[Mastercard Foundation] Kampala, Uganda -- Children's Rights and Violence Prevention Fund (CRVPF), and gnuGrid CRB, in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, have extended their partnership for the Empowering Youth Through Data and Community Development (EYDCD) program.
Swathes of India, Nepal, and Bangladesh have been inundated in recent days, killing scores of people.
[VOA] Geneva -- Thousands of refugees and migrants who risk their lives on dangerous land routes across the African continent are subject to violence, abuse and exploitation, according to a report released Friday by the U.N. Refugee Agency, International Organization for
[VOA] Harare, Zimbabwe -- The U.N. and the African Union are urging countries on the continent to invest in natural disaster insurance because conditions like droughts, cyclones, diseases and floods are becoming more frequent with climate change.
[DW] Despite their dwindling influence, Western countries continue investing in Africa. But Russia, China and others have been catching up. Is Africa finally able to dictate its own terms in attracting foreign investment?
Teeming with artists and energy, the XVI annual UCCN conference seeks to improve cultural life across the globe. But did you know it existed?
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Russian troops invading Ukraine’s Kharkiv region are short of food and water, Ukrainian soldiers say, citing intercepted communications and interrogations of POWs.
A new study has found that TikTok’s search suggestions contained toxic language towards women and minorities in Finland.
This week, investors will closely monitor the market reactions to the French election in Europe. Additionally, both China and the US are set to release their Consumer Price Index (CPI) data, providing insights into the inflation trajectory of the world's two largest economies.
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Now that Shari Redstone has signed on the dotted line to sell her father’s media empire to Skydance and RedBird Capital, what future awaits? The vision for a combined Skydance – tech scion David Ellison’s production entity behind franchises like “Mission: Impossible” – and
[Africa Renewal] Celebrating the World Kiswahili Language Day that is marked on 7 July annually
[The Conversation Africa] When it comes to accurately diagnosing a disease, you might think you need expensive, high-tech machinery and equipment capable of looking deep beneath the skin at what's going on in the body. But while these high-tech implements certainly are
[Afropop] On June 26, Seun Kuti and Damian Marley released "Dey" -jazzy, funky, and indicative of the sound that defined Nigerian star Fela Kuti's Afrobeat.
After months of talks, Paramount Global and Skydance Media officially announced a deal to merge Sunday night. Shari Redstone, non-executive chair of Paramount Global and its controlling shareholder through National Amusements Inc., addressed the pact in a memo to employees, as
There was relief among many left-wing voters after they were projected to get the most seats in France’s lower house of parliament, but some are worried about whether the alliance will be able to stay together.
Worst fears of a far-right takeover may not have come to pass, but French politics could now find itself in unprecedented chaos.
Hezbollah said its fighters sent 'multiple, successive squadrons of drones to target' a reconnaissance centre on Jabal Al-Sheikh in the occupied Golan Heights.
Families of the people who died on the flights five years ago have criticised it as a "sweetheart deal".
Families of the people who died on the flights five years ago have criticised it as a "sweetheart deal".
The left-wing New Popular Front coalition was the surprise winner of Sunday's snap legislative elections in France with Macron's centrist coalition coming in second.
The lifting of a long-held ban has angered conservationists, but others argue trophy hunting can support local economies and even help protect threatened species In the borderlands of Tanzania and Kenya, the “super tuskers” roam. A combination of old age, genetic pooling and
Up on the "roof of the world," one of the world's largest ecosystem restoration projects is taking place. The Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP) in western China is the world's highest plateau and covers a land area roughly five times the size of France.
A sense of vulnerability and anxiety prompted by the rise of populist, far-right factions around the world looms over the upcoming NATO summit in Washington.
Protesters are demanding more action from the Israeli government to strike a ceasefire deal and secure the release of the remaining Israelis still being held hostage by Hamas in Gaza.
“A Place Called Silence,” a remake of a crime thriller that debuted at the Busan film festival in 2022, kicked off its commercial career in mainland China with a $50 million theatrical debut. The new film is directed by the same filmmaker, Sam Quah, but with a different cast
Hjgh winds, flooding and blackouts are expected, as the powerful storm regains hurricane strength.
There are some words out there that are brilliantly evocative and at the same time impossible to fully translate. Yiddish has the word shlimazl, which basically means a perpetually unlucky person. German has the word Backpfeifengesicht, which roughly means a face that is badly
China’s failures to reform the army may lie deep in the ancient military mindset that doesn’t fit modern requirements. Can the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) fight? And in case, how would they fight? They had the human waves in Korea and they advised the Vietnamese on guerrilla
The 'Rapa das bestas' festival in Sabucedo dates back to the 15th century and is held every year in the first week of July
IDF struck Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon ■ About 50 rockets fired at northern Israel from Lebanon throughout Sunday ■ Demonstrations called for hostage deal, against the gov't on 'Day of Resistance,' 9 months since Oct.7 ■ American citizen seriously wounded, Israeli
