The race to become Africa’s next “super banker” ends on Thursday, with five candidates, including one woman, vying to succeed Nigeria’s Akinwumi Adesina as head of the African Development Bank in a contest that appears too close to call.
Joshlin Smith went missing in February last year from her home in Saldanha Bay, a fishing town 135 kilometres (85 miles) north of Cape Town, and has never been found.
A series of attacks in northern Mozambique this month point to a resurgence of violence by Islamic State-linked militants as energy giant TotalEnergies prepares to resume a major gas project, analysts say.
Le Scouarnec, one of the most prolific convicted sex predators in France’s history, was already in prison after being sentenced in 2020 to 15 years for raping and sexually assaulting four children, including two of his nieces.
The new US-backed aid distribution model in Gaza is a waste of resources and a distraction from “atrocities”, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees Philippe Lazzarini said Wednesday.
Martha Karua’s deportation has sparked outrage across East Africa, with several legal institutions accusing the Tanzanian government of violating regional and international laws.
Philipp Santiago, 45, was preparing to summit the 8,849-metre (29,032-foot) peak, but was exhausted when he reached the final camp (Camp 4) on Wednesday night, Himal Gautam of Nepal’s tourism department told AFP.
With daily strikes on the city since then, the RSF has sought to demonstrate its strength, discredit the army, disrupt its supply lines and project an air of legitimacy, experts believe.
Born in 1955, at election Leo XIV is seven years younger than Francis, nine years younger than Benedict XVI and a whopping 18 years greener than the oldest man ever chosen to head the Vatican.
Friday’s tragedy is the worst for the air force since a Chinese-built Y-12 aircraft crashed at Haputale, 200 kilometres (125 miles) east of Colombo, in January 2020, killing all four crew members on board.
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