Director General, National Commission for Museums and Monuments, Nigeria (NCMM) Abba Isa Tijani looks at a Benin art object in the Linden Museum in Stuttgart, Germany, June 29, 2022. Reuters/Louisa Off/File Photo By Reuters Germany signed an agreement on Thursday to transfer ownership to Nigeria of the Benin Bronzes, among Africa’s most culturally significant artefacts

Editor-in-chief of Helsingin Sanomat Kaius Niemi, centre, speaks with his lawyer Kai Kotiranta, prior to a hearing of the Helsingin Sanomat Finnish Intelligence Research Center court case, in Helsinki, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022. Three journalists are on trial in Finland on charges of revealing national defense secrets for allegedly publishing classified documents. (Markku Ulander/Lehtikuva via

File Photo/Somali Times The Somalia president Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud wants to ask forgiveness from Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, according to sources told Somali Times. Our sources add Abiy Ahmed negotiating with the leaders of the regional governments of Somalia. This issue is coming as the relationship between the two sides is getting worse, and

Former Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File) By The Associated Press A Pakistani court on Thursday extended former premier Imran Khan’s protection from arrest through the end of the month, officials said, after police filed terrorism charges against the country’s popular opposition leader. The court protected Khan from arrest until Sept. 1

By Anadolu Agency US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged the opposing sides involved in the conflict in Ethiopia late Wednesday to work towards a permanent cease-fire amid renewed clashes in the East African country. “Five months ago, a truce was declared in northern Ethiopia, which reduced violence and saved lives. We are concerned that

The Ethiopian government said it shot down an army plane that the government said was carrying weapons for the TPLF group, which is at war with the Ethiopian government. Major General Tesfaye Ayalew, the Chief of Operations of the Ethiopian Military, said that the plane crossed from Sudan, which is a neighbor of Ethiopia. On

By Anadolu Agency UK’s Trade Union Congress (TUC) launched a campaign on Wednesday to increase the minimum wage to £15 ($17.74) an hour amid a biting cost-of-living crisis. The TUC is a federation of trade unions in England and Wales. TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady said: “Millions of low-paid workers live wage packet to wage

A photograph appear on the Internet/East Africa Colonial Map By The Star, Kenya We are afraid of the tables being turned Afraid that once they are numerous enough to control state resources, they will treat the rest of us just as we have treated them since Independence. An impassioned storm was recently ignited on social

A tea plantation in Kenya’s Kericho highlands in Kericho county. The Kipsigis community says it was forcefully evicted from the land in 1934 : Photographer Tony Karumba/AFP By Reuters A group of Kenyans filed a case against the British government at the European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday over what it said was colonial-era

A photograph appear on the Internet Lilliane Mugabekazi Social media was set ablaze on Thursday after news surfaced that a woman could be sentenced to 2 years in prison for ‘indecent dressing’ in Kigali, Rwanda. Lilliane who is Rwandan was arrested by the country’s police force on 7th August for wearing what has been described