Chad’s New Junta Names Transition Government
File photo: The son of the late Chadian president Idriss Deby, general Mahamat Idriss Deby (R), attend the state funeral for the late Chadian president Idriss Deby in N’Djamena on…
16 Soldiers Killed, One Missing In Niger Republic Ambush
File photo of Niger Republic map. Sixteen Niger soldiers have been killed and another is missing after an ambush against a patrol in the Tahoua region near the Mali border,…
Five Dead In Chad Anti-Junta Protests
Chad police clash with opposition demonstrators in N’Djamena on April 27, 2021. At least five people were killed on April 27, 2021 during protests in Chad against a junta that…
Chad Junta Names Albert Padacke As Interim PM
Albert Pahimi Padacké, the last Prime Minister of Idriss Déby Itno, speaks during an interview in N’Djamena on April 26, 2021. Chad’s new military junta on Monday appointed a transitional…
Countries Rush Ventilators, Vaccine Materials To Covid-Stricken India
A Covid-19 coronavirus patient leaves a hospital in New Delhi on April 24, 2021.Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP The US and Britain rushed ventilators and vaccine materials to India Monday as…
Fire Kills 82 At Iraqi COVID-19 Hospital, Health Minister Suspended
Members of Iraqi security forces stand at the gate of Ibn Al-Khatib Hospital in Baghdad, on April 25, 2021, after a fire erupted in the medical facility reserved for the…
Understanding the Different Colors of Mourning … www.rest.i.ng
As we have learned, different cultures attach significance to different colors. In many parts of the world, black is traditionally the color of death, mourning and funeral fashion, but it…
African Union Seeks Restoration Of Civilian Rule In Chad
The son of the late Chadian president Idriss Deby, general Mahamat Idriss Deby (R), attend the state funeral for the late Chadian president Idriss Deby in N’Djamena on April 23,…
Late Chadian President Deby For Burial Friday
In this file photo taken on February 06, 2008 late Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno gives a press conference after a meeting with French Defence Minister Herve Morin (not in…
80,000 COVID Deaths: Germany To Mourn At Memorial
Georg Bätzing, Chairman of the German Bishops’ Conference (DBK), stands in front of the altar during an ecumenical service for Germany’s victims of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic at Berlin’s Kaiser…
Family Of Eight Killed In Afghanistan Mosque Shooting
Eight members of the same family were gunned down in an attack on a mosque in eastern Afghanistan, officials said Sunday. The shooting happened on Saturday night in the city…
Global COVID-19 Death Toll Passes Three Million As Cases Surge In India
Family members, with help from the municipal staff transfer the bodies of the patients who died of the Covid-19 coronavirus disease from the ambulance at a crematorium in Bangalore on…
Queen Elizabeth II To Bury Her ‘Strength And Stay’ Prince Philip
Queen Elizabeth II’s 99-year-old husband Prince Philip, who was recently hospitalised and underwent a successful heart procedure, died on April 9, 2021, Buckingham Palace announced. (Photo by Leon NEAL /…
UK Lawmakers Set For Prince Philip Tributes
In this file photo taken on May 09, 2012, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, proceed through the Royal Gallery in the Palace of Westminster, home…
11 Killed As Myanmar Security Forces Crackdown On Protesters
This handout photo taken and released by Dawei Watch on March 27, 2021 shows protesters taking part in a demonstration against the military coup in Dawei. Handout / DAWEI WATCH…
This Week In Pictures: 13-19 March, 2021
A protester holds onto the shirt of a fallen comrade, during a crackdown by security forces on demonstrations against the military coup, in Hlaing Tharyar township in Yangon on March…
Tanzania Swears In Samia Suluhu As First Female President
New Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan, inspects a military parade following her swearing in the country’s first female President after the sudden death of President John Magufuli at statehouse in…
Tanzanian President John Magufuli Dies Of ‘Heart Condition’
(FILES) Tanzanian President John Magufuli has died from a heart condition, his vice president said in an address on state television on March 17, 2021,, after days of uncertainty over…
South Africa’s Largest Ethnic Group, Zulus Await New King
(FILES) Highly-revered king of South Africa’s Zulu nation Goodwill Zwelithini, died on March 12, 2021 after weeks of hospitalisation his palace announced. He was aged 72. (Photo by WALTER DHLADHLA…
FULL LIST: Burna Boy And Wizkid Make History, Win First-Ever Grammy Awards
A photo collage of Burna Boy and Wizkid Nigerian Afropop stars Burna Boy and Wizkid made the country proud on Sunday night as they went home with their first-ever Grammy…