At least nine people have died in a crowd crush during New Year festivities in the Ugandan capital Kampala. A number of children were killed in the incident, which unfolded…
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Senegal: African Adam on a mission to plant five million trees
A man in southern Senegal has set himself the ambitious task of planting five million trees over the next five years. This visionary project came to Adama Diémé when he…
Saudi Arabia: Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo joins Saudi club Al Nassr
Football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has joined Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr on a two-and-a-half-year contract, the Riyadh-based team has announced. The Portuguese forward left Manchester United last month following an…
Croatia: A switch to euro, entering passport-free Schengen zone
With the onset of the new year in a few hours, Croatia will adopt the euro currency and enter Europe’s passport-free Schengen zone after nearly a decade since joining the…
Egypt: Four killed in police checkpoint attack in Ismailia
At least four people have been killed and 12 others wounded in an attack on a police checkpoint in the Suez Canal city of Ismailia, according to Egyptian officials and…
USA: Man arrested for murder of four Idaho university students
A PhD student in criminology at Washington State University has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students more than six…
Israel: PM Netanyahu’s new government takes office
The most religious and hard-line government in Israel’s history has been sworn in. Benjamin Netanyahu returns as prime minister, after his Likud party formed a coalition with ultranationalist and ultra-Orthodox…
Vatican: Former Pope Benedict XVI dies at 95
Former Pope Benedict XVI has died, aged 95, almost a decade after he stood down because of ailing health. He led the Catholic Church for fewer than eight years until,…
Ghana: End of the road for Afrochella
After five years, Ghanaian music and cultural festival Afrochella will not return, its organisers have said. The shock announcement was made at the very end of the two-day festival, in…
Bolivia: Opposition governor’s arrest stirs anger
Violent protests have broken out in Bolivia following the arrest of a powerful opposition politician. Luis Fernando Camacho, the right-wing governor of Santa Cruz province, was detained by armed police…