Grain is loaded aboard a cargo ship at the Azov Sea Port, Rostov region, Russia on July 22, 2023. Photo/AFP By Reuters Russia’s Agriculture minister said on Friday that Moscow had begun free shipments of grain totalling up to 200,000 tonnes to six African countries, as promised by President Vladimir Putin in July. In a

Julie Mehretu. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Galerie Magazine By Face2Face Africa Julie Mehretu creates large-scale works, which combine different media and surfaces to create abstract landscapes, drawing inspiration from a variety of sources including architectural drawings, photographs, city maps, and more. In her two-dimensional works with eclectic characters, one comes across calligraphy, graffiti, or street art. Mehretu’s

Liberia’s opposition Unity Party Joseph Boakai waves to his supporters as holds his final campaign rally for the presidential elections in Monrovia, Liberia October 7, 2023. Photographer Carielle Doe/File Photo By Reuters Liberia President George Weah on Friday conceded election defeat to opposition leader Joseph Boakai after a tight race, ending a presidency marred by

Recep Tayyip Erdogan-Olaf Scholz press conference in Berlin By Anadolu Agency Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday that if Turkey and Germany jointly achieve a humanitarian cease-fire in the ongoing Israeli war in Gaza, the region can be rescued from the ring of fire. Speaking at the joint news conference with German Chancellor Olaf

By Anadolu Agency The US and the Philippines signed a civil nuclear cooperation agreement, which will allow Washington to export nuclear technology and materials to Manila. The agreement, signed on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in San Francisco, will allow the two countries to facilitate and enhance their cooperation on clean

Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera By AFP Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwera has imposed a travel ban on himself and his government to cut public spending and help the country’s ailing economy. The move was announced after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a $175-million loan for the southern African nation. “I am imposing a freeze on

File Photo/Somali Times The Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Abiy Ahmed, spoke again about Ethiopia’s desire for maritime territory, which has recently caused a lot of discussion, and was reacted to in different ways, the neighboring countries of Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia. Abiy Ahmed has expressed his country’s intention to forcefully take maritime territory said clearly that

By Xinhua News Agency The Security Council on Wednesday adopted a resolution to extend the authorization for the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) for six months, till June 30, 2024. Resolution 2710, which won the unanimous support of the 15-member council, authorizes African Union member states to deploy up to 17,626 uniformed personnel

Slavery By The African Exponent The death of a Ghanaian domestic worker in Lebanon has brought the Kafala system into the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. The Kafala system is an exploitative system used to monitor migrant labourers, working primarily in the construction and domestic sectors in the Gulf cooperation council member states and

By Anadolu Agency Suella Braverman, who was sacked as UK’s home secretary on Monday, accused Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of “betrayal” of promise to stop the “small boats,” referring to irregular migrants. In her letter to the premier on Tuesday, the former home secretary broke silence a day after she was asked to leave the