Troops from eight countries including China have been participating in joint military exercises in Russia. The exercise concluded on Saturday after conducting coordinated ground and air operations, according to Chinese state broadcaster CCTV.

Burundian President Evariste Ndayishimiye says at an African Union meeting in El Alamein, Egypt, that persistent violence across Africa is taking a toll on farming, education and development.

President William Ruto and Dangote Group President Aliko Dangote. PHOTO/PSCU. By PATRICK MAYOYO No, Mr President. Kenyans who are asking questions about the Dangote East Africa Refinery in Lamu are not extortionists. They are citizens and taxpayers. They are members of communities whose land, livelihoods, environment and cultural heritage may be affected by one of the biggest industrial projects ever proposed in Kenya. And they have every right to ask questions. President William Ruto’s decision to dismiss critics of the Sh2.2 trillion Dangote East Africa Refinery as “extortionists” and “brokers” is, in my view, a dangerous distraction from the more fundamental question: was every legal, constitutional and environmental safeguard observed before Kenya celebrated the project’s groundbreaking?   That question cannot be shouted down. It cannot be dismissed as blackmail. And it certainly cannot be answered by a groundbreaking ceremony. The refinery was officially launched in L...

Pope Leo XIV receives the President of Montenegro. PHOTO/VATICAN By PATRICK MAYOYO Catholics around the world are being confronted today with a striking message about responsibility, justice, prayer and the need to produce good fruit, as the readings of the Mass place humanity before God’s expectations for his people. The readings present a powerful image: God has entrusted his vineyard to humanity, cared for it with love and patience, and now looks for a harvest of justice, goodness and faithfulness. But instead of good fruit, he finds what Scripture describes as wild grapes. The message is both a warning and an invitation; a warning against rejecting God’s call and abusing what has been entrusted to us, and an invitation to return to lives marked by justice, prayer, love and spiritual fruitfulness. A vineyard that received everything it needed The first reading, from the Book of Isaiah, tells the story of a landowner who carefully prepares a vineyard. He chooses fertile ground, r...

For nearly 30 years, Dafroza Gauthier, along with her husband Alain, tracked down Rwandan refugees in France suspected of having participated in the Tutsi genocide. She died in Reims on Saturday after dedicating her life to bringing to justice those allegedly responsible for the 1994 massacre of more than 800,000 people. 

Troops loyal to Ethiopia's federal government were patrolling the streets of Mekelle on Sunday, a day after the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) withdrew its forces from the northern city. The government advance came as Ethiopia's regional rivals including Eritrea and Sudan met in the Egyptian coastal city of El-Alamein, calling for regional disputes to be settled through "peaceful means".

A CV can leave important experience unexplained. Javier Martínez Samblas explores how career narratives, portfolios and work samples can help employers understand candidates across African markets, while protecting privacy and keeping recruitment accessible.

UNIDO data and African business cases show what industrial growth requires: dependable buyers, reliable inputs, supplier capabilities, practical technology and working capital.

Soribe Kelechi J.: The Senate File INEC put him on the APGA ballot in Owerri North in 2019 and puts him on it again for Imo East in 2027. In the years between, the public record places him inside the party’s state organization. By Prof. MarkAnthony Nze     Documentary Political Plate 1. The public […]

Bulgaria welcomes home the remains of medieval ruler Czar Samuel after 1,000 years, following a cultural restitution agreement with Greece.