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Photo: Wiki/House of Commons By Face2Face Africa UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has pledged £40m ($53m) in aid funding for the Caribbean amid calls for Britain to pay reparations for its role in
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UK PM Burnham approves over $50m for Caribbean amid calls for Britain to pay reparations for slavery
Photo: Wiki/House of Commons By Face2Face Africa UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has pledged £40m ($53m) in aid funding for the Caribbean amid calls for Britain to pay reparations for its role in
Read MoreHackers target German lawmakers’ and government officials’ devices: Minister
By Anadolu Agency Germany’s Digital Affairs Minister Karsten Wildberger said Sunday that hackers had targeted devices belonging to members of the lower house of Germany’s parliament, the
Read MoreTop 10 African countries by diaspora remittances in 2026
Credit Photo Atlantic Money/Unsplash By The African Exponent 5 Key Facts Egypt is Africa’s top remittance destination by a wide margin. Egypt received $41.5 billion in 2025, according to
Read MoreCongo’s Ebola deaths top 5,000 as fear of continent-wide spread mounts
By The Associated Press Deaths in Congo’s Ebola outbreak have topped 5,000 as the country grapples with the relentless spread of the disease and cases are recorded in other African countries, the
Read MoreAfghanistan’s 1st mining expo aims to attract investment, tap mineral wealth
This photo taken on Oct. 28, 2026 shows various mineral specimens displayed at Afghanistan’s first specialized mining exhibition in Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghanistan marked a strategic
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Featured ArticlesUK PM Burnham approves over $50m for Caribbean amid calls for Britain to pay reparations for slavery
Photo: Wiki/House of Commons By Face2Face Africa UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has pledged £40m ($53m) in aid funding for the Caribbean amid calls for Britain to pay reparations for its role in
UK PM Burnham approves over $50m for Caribbean amid calls for Britain to pay reparations for slavery
Photo: Wiki/House of Commons By Face2Face Africa UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has pledged £40m ($53m) in aid funding for the Caribbean amid calls for Britain to pay reparations for its role in
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By Reuters Africa’s economic growth is set to accelerate to 3.7% this year and 4.3% next from 3.1% in 2023, African Development Bank (AfDB) President Akinwumi Adesina said on Wednesday,
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UK health minister quits after breaking COVID rules with affair
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German investigators seek motive in fatal knife attack by 24-year-old Somali
Flowers and candles were laid at the crime scene in central Wuerzburg, Germany, Saturday, June 26, 2021. German police say several people have been killed and others injured in a knife attack in
Knife attack in German city leaves 3 dead, suspect arrested
Police cars attend the scene of an incident in Wuerzburg, Germany, Friday June 25, 2021. German police say several people have been killed and others injured in a knife attack in the southern
12 German soldiers wounded in attack on UN mission Mali
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Chauvin gets 22 1/2 years in prison for George Floyd’s death
In this image taken from video, former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin addresses the court as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill presides over Chauvin’s sentencing, Friday, June
UK health minister pictured kissing aide; opposition wants appointment ‘looked into’
Britain’s Health Secretary Matt Hancock leaves his house, in London, Britain June 17, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls British Health Secretary Matt Hancock faced more questions about his
£17bn of UK arms sold to rights’ abusers
A Challenger tank for sale at the DSEI Arms Fair in London, 2019. Photograph: Amer Ghazzal/REX/Shutterstock By Mark Townsend Two-thirds of countries classified as “not free” because of their dire
Three MSF employees killed in Ethiopia’s Tigray, aid agency says
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) emergency co-ordinator Maria Hernandez, killed by unknown assailants in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, is seen in unknown location in this image released by Doctors
UK health minister quits after breaking COVID rules with affair
British Secretary of State for Health, Matt Hancock speaks at a memorial tree planting ceremony at Oxford Botanic Gardens, following a G7 health ministers meeting, ahead of the G7 leaders’
Is Bitcoin the New Gold? – Companies Moving Their Reserves
Bitcoin Bitcoin could replace gold. Amidst all the economic, financial, and social chaos caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the year 2020 ironically ended up creating an extremely favorable
Pressure builds on UK’s Johnson to fire health secretary
Britain’s Health Secretary Matt Hancock and Gina Coladangelo stand outside the BBC headquarters in London, Britain, June 6, 2021. Picture taken June 6, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls By Kate
German investigators seek motive in fatal knife attack by 24-year-old Somali
Flowers and candles were laid at the crime scene in central Wuerzburg, Germany, Saturday, June 26, 2021. German police say several people have been killed and others injured in a knife attack in
Knife attack in German city leaves 3 dead, suspect arrested
Police cars attend the scene of an incident in Wuerzburg, Germany, Friday June 25, 2021. German police say several people have been killed and others injured in a knife attack in the southern
12 German soldiers wounded in attack on UN mission Mali
A military transport aircraft, an Airbus A400 M of the German Air Force, stands at the Wunstorf, Germany, air base in Lower Saxony before taking off for Mali, Friday, June 25, 2021. Germany’s
Chauvin gets 22 1/2 years in prison for George Floyd’s death
In this image taken from video, former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin addresses the court as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill presides over Chauvin’s sentencing, Friday, June
UK health minister pictured kissing aide; opposition wants appointment ‘looked into’
Britain’s Health Secretary Matt Hancock leaves his house, in London, Britain June 17, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls British Health Secretary Matt Hancock faced more questions about his