Thousands in Cabo Verde celebrated a World Cup draw against Spain, a moment President Jose Maria Neves called defining for the nation. China's role in building the country's sports infrastructure, including the Estadio Nacional, was also highlighted as crucial to these achievements.
High school students in South Carolina are learning about Gullah Geechee culture and history through the lens of food. Field trips, archival research, and culinary experiences are connecting students to their heritage and the significance of traditional dishes.
A western reef heron, typically found in West Africa to India, has been sighted in North Wales, marking its first known appearance in the UK. Experts attribute the sighting and survival of such tropical birds to changing climate conditions and milder winters, which are altering bird ranges and allowing species previously unable to survive UK winters to establish themselves.
The current Ebola outbreak in Africa, affecting the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, could surpass the 2014 West Africa outbreak in severity, with projections of over 20,000 cases and 4,000 deaths in the next three months if containment measures are insufficient.
Benin aims to be a stable gateway to West Africa, leveraging political stability and investor-friendly policies to attract foreign investment, according to Foreign Minister Corinne Amori Brunet. Speaking in Seoul, she highlighted the country's strategic location and modernization efforts, seeking deeper cooperation with South Korea.
Director Sosiessia Nixon's film 'Stew Peas' delves into Jamaica's obeah tradition, sparking dialogue on its clash with Christianity, despite being outlawed since the 1700s.
Ghana welcomes Pope Leo XIV's apology for the Catholic Church's role in slavery, calling it an 'act of moral courage' towards truth, dignity, and justice, as the nation seeks compensation and apologies for the transatlantic slave trade.
An Ebola survivor from Liberia, Patrick Faley, shares harrowing memories and lessons from past outbreaks, emphasizing speed, community trust, and dignified burials. Experts highlight the challenges of the current Bundibugyo species outbreak in DR Congo, which lacks a vaccine or known treatment, and the need for significant investment in research.
An Ebola survivor from Liberia, Patrick Faley, shares harrowing memories and lessons from past outbreaks to inform the current response in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Experts emphasize speed, community trust, and investment in research for effective vaccines, especially for the rare Bundibugyo species.
Nine migrants from four West African countries were deported to Sierra Leone from the US, under a deal criticized for potentially violating migrant rights, with the US providing a $1.5 million grant to support the arrangement.
The first plane carrying nine migrants from West African countries, including Ghana, Guinea, Senegal, and Nigeria, arrived in Sierra Leone from the US. The migrants, reportedly traumatized from detention, will be housed temporarily before returning to their home countries. Sierra Leone has an agreement with the US to host migrants for 90 days, supported by a $1.5m grant.
US Africa Command reported additional airstrikes on Sunday against Islamic State targets in northeastern Nigeria, in coordination with the Nigerian government. The strikes in Borno State killed over 20 ISWAP militants and followed a joint mission that eliminated a top ISIS commander.
The WHO has declared the Ebola outbreak in West Africa a public health emergency of international concern. Over 336 people have been infected in Uganda and the DRC, with 88 deaths. The Bundibugyo strain is rare and dangerous due to the lack of a vaccine.
Despite a promised crackdown, Indian pharmaceutical firms continue exporting millions of dollars' worth of high-strength tapentadol opioids to West Africa, exacerbating a deadly drug epidemic. These pills are being mixed with 'kush', leading to a surge in overdose deaths and addiction across the region.
In Cape Verde, a small island nation off West Africa, World Cup qualification is transforming dreams on and off the pitch.
African archipelago hopes startups, digital infrastructure and diaspora investment can transform its economyFor much of its history since its discovery by the Portuguese in the mid-15th century, the Cape Verde archipelago off the coast of west Africa served as a hub of the international slave trade, with Africans forcibly transported to marketplaces before being distributed across the Americas and Europe.Now, almost 150 years since slavery was abolished in Cape Verde, and just over 50 years since independence from Portugal, Pedro Fernandes Lopes wants the country to become a beacon for the free movement of human and financial capital across the African diaspora. Continue reading...
Passengers aboard a cruise ship affected by a deadly hantavirus outbreak will start being flown to their countries of origin after the vessel arrives in the Canary Islands on Sunday, the Spanish government said on Friday. The MV Hondius is scheduled to reach the port of Granadilla on the island of Tenerife, off the coast of West Africa, on Sunday morning, cabinet minister Angel Victor Torres told journalists. “That same day, we will have planes available and will be able to start getting these...
Heidi Alexander says part of answer to strait of Hormuz crisis is importing more fuel from US and west AfricaA refinery in Nigeria accused of dismissing workers for joining a union has emerged as key to the UK government’s hopes of saving the summer holiday amid a jet fuel shortage.Heidi Alexander, the transport secretary, said at the weekend that part of the answer to the strait of Hormuz crisis was to import more fuel from the US and west Africa. Continue reading...
Mali's Russia-backed military junta has suffered major reversals with the killing of its Russia-trained defence minister in a suicide bombing and the loss of Kidal to insurgents. Russia's Africa Corps was forced to withdraw from the strategic town while Moscow deployed helicopter gunships and strategic bombers to hold back militants. The events threaten Russia's strategic position in West Africa as its forces remain tied down in Ukraine.
West Africa's al-Qaeda affiliate and Tuareg separatists attacked Mali's main army base and area near Bamako's airport on Saturday, killing Defence Minister Sadio Camara. The groups also pushed Russian troops supporting government forces out of the strategic town of Kidal, triggering a scramble for territory across Mali's vast desert north.
The Malian military reported coordinated attacks by unidentified armed groups on barracks and key locations in Bamako and across the country. Fighting remains ongoing as the nation, ruled by a military junta since 2020, continues to struggle with long-term jihadist conflict.
Janet Fordham died in crash after travelling to see man who claimed he would help to recover money from earlier scamsA British woman who was scammed out of up to £1m in a string of so-called romance frauds died in a road crash after travelling to west Africa to try to recoup some of her lost fortune, an inquest in Devon has heard.Janet Fordham was cheated of her life savings and her home over a period of five years by fraudsters apparently based in the UK, Germany, the US and Ghana, the inquest in Exeter was told. Continue reading...
Six individuals have been charged with conspiracy to steal and sell at least 20 cars from the Washington, D.C., area to buyers in the United States and Ghana. Investigators believe the ring stole over 100 cars in D.C. and 30 in Prince George's County, Maryland, using devices to reprogram key fobs.
Becky Chaplin, who was found as a newborn by a vet in Kenya and adopted by British parents, has trained the first cohort of physiotherapists in Sierra Leone through Mercy Ships. The occupational therapist from East Grinstead mentored 15 new graduates in 2023, helping establish the country's first university-level physiotherapist course. Previously, only six fully-trained physiotherapists existed for Sierra Leone's nine million people.
