By Reuters Ethiopia has completed the third phase of filling the reservoir for its huge dam on the Blue Nile river, the government said on Friday, a process that continues to irk the country’s downstream neighbours Egypt and Sudan. Addis Ababa says the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a $4 billion hydropower project, is crucial

Author Salman Rushdie is tended to after he was attacked during a lecture, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022, at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, N.Y., about 75 miles (120 km) south of Buffalo. (AP Photo/Joshua Goodman) By The Associated Press Salman Rushdie, the author whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, was

By Anadolu Agency UK Conservative Party leadership candidates Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss clashed Thursday over the cost-of-living crisis gripping Britain in a debate in Cheltenham. The crisis is being driven in large part by huge increases in energy bills as well as inflation more generally. Truss warned that there was a “real danger of

By Reuters Kenyans crowded round radios and televisions on Thursday, increasingly anxious for news of who their next president might be, two days after voting in an election ended. The East African country’s election commission (IEBC) has neither released a running tally of results nor said when it plans to announce the winner, but unofficial

By Anadolu Agency With Sweden and Finland agreeing to cooperate on Turkey’s fight against terrorism, the three countries are set to convene on Aug. 26 for the first meeting of the joint mechanism committed under the trilateral memorandum, the Turkish foreign minister said on Thursday. Addressing reporters on the last day of the 13th Ambassadors

By The Associated Press Africa’s national parks, home to thousands of wildlife species such as lions, elephants and buffaloes, are increasingly threatened by below-average rainfall and new infrastructure projects. A prolonged drought in much of the continent’s east, exacerbated by climate change, and large-scale developments, including oil drilling and livestock grazing, are hampering conservation efforts

Gironde region of southwestern France Reuters/Stephane Mahe By Reuters More than 1,000 firefighters backed by water-bombing aircraft battled a “monster” wildfire near France’s wine-growing heartland of Bordeaux for a third day on Thursday, with no let-up in blistering temperatures seen before the weekend. The fire in the Gironde region, one of several major blazes burning

Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives at Kigali International Airport in Kigali, Rwanda, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022. Blinken is on a ten day trip to Cambodia, Philippines, South Africa, Congo, and Rwanda. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool) By The Associated Press U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Rwanda, the last stop on his three-nation

Naledi Pandor By The African Exponent South African Minister of International Relations Naledi Pandor accused the West of occasionally treating Africa with patronizing and bullying behavior on the Ukraine issue while hosting U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken during his trip to Africa. Pandor made it plain that South Africa views Ukraine, Israel, the Palestinians,

Troops in military vehicles take part in the military parade marking the 70th founding anniversary of People’s Republic of China, on its National Day in Beijing, China October 1, 2019. Reuters/Thomas Peter By Reuters China has withdrawn a promise not to send troops or administrators to Taiwan if it takes control of the island, an