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List Of Africa’s Longest-Serving Presidents
These five leaders, Teodoro Obiang, Paul Biya, Sassou Nguesso, Yoweri Museveni, and Isaias Afwerki, have spent decades in the presidential seat, leaving a mark on their nations that few can rival. These leaders have witnessed entire generations...
Philippines takes over ASEAN chairmanship from Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur (ANTARA) - The Philippines received the ASEAN chairmanship for 2026 from Malaysia at the closing ceremony of the 47th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday. Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim formally handed over the...
Senegal’s great green wall progress falters amid unfulfilled pledges: Study
A recent study has examined the progress to realize Africa’s Great Green Wall initiative in Senegal, which is often hailed as the model for this continent-wide project. The study finds Senegal has achieved encouraging social and economic results —...
Who will represent Africa at the 2026 World Cup
The Africa World Cup Qualifiers 2026 energized fans with spectacular goals and thrilling comebacks. How many African teams qualify for World Cup 2026? Due to the expansion of the prestigious tournament, Africa has been granted more spots in the...
African airlines hit by more EU bans in ongoing safety oversight battle
The European Union has delivered a fresh blow to African aviation by expanding its Air Safety List, commonly known as the EU flight blacklist, removing dozens of carriers from the right to operate in European airspace. The 2025 EU Air Safety List...
Africa’s AI progress held back by limited internet coverage
From the periphery, it’s easy to assume that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is still far removed from Africa’s realities. But from simple fact-checking tools used by journalists in Mozambique and Uganda, to complex AI-driven revenue systems in South...
Biniam Girmay's future in limbo as Lotto-Intermarché merger drags on and UCI blocks contract terminations
Biniam Girmay's future is in limbo and he does not yet know which team he will ride for in 2026, as the expected merger between Lotto and Intermarché-Wanty drags on into the off-season. Girmay is apparently at home in Eritrea, waiting to see if...
Not so proud to be American -- 'fed up' expats renounce citizenship
SIGN UP FOR THE DAILY JWR UPDATE. IT'S FREE. Just click here. LONDON On the morning after the U.S. election in November, an American living in London woke up, read that Donald Trump would be returning to the White House and sent an email to the...
Who Will Represent Africa At 2026 World Cup: Results Of The Qualification For Next Year’s Main Tournament
NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 28 – The Africa World Cup Qualifiers 2026 energized fans with spectacular goals and thrilling comebacks. How many African teams qualify for World Cup 2026? Due to the expansion of the prestigious tournament, Africa has been...
Killers and rapists flood into Britain as migrant chaos spirals out of control
Foreign fugitives wanted for rape, murder and gang violence are pouring into Britain unchecked on small boats, court files reveal. Secret extradition lists and National Crime Agency data show hundreds of foreign criminals have slipped into the...
I live in an asylum hotel – this is why I came to Britain
Cyrus* hoped the UK would offer him sanctuary. Instead, the Iranian migrant found himself stuck in an asylum hotel, intimidated by protesters surrounding the building. “They would gather at the door during a rally. Once, they attacked the hotel...
Giants and Lilliputians: Haile Selassie and President Isaias Afwerki (Part 2)
Power, Image, and Machiavellian Survival: The Body as a Mirror of Power To understand Isaias Afwerki’s psychology, one must first confront the contradiction written across his body. His appearance—spare, stiff, and strangely careless—betrayed none...
Carabao Cup TV guide: How to watch every EFL Cup game live around the world
The Carabao Cup has provided thrilling entertainment in recent seasons and the 2025/2026 competition is shaping up no differently, so FourFourTwo is here with all the broadcast information you need to watch every game live. Carabao Cup...
Iceland Is The World's Most Peaceful Country
Today, Western and Central Europe stand as the most peaceful region in the world. This comes at a time when global conflict deaths have reached a 25-year high, and 106 countries have become more militarized over the past two years—reversing two...
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Paris Masters 2025: Monday, October 27 to Sunday, November 2 Daily start time: 6am ET / 10am GMT Free stream: France TV (France) Unlock the free stream using ExpressVPN Watch Paris Masters 2025 live streams, as Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner...
Salesian Leaders in Africa Chart New Path for “sustainability of formation, effective animation” at Meeting in Ethiopia
Following the restructuring of the Africa-Madagascar Region into East-South Africa (nine provinces, 21 countries) and Central-West Africa (six provinces, 21 countries) during the recent General Chapter, he said in the October 24 note, Salesian...
Playing the Game of Racial Roulette
A widespread racist belief in America and Europe, especially on college campuses, is that white Americans and Europeans are genetically and culturally predisposed to colonialism, oppression, racism, and other injustices. The converse belief is...
UAE ‘likely’ building airstrip on strategic island in Red Sea
A satellite image of Zuqar Island. (NASA Landsat7 via Wikimedia) Satellite imagery reviewed by the Associated Press shows an airstrip under construction on Zuqar Island, a strategic island in the Red Sea about 55 miles south of the port of...
You Can’t Be Antisemitic If You’re Semitic
The term “Semitic” originally comes from the Biblical figure Shem (one of Noah’s sons) and was later used by linguists to describe one of the major branches of the Afro-Asiatic language family – a linguistic and cultural, not racial,...
Two sisters, two paths
The twins report that they sometimes encountered racism or discrimination at school because of their background and very dark skin colour. But these experiences were limited. In Kenya’s multiethnic society, which includes refugees or migrants from...