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With weeks to go until elections, six politicians are challenging Congo's "big man." While most observers expect Denis Sassou N'Guesso to win, candidate Guy Brice Parfait Kolelas and Mathias Dzon are vying for the post. President of the People's Republic...
Congolese President Denis Sassou N'Guesso inaugurated the new seat of the Congolese parliament in Brazzaville on Wednesday. It was at a related ceremony in the presence of Chinese Vice Premier of Commerce Quian Keming that the President of the Republic...
Barcelona responded to a trying week by thrashing Villarreal 4-1 away to stay alive in the Liga title race, producing one of their best displays under coach Quique Setien. The Catalans had drawn their last two matches to hand more momentum to league leaders...
A gun and grenade attack at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) in Karachi on Monday claimed the lives of two civilians, authorities said, adding that law enforcement agencies have gunned down all four militants that stormed the building and opened indiscriminate...
Has working and studying from home become your new normal? The monotony and boredom of staying indoors all day, every day have made us all increasingly dependent on technology to stay connected with the outer world. Thanks to Huawei's latest tablet series...
Roger Federer will miss the rest of the 2020 tennis season after undergoing a second knee surgery few weeks ago, the winner of 20 Grand Slam singles titles said on Wednesday. Federer struggled with injury at the 2020 Australian Open, where he made a semifinal...
Burundi's outgoing President Pierre Nkurunziza has died, the government of the central African country announced in a statement posted on Twitter. The government statement said that Nkurunziza, 56, had died of a heart attack. Nkurunziza, who has faced...
President Donald Trump on Monday pledged to maintain funding for police departments in the United States amid growing calls for sweeping cuts to law enforcement budgets as protesters clamoured for an end to police brutality following the death of George...
Lionel Messi ended speculation about his future at Barcelona by announcing on Friday that he would reluctantly stay for another season rather than tackle his career-long club in court. A week after saying he wanted to leave the Liga side, and with a contract...
the world commemorates March 8 each year the international women's rights day. In Congo-Brazzaville, this day was celebrated on the theme "Congolese women, peace and the electoral process amid coronavirus pandemic. The official ceremony commemorating...
The Congolese paid this wednesday a last tribute to Edo Nganga, an icon of rumba music who died on june 7 at age of 87 following an illness. - 'HISTORIC' - Edo Nganga was a songwriter and musician artist. He was co-founder of the Ok jazz orchestras of...
American rapper Kanye West, a vocal supporter of US President Donald Trump, announced on Saturday that he would run for president in 2020 in an apparent challenge to Trump and his presumptive Democratic rival, former Vice President Joe Biden. "We must...
With his re-election chances fading as more votes are counted in a handful of battleground states, USPresident Donald Trump launched an extraordinary assault on the country’s democratic process from the White House on Thursday, falsely claiming the election...
The number of global Covid-19 infections surged past 17 million on Thursday, July 30, while the death toll has crossed 670,201, according to global trackers. As of Thursday morning, the overall number of cases stood at 17,187,409 , while the fatalities...
US President Joe Biden’s administration on Friday offered its “strong support” to Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to lead the World Trade Organization (WTO), clearing a path for her to become the body’s first female and first African leader. The move marks...
Tech giant Google on Friday launched a platform in Australia offering news it has paid for, striking its own content deals with publishers in a drive to show legislation proposed by Canberra to enforce payments, a world first, is unnecessary. Only rolled...
DR Congo on Sunday announced a “resurgence” of Ebola in the country’s troubled east after a woman died of the disease, just three months after authorities declared the end of a previous epidemic. “We have another episode of the Ebola virus in the east,”...
Two new Covid-19 variants, one of which has been classified as a "concern", have been identified in England with some similarities to the South African and Brazilian variants, a government advisory scientific committee said on Tuesday. One of the new...
Sudan's prime minister has appointed veteran Darfur rebel group leader and Islamist Jibril Ibrahim as finance minister in a cabinet overhaul announced in a press conference on Monday. The reshuffle comes as Hamdok struggles to push through reforms and...
US President Joe Biden announced sanctions on Wednesday against Myanmar’s military leaders and demanded they relinquish power. Biden said his administration was cutting off Myanmar generals’ access to $1 billion in funds in the US and would soon unveil...
A tanker explosion in southern Nigeria has killed a woman and three children while severely burning 11 others, an official said Saturday, the latest in a series of such incidents in the West African nation. The tanker was delivering gas to a station in...
Russian police arrested more than 2,600 people Saturday in nationwide protests demanding the release of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, the Kremlin’s most prominent foe, according to a group that counts political detentions. The protests in scores of...
Another 33,552 people in Britain have tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 36,17,459, according to the official figures released on Saturday. Another 1,348 people have died within 28 days of a...
Pirates attacked a Turkish cargo ship off the West African coast, kidnapping 15 sailors and killing one, officials said Sunday. Turkey’s Maritime Directorate said the crew initially locked themselves in a safe area but the pirates forced entry after six...
The European Union’s executive body proposed Monday that the bloc’s 27 nations impose more travel restrictions to counter the worrying spread of new coronavirus variants but make sure to keep goods and workers moving across EU borders. Amid concerns related...