urgent labour shortage in wartime Russia, the Kremlin has been recruiting women aged 18-22 from places like Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, ...
01:20 Lebanon African migrant workers stuck in Lebanon as Israel's war expands The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said that the number of cases where house workers have been abandoned is spiking, estimating ...
01:27 USA AU-UN seek to strengthen cooperation The UN security Council was briefed on Wednesday (Oct. 02) on the cooperation between the United Nations and regional organizations including ...
02:15 Sierra Leone Building collapse in Freetown raises questions Monday's collapse is not an isolated incident; there have been several instances of building collapse in Freetown over the past few months. Experts ...
01:52 South Africa South Africa's new visa scheme welcomed "In terms of the scheme itself, the goal here is basically to facilitate less red tape for Chinese tourists and specifically also to make it ...
00:41 USA Ballet dancer Michaela Mabinty DePrince dies at 29 Ballet dancer Michaela Mabinty DePrince, who came to the United States from an orphanage in war-torn Sierra Leone and performed on some of the ...
01:01 USA James Earl Jones, acclaimed actor and voice of Darth Vader, dies at 93 James Earl Jones, who overcame racial prejudice and a severe stutter to become a celebrated icon of stage and screen — eventually lending his ...
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone's president uses UN Security Council presidency to urge more seats for Africa “Africa cannot wait any longer,”
01:41 Democratic Republic Of Congo Coordinated efforts: UN supports SAMIDRC in Democratic Republic of Congo The Security Council reached a unanimous decision to adopt a resolution that empowers the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
Summer Olympics Paris Olympics: With the opening ceremony minutes away, get to know the African flag bearers The 33rd Olympiad will officially kick off after the opening ceremony that starts at 7:30 (UTC +1). All 54 African countries have sent delegations ...
00:59 Sierra Leone Sierra Leone court finds 11 involved in alleged coup guilty The man accused of leading the attack, Amadu Koita Makalo, was sentenced Monday to 182 years in prison on charges of treason, murder and shooting ...
Assassination History of presidential assassination attempts in America Before Saturday’s apparent attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, there have been multiple instances of political violence ...
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone bans child marriage, penalizes witnesses “I have always believed that the future of Sierra Leone is female,”
00:50 Sierra Leone Sierra Leone outlaws child marriage in new legislation The law criminalizes marrying girls under 18 years of age. It also prescribes jail terms of up to 15 years for offenders. One-third of all girls ...
04:57 Interview Dr Yumkella on ensuring a fair energy transition for Africa [Interview] The transition to renewable energy will quadruple the demand for essential minerals. The majority of these mineral deposits are found in Africa. ...
01:04 France Meeting between Diomaye Faye and Emmanuel Macron: a turning point in Franco-Senegalese relations? President Bassirou Diomaye Faye is meeting Emmanuel Macron for lunch at the Élysée Palace on Thursday. Trade agreements between the two countries, ...
USA Libyans demand elections and unity, says UN envoy Libyans from rival regions and all walks of life are fed up with the country’s divisions and want political players to end their years-long impasse ...
00:55 Health crisis Africa: Opioids stronger than heroin are showing up in drug users for the first time -Report As more youth in West and Central Africa have become addicted to drugs, use remains dangerous. Highly potent opioids are now showing up in African ...
00:58 USA UN: Somalia elected to Security Council after more than 50 years Somalia gets seat at the United Nations Security Council. Denmark, Greece, Pakistan and Panama also got seats on the U.N. Security Council in ...
01:34 Egypt Burkina Faso ready to face the Pharaohs in World Cup qualifier match Burkina Faso national men's football team believe they have a chance of securing a positive result ahead of Thursday's World Cup qualifier against ...
South Sudan UN extends arms embargo on South Sudan The U.S.-sponsored resolution got the minimum nine "yes" votes in the 15-member council, with six countries abstaining – Russia, China, Mozambique, ...
01:10 Sierra Leone A cheap, synthetic drug is ravaging Sierra Leone's youth kush, a derivative of cannabis mixed with synthetic drugs like fentanyl and tramadol and chemicals like formaldehyde - makes people lethargic, ...
02:20 Cuba A look at religious diversity in once atheist Cuba The 1959 Castro-led revolution installed an atheist, Communist government that sought to replace the Catholic Church as the guiding force in ...
01:12 South Africa South Africa launches investigations into building collapse Authorities in South Africa have announced multiple investigations into the cause of the building collapse, including by police, the provincial ...
01:38 Sierra Leone Russian foreign minister discusses bilateral relations with Sierra Leone counterpart Lavrov called Sierra Leone Russia’s “traditional reliable partner in Africa” and said that it’s planned to open a diplomatic mission in Freetown ...
South Africa South Africa: 5 workers dead, 49 still missing after a building collapsed The collapse happened in the city of George, about 400 kilometers (250 miles) east of Cape Town on South Africa's south coast.
02:14 Nigeria Malaria: The plight of residents of low-income neighbourhoods Ponds of dirty water on the streets of Makoko, an informal neighborhood in Lagos, and a lack of decent living conditions provide ideal breeding ...
01:50 Ethiopia Families of Ethiopia 737 Max crash victims seek revival of criminal charge against Boeing "It appears to us that the Justice Department is continuing to give a wealthy, powerful, well connected corporation benefits than any other defendant ...
02:29 Sierra Leone Sierra Leoneans unite to fight life-ravaging drug 'kush' "Now that government has now put state of emergency on kush, we should use the other apparatus or the setup stage that was done for COVID and ...