If Monday’s wake for Brazilian football legend Pele was a day of reflection, Tuesday’s funeral cortege was one of carnivalesque proportions. The 82-year-old, who many regarded as the world’s best…
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Canada: Foreigners now banned from buying homes
A two-year ban on some foreigners buying homes in Canada has come into effect. The ban aims to help ease one of the most unaffordable housing markets in the world.…
Saudi Arabia: Ronaldo calls host country South Africa at Al Nassr unveiling
At his first press conference in Saudi Arabia following his multi-million dollar move to join Al Nassr, football star Ronaldo rather embarrassingly got the name of his new host country…
Burkina Faso: Bodies of 28 people found in Nouna
The bodies of 28 people who were shot dead have been discovered in Burkina Faso’s north-western town of Nouna, the government has said. A civil society group blamed the killings…
Bolivia: Clashes after judge orders opposition leader detained
Protesters have clashed with police in Bolivia’s largest city after a court sentenced a key opposition leader to four months in pre-trial detention on terrorism charges. Several hundred demonstrators threw…
Mali: Authorities sentence 46 Ivory Coast soldiers to 20 years in prison
A court in Mali has sentenced 46 soldiers from Ivory Coast to 20 years’ imprisonment for conspiring against the government, and three others to death in absentia. The soldiers were…
Venezuela: Opposition removes ‘interim President’ Juan Guaido
Three of four major opposition groups backed the bill to remove opposition leader Juan Guaido and create a five-member commission to manage foreign assets. Venezuela’s opposition national assembly has voted…
Tanzania’s President Mama Samia ends 6-yr ban on opposition rallies
Tanzania’s president Samia Suluhu Hassan affectionately known as Mama Samia among her nationals, has lifted a ban on opposition rallies imposed in 2016 by her strongman predecessor, in an overture…
Jerusalem: Palestine enraged by Israeli far-right minister’s visit of contested holy site
Palestinians have condemned a visit to a contested holy site in Jerusalem by a far-right Israeli minister as an “unprecedented provocation”. Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, has entered…
Pakistan: Afghanistan used to launch attacks on Pakistan- Defence minister
Pakistan’s defence minister has alleged that Afghanistan’s soil is being used by armed groups to launch attacks on his country, prompting a sharp response from Taliban government in Kabul which…