Malawian soccer star Temwa Chawinga has been named 2023’s top female goalscorer, beating huge names like Australia’s Sam Kerr and Germany’s Alexandra Popp. Chawinga won the award on Monday from…
USA: First elected Somali-American mayor sworn
The city council of St. Louis Park in the US state of Minnesota has sworn in 27-year-old Nadia Mohamed as mayor, two months after she made history as America’s first…
Guinea: Will Smith gifts Mamadou Safayou Barry who cycled 4,000km to dream university
Hollywood actor Will Smith has given a surprise gift package to a student from Guinea who cycled 4,000km (2,500 miles) over four months across West Africa for a spot at…
France: TotalEnergies to review $10bn Uganda-Tanzania project
French energy giant TotalEnergies has said it will review its land acquisition practices for a $10bn (£7.9bn) project covering Uganda and Tanzania, following criticism by environmentalists and human rights groups.…
Zambia: Schools shut for three more weeks due to cholera
Children across Zambia will return to school three weeks late from their festive holidays due to a cholera outbreak. Both primary and secondary students were meant to return next Monday…
Kenyan: President Ruto vows to ‘root out corrupt judges’
Late last year judges in Kenya had condemned the country’s president for threatening to disobey court orders. Despite these calls to respect the judiciary, President William Ruto has again pledged…
Argentina: Court deals blow to president Milei’s plan for labour reform
A court in Argentina has dealt a blow to the sweeping economic changes introduced by the newly elected president of Argentina, Javier Milei. The court suspended labour reforms the president…
South Korea: Man charged over stabbing of opposition leader Lee Jae-myung
A man suspected of stabbing South Korea’s opposition leader on Tuesday has been formally arrested on charges of attempted murder. The man in his 60s, surnamed Kim, was caught and…
Japan: Woman in her 80s unearthed from earthquake rubble after 72-hour
A woman in her 80s has been pulled from the rubble of her collapsed house in Japan, 72 hours after the New Year’s Day earthquake. The state news agency (NHK)…
Iran: Leader vows harsh response to deadly bombings that killed 84
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has vowed a “harsh response” to a bomb attack on crowds marking the anniversary of spymaster Qasem Soleimani’s assassination by the US. The attack…