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Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame on Friday confirmed that his country is bidding to host the Formula One race. He was speaking ahead of the prize-giving ceremony of the FIA, the motorsport governing body, which was hosted in Rwanda’s capital, Kigali, on Friday night. “I am happy to formally announce that …

Remember what you searched for in 2024? Google does. Google released its annual “Year in Search” on Tuesday, rounding up the top trending queries entered into its namesake search engine in 2024. The results show terms that saw the highest spike in traffic compared to last year — ranging from …

A day after dissolving the government without providing any reason, Burkina Faso’s ruling military junta on Saturday appointed a new prime minister. Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouedraogo, communications minister and spokesperson for the previous government, has been named as the country’s new premier. Military leader, Ibrahim Traore, made the announcement in …

National Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate John Dramani Mahama has clarified that his acceptance of the 2024 election results will depend on the fairness and transparency of the electoral process. “If on election day there is widespread ballot snatching, violence, military intimidation, and thugs rampaging, you want me to accept …

Drone strikes by Mali’s military regime killed eight Tuareg rebel leaders in the town of Tinzaouatine in the north of the country, a rebel spokesman said Sunday. It was the first time since the start of the rebellion in 2012 that so many Taureg leaders have been killed in a …

At least 100 people, most of them women, were missing after a boat transporting them to a food market capsized along the River Niger in northern Nigeria, authorities said Friday. The boat was taking the passengers from Kogi state along the river to neighbouring Niger early Friday morning when it …

Egyptian naval forces rescued five people Tuesday and recovered four bodies, a day after a tourist yacht carrying 44 passengers sank in the Red Sea coastal town of Marsa Alam, officials said, after facing rough weather. This brings the total to 33 survivors while seven remain missing. Sea Story, a …

Heavy gunfire erupted late Thursday in South Sudan’s capital of Juba at the home of the country’s former spy chief who has been under house arrest for the past two months, residents said. According to witnesses, soldiers exchanged fire with Gen. Akol Koor’s security guards in Juba’s high-end neighbourhood of …

Mali’s Prime Minister Choguel Maiga was sacked on Wednesday (Nov. 20). A decree was read on national television by the secretary-general of the presidency. Alfouseyni Diawara read the 3-article text signed by the president of the transition Gel Assimi Goïta. Appointed by the military in 2021 following Mali’s second coup …

Lebanon’s capital has been was rocked by another round of Israeli strikes. Blasts were reported on Friday in the area known as Dahiyeh, a suburb in the south of the capital. In the second round of strikes, two buildings in the Haret Hreik and Hadath areas were hit. In a …