AfDB deepens Central Africa engagement with €58m youth empowerment deal, Congo partnership boost

The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has stepped up its investment drive across Central Africa, signing a €58.6 million financing agreement with Equatorial Guinea to promote youth employment and skills development, while also consolidating...

Leopold II and Donald Trump: Architecture, Power, and the Politics of Memory

Construction workers, bottom right, are seen atop the U.S. Treasury Department as work continues Thursday on a largely demolished part of the East Wing of the White House. The demolition is to make room for President Donald Trump’s $300 million...

AfDB Strengthens Partnership with Congo Ahead of Summit

The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) and the Republic of Congo are deepening their partnership as Brazzaville prepares to host the Bank’s 2026 Annual Meetings in May. A high-level delegation visited the Congolese capital from October 26 to...

Tension as US told to establish military base in Nigeria's oil capital to fight terrorist in northeast

US president Donald Trump's allegation against Nigeria that Christians are being targeted has taken a new dimension This was as Trump's adviser, Walid Phares, asked the US to establish its military base in Nigeria's oil capital, Port Harcourt,...

Christian Genocide: Knocks as Trump's adviser asks US to establish military base in Nig's oil state

US President Donald Trump's allegation against Nigeria that Christians are being targeted has taken a new dimension This is as Trump's adviser, Walid Phares, asked the US to establish its military base in Nigeria's oil capital, Port Harcourt,...

Ministering to the persecuted Church today

Written by: Peter Hammond Article source: Supplied “in as much as you did it to one of the least of these brethren, you did it to Me.” Matthew 25:35-40 During more than 43 years of missionary work, I have had the privilege of serving persecuted...

US President justifies restarting nuclear tests

Pakistan and China are among the countries which are testing nuclear weapons, US President Donald Trump has said to justify his administration’s plans to resume testing of the US’s own nuclear assets after a gap of over three decades. Ahead of his...

U.S. President Trump justifies decision to restart testing of nuclear weapons; says Pakistan, China doing it

Pakistan and China are among the countries which are testing nuclear weapons, U.S. President Donald Trump has said to justify his administration’s plans to resume testing of the U.S.’s own nuclear assets after a gap of over three decades. Ahead of...

Ivan Ramljak’s Peacemaker scoops the Golden Dove in DOK Leipzig’s international competition

03/11/2025 - Endless Cookie has triumphed in the animation competition, Active Vocabulary dominated the German competition, and Cutting Through Rocks won over the audience Director Ivan Ramljak (third from right) with his Golden Dove for...

“Nigeria Will Be the Grave Yard of Trump, USA Military” – Former Militant Leader Asari Dokubo Blows Hot Over Invasion Threat

From Joshua Chibuzo Andrew Asari Dokubo, has warned President of United States of America Donald Trump against carrying out his threat of military invasion into Nigeria. He said that Nigeria will be the grave yard of Trump and any US military if...

Kenyan media should pay attention to the political crisis in Sudan

There is no harm in ‘interfering in a neighbouring country’s politics.’ That old diplomatic dictum that a sovereign state should be left to manage its own affairs is fine. But is it sensible when a neighbouring state is burning or scuttling...

Asari Dokubo to defend Nigeria against US military threat

Former Niger Delta militant leader Asari Dokubo has warned US President Donald Trump and the American military against any threatened incursion into Nigeria over alleged Christian genocide, saying they would all die if they attacked. In a viral...

Trump's tariff threat not working with Putin? US president 'has another card'

Eyeing adding a ninth war resolution to his list, US President Donald Trump on Sunday explained why he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin remains unwilling to end the Ukraine war – despite Trump’s repeated threats, including tariffs, which...

Larry + Joe can change the world | Opinion

On every continent around the world, hidden forces are compelling millions of people to give up their native homes to flee into the uncertainty of incredibly dangerous treks, voyages, and flights. These seething galaxies of humans become the...

Tresor honoured for promoting peace through music at the 2025 Res Publica International Awards

Renowned Congolese-born, South Africa-based hitmaker Tresor, also known as Mukengerwa Riziki, recently received the prestigious Courage of Art award at the 2025 Res Publica International Awards. The accolade celebrates individuals and...

Sharjah International Book Fair set to be celebration of global voices

The Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) 2025, set to be held from Nov.5 to 16 at Expo Centre Sharjah, promises an exciting blend of new features and events that will enrich its status as one of the largest and most prestigious book fairs...

Shutting down dissent: Tanzania’s election goes offline

Tanzania has been rocked by violence for three days now, following a national election earlier this week. Protestors are angry over the banning of candidates and detention of opposition leaders by President Samia Suluhu Hassan, the East African...

Bulgaria seeks exemption to US oil sanctions for Lukoil Burgas refinery — Politico

BRUSSELS, November 1. /TASS/. Bulgaria is exploring requesting an exemption to new US sanctions against Russian oil major Lukoil, the European publication Politico reported citing sources. According to the publication, the government has already...

Congolese activist: Discriminatory laws and violence against women are remnants of Belgian colonialism

In Congo, Belgium's negative impact after the colonial period was strongly felt in many areas, including legislation, said Sadiki Nyabisoki Agnes, a member of the South Kivu Congolese Women’s Group for Peace and a human rights defender, at the...

International expert: Degradation of Africans in Belgium continues

Poems are still recited in Belgium about Africans being weak, thin, and savage, said Brazilian expert Louis Philippe Patrick de Jong Filho during his speech at the international conference titled “Belgian Colonialism: Acknowledgment and...