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Hosts Algeria will face Senegal in Sunday’s final of the African Nations Championship after victories on Tuesday evening.

The normally bustling streets of Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city, were eerily quiet on February 1 as the country marked the second anniversary of a coup… Read More »Myanmar’s pro-democracy opposition marks coup anniversary with ‘silent strike’

It’s been two years since the military junta in Myanmar seized power, ousting the country’s democratically elected leaders in a coup d’état. Since February 1,… Read More »Two years after the coup, Myanmar’s junta fights opposition with fire

Pope Francis on Wednesday slammed “brutal atrocities, which bring shame upon all humanity” in eastern DR Congo, after hearing testimony from victims of the conflict… Read More »Pope Francis excoriates ‘brutal atrocities’ in DR Congo

The EU is having “very constructive talks” with Britain on post-Brexit arrangements for Northern Ireland, but no deal has yet been reached, European Commission chief… Read More »EU hails ‘very constructive’ talks with UK on Northern Ireland

Record-breaking NFL quarterback Tom Brady announced on Wednesday that he was “retiring for good” at the age of 45, one year after reversing his decision… Read More »American football superstar Tom Brady announces retirement, this time ‘for good’

The FBI was conducting a planned search Wednesday of President Joe Biden’s Rehoboth Beach, Delaware home as part of its investigation into the potential mishandling… Read More »FBI search Biden’s beach house after classified docs found elsewhere

The man behind a new pro-Kremlin social media network tells the BBC he wants Africa to embrace Russia.

This is said to be the second largest mass Pope Francis has held, after one in the Philippines in 2014.

The war in Ukraine is causing heavy fallout for flora and fauna. The Ukrainian government estimates that the conflict has created at least $40 billion… Read More »‘Seriously damaged’: Ukraine war taking heavy toll on animals and nature