Supported by throngs of worshippers and with western ambassadors in attendance, Catholic leaders in DR Congo hammered home a message of anger toward President Joseph Kabila on Friday at a mass to mourn victims of a crackdown. Police fired a couple of warning shots to disperse worshippers outside Kinshasa cathedral after the highly-charged mass, ...
US President Donald Trump desperately sought Friday to quell a growing storm triggered by his reported description of African nations, Haiti and El Salvador as shithole countries, in a slur denounced as racist by the United Nations. Trump tweeted a convoluted denial early Friday but Democratic Senator Dick Durbin pushed back, saying the pres ...
Africans reacted angrily Friday after Donald Trump reportedly referred to their nations as shithole countries , with many lashing the US president for racism and ignorance. The 55-nation African Union condemned the remarks while the southern African state of Botswana hauled in the US ambassador to complain. The comment truly flies in the fa ...
Police fired warning shots on Friday to disperse a crowd gathered in front of Kinshasa cathedral after a mass by prominent government critic Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo, an AFP journalist said. Armed officers arrived at the gates of the cathedral as worshippers were leaving a service to commemorate the victims of a crackdown on marches on New Yea ...
Africans reacted angrily Friday after Donald Trump reportedly referred to their nations as shithole countries , with many lashing the US president for racism and ignorance. Social media users across the continent posted images of modern skylines and beautiful nature from their countries with the ironic hashtag shithole. Others heaped scorn ...
The Berbers -- descendants of pre-Arab populations across North Africa -- are currently celebrating their New Year festivities. On Friday -- for the first time -- the Yennayer New Year is being marked as a national holiday in Algeria. The Berbers, who refer to themselves as the Amazigh, have long fought for greater recognition for their ancie ...
Outrage mounted Friday over US President Donald Trump's reported description of African nations, Haiti and El Salvador as shithole countries, with the United Nations slamming his comments as racist . During a Thursday meeting with lawmakers on immigration reform, Trump demanded to know why the US should accept citizens from what he called sh ...
Mozambique's military and the opposition Renamo group were both guilty of serious crimes before a 2016 ceasefire, according to a Human Rights Watch report released Friday detailing killings and torture. HRW called for justice over the violence that erupted between November 2015 and December 2016 as Mozambique appeared at risk of returning to its ...
Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology will debut in Africa midway through the Nations Championship (CHAN), which kicks off Saturday with hosts Morocco among the title favourites. The system allows off-field match officials to assist referees in game-changing situations such as goals, penalty kicks, straight red cards and cases of mistaken i ...
President Donald Trump reportedly lashed out in a Thursday meeting with lawmakers about immigration reform, demanding to know why the US should accept citizens from what he called shithole countries. Trump sat down with senators and congressmen at the White House to discuss a proposed bipartisan deal that would limit immigrants from bringing f ...
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