A person holds a 2,492-carat diamond which was found in the country and on show, in Gaborone, Botswana, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. (AP Photo) By The Associated Press The largest diamond found in more than a century has been unearthed at a mine in Botswana, and the country’s president showed off the fist-sized stone to

By Anadolu Agency Mali on Friday declared a national disaster on Friday due to the devastating floods caused by torrential rains. This decision was announced in a statement released after an extraordinary Cabinet meeting chaired by Col. Assimi Goita, the president of the transition government of the West African state. “Since the beginning of the

Police and ambulances near the scene where people were killed and injured in an attack at a festival in Solingen, western Germany, the German dpa news agency reported, Friday, Aug. 23, 2024. (Gianni Gattus/dpa via AP) By The Associated Press Three people were killed and four were seriously wounded in an attack on Friday at

The injectable HIV drug is administered every two months and is designed to prevent transmission through any form of exposure. By Daily Monitor Uganda’s Ministry of Health has announced plans to introduce a long-acting injectable HIV prevention drug, known as Cabotegravir (CAB-LA), from September. Dr Herbert Kadama, the ministry’s PrEP coordinator, said the country expects

Ethiopian Airlines and Flydubai have quickly updated their flight information following the instructions of the Somalia Civil Aviation Authority which ordered them to make their flights to Hargeisa in Somalia. The Authority’s order means that the flight of those planes, which was, “to Hargeisa Somaliland, will be changed to Hargeisa, Somalia,” as the country’s airspace

Founder and Chief Executive of the Dangote Group Aliko Dangote. Credit Reuters /Akintunde Akinleye/File Photo By The African Exponent In 2024, Africa’s billionaire rankings reflect the continent’s growing economic power and diverse investment opportunities. From cement and luxury goods to telecom and mining, the wealthiest Africans continue to shape the region’s financial landscape. Let’s take

File Photo/Somali Times The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Somalia, Ahmed Moalim Fiqi, said the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Abiy Ahmed, of trying to incite conflict in the Horn of Africa to divert him from the challenges in Ethiopia’s civil war. Read: Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh history of corruption 2012-2017 Read: Somalia Hassan Sheikh’s government

Ugandan Minister of Energy and Mineral Development Ruth Nankabirwa Ssentamu. Photographer Esa Alexander/File Photo By Reuters Uganda is exploring for oil in two new regions where potential discoveries of crude could increase the East African country’s proven reserves of 6.5 billion barrels, its energy minister said on Wednesday. Commercial quantities of crude oil were discovered

Kamala Harris and her dad, Donald J. Harris – Original photo credit: Kamala Harris (Instagram) By Face2Face Africa As Kamala Harris sets her sights on the highest office in the United States, among the many questions swirling around her candidacy is the noticeable absence of her father, Donald J. Harris, from her public life, leaving

By Anadolu Agency President Joe Biden approved a classified document in March directing US forces to get ready for potential “coordinated nuclear confrontations involving Russia, China and North Korea,” the New York Times reported Tuesday. The document, which is revised approximately every four years, is classified to such a degree that there are no electronic