Satellite images released last Tuesday by the US-based company Maxar Technologies showed water pooling in a reservoir behind a controversial dam on the Blue Nile in Ethiopia, prompting officials in Egypt to demand urgent clarification and those in neighboring Sudan to complain that water levels were dropping along the river. It now seems that heavy … Read more
Satellite images released last Tuesday by the US-based company Maxar Technologies showed water pooling in a reservoir behind a controversial dam on the Blue Nile in Ethiopia, prompting officials in Egypt to demand urgent clarification and those in neighboring Sudan to complain that water levels were dropping along the river. It now seems that heavy … Read more
Satellite images released last Tuesday by the US-based company Maxar Technologies showed water pooling in a reservoir behind a controversial dam on the Blue Nile in Ethiopia, prompting officials in Egypt to demand urgent clarification and those in neighboring Sudan to complain that water levels were dropping along the river. It now seems that heavy … Read more
1. He lived up to his name Mandela’s birth name was Rolihlahla. In his Xhosa tribe, the name means pulling the branch of a tree or troublemaker. The name “Nelson” was given to him by his teacher on his first day of elementary school. It’s not clear why she chose that particular name. It was … Read more
“This doesn’t mean that she died from Covid complications, but simply that she tested positive for it,” Mandela said during the broadcast. “There were several other tests done and those tests will give us further information as to what could have led to her untimely death.” He went on to say the family is awaiting … Read more
Fakhfakh was appointed prime minister by President Kais Saied in January following general elections last year that ended with no clear winner and a fractured parliament. Fakhfakh’s resignation came as a campaign to oust him in a vote of no confidence gathered momentum. The moderate Islamist opposition party, Ennahda, said in a statement on Facebook … Read more
“Zindzi will not only be remembered as a daughter of our struggle heroes, Tata Nelson and Mama Winnie Mandela, but as a struggle heroine in her own right. She served South Africa well,” Naledi Pandor, Minister of International Relations, said in a short statement Monday morning. The department said it was still gathering information on … Read more
Thirty suspects were detained, they said in a Twitter post, and more than 25 firearms seized in connection with the siege at the International Pentecostal Holiness Church in Zuurbekom, northwest of Pretoria. It was not immediately clear whether hostages or the attackers were killed, or how they died. Police were alerted to the situation in … Read more
Thirty suspects were detained, they said in a Twitter post, and more than 25 firearms seized in connection with the siege at the International Pentecostal Holiness Church in Zuurbekom, northwest of Pretoria. It was not immediately clear whether hostages or the attackers were killed, or how they died. Police were alerted to the situation in … Read more
On Twitter Wednesday, President Alassane Ouattara said: “I pay tribute to my young brother, my son, Amadou Gon Coulibaly, who was, for 30 years, my closest collaborator.” “I salute the memory of a statesman, of great loyalty, devotion and love for the homeland. He embodied this young generation of Ivorian leaders of great skill and … Read more