Elon Musk has expressed interest in buying English football club Liverpool, his father says

On 7 January, Qatar Airways made the first international commercial flight to Damascus since the fall of President Bashar al-Assad.

Jean de Dieu Uwukunda, a visually impaired artist from Rwanda, has built a successful career in painting and drawing despite his blindness.

Ivorian authorities have stated that a ship carrying 20,000 tonnes of ammonium nitrate does not pose a threat to public safety. Used for fertilisers, the chemical still associated with tragedies, such as the explosion in the port of Beirut in 2020.

After an almost 13 year hiatus, Qatar airways has restarted flights to Damascus. It marks the first commercial flight to the airport since Islamist-led forces ousted Bashar al-Assad in December.

On Monday, New Orleans kicked off its Carnival season with the Joan of Arc parade, just days after a deadly attack on New Year’s Eve left 14 people dead.

The two nations hold opposing views on how to address the conflict in northern Mali, with Algeria advocating dialogue and Mali increasingly favoring military action.

Thousands of Orthodox Christians in Ethiopia celebrated Christmas on 7 January, marking the end of a 43-day fast.

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Driven by a increase in construction activity among other factors, Africa’s cement market is thriving. Facing a stagnant property market back home, Chinese companies are rushing to invest.

A polarizing figure in French politics, Mr. Le Pen’s controversial statements — including his Holocaust denial and his 1987 proposal to forcibly isolate people with AIDS in special facilities — have earned him multiple condemnations and strained his political alliances .

Life in Conakry came to a standstill due to a protest organized by the opposition, which had been banned by the authorities, demanding the departure of the junta in Guinea.

Mahama, who started his political career as the communications minister, won the presidential election late last year after pledging to tackle the economic crisis, corruption and unemployment.

Rebels with the M23 group have seized two key towns in eastern Congo as they advance in the volatile region, civil society and a local politician said Monday, as the security and humanitarian crisis deepened.

This is the reality for over 2.1 million displaced people across the West African nation of Burkina Faso, torn apart by years of extreme violence.

Police in France have arrested three Algerian men described by authorities as social media influencers accused of posting videos inciting violence, against a backdrop of soured relations between Paris and its former colony in North Africa.

Dozens of aftershocks shook the Himalayan region of Tibet, in southwest China, and Nepal, just across the border.

On Monday, thousands of Orthodox Christians in Ethiopia came together to celebrate Christmas, donning traditional all-white garments as they participated in prayers and midnight mass to honour the birth of Jesus Christ and the conclusion of a 43-day fasting period.

Chad’s Foreign Minister, Abderaman Koulamallah, condemned Macron’s remarks as “disrespectful” to Africans and highlighted Chad’s sacrifices during both World Wars.

Speaking at the UN, Edem Wosornu raised her concerns about the ongoing conflict in Sudan and that 4.2 billion dollars was needed to support the crisis

Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Christians flocked to attend Christmas Eve mass across the predominantly Muslim country on Monday evening

São Tomé and Príncipe’s President has fired the country’s Prime Minister and government. Explaining the reasoning behind the move, the statement cited ‘prolonged absences of the Prime Minister’ from the nation, among other reasons.

Speaking to French ambassadors during a foreign policy conference, President Emmanuel Macron stated that he was awaiting Africa’s Sahel nations to thank Paris for its help in fighting Islamist militants. For some, the comments were condescending and echoed colonial rhetoric.

Orthodox Christians gathered in Bethlehem to mark Christmas eve on Monday; unlike other branches of Christianity, the Orthodox Church marks Christmas on 7th January. The service took place in the shadow of the conflict in Gaza not far away.

Senegal and neighbouring Mauritania have become gas producers, using a field on the border between the two countries. The project, which has been six years in the making, has been hailed as Senegal’s oil minister as ‘historic’.

Former right -wing French President Nicolas Sarkozy is in trial with 11 others including former ministers for allegations of illegal financing for his 2007 presidential campaign by Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.

Designers of caftans, traditional Moroccan robes, are hoping that the garment will secure a spot on the UNESCO intangible heritage list this year. In the view of historians, the step is an important one in preserving the country’s traditions.

The 2025 carnival season began with unofficial streets parties in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday, featuring 42 bands from 9am to 4pm – or until the last reveler leaves.

The individual behind the tragic truck attack in New Orleans on New Year’s Day, which resulted in the deaths of 14 people, had previously visited the city twice and recorded footage of the French Quarter using hands-free glasses, according to an FBI official on Sunday.

The event, a non-political, faith-based gathering hosted by Reverend Merrie Turner, will precede the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance.

A team of medical experts from Tianjin Eye Hospital in China has officially launched a free cataract surgery program at Tirunesh Beijing Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital city.

Séba hopes to secure the backing of the opposition party Les Démocrates, led by former president Boni Yayi, which has the necessary endorsements to field a candidate.

Two wildly audacious films — Brady Corbet’s 215-minute postwar epic “The Brutalist” and Jacques Audiard’s Spanish language, genre-shifting trans musical “Emilia Perez” — won top honors at the 82nd Golden Globes on Sunday.

The Mozambique opposition leader announced that he would return January 9 ahead of the inauguration of the new president

The head of the Sudanese army has praised Turkey’s offer to resolve the 20-month-long conflict between his forces and their paramilitary rivals

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has embarked on a visit to four African nations – Namibia, the Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, and Chad

The public is finally able to see the new endangered pygmy hippo calf in person at a Virginia zoo

Real Madrid trained in the Spanish capital on Sunday, on the eve of their Copa del Rey match

Rebel forces, backed by Rwanda, have seized control of the town of Masisi in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

Thousands of civilians in a remote part of north-eastern Ethiopia are being evacuated after potentially dangerous volcanic activity