Africa

Lake Tanganyika seems to be on endless flooding, with people in Burundi struggling to cope with basic needs and daily routine; more and more families are displaced, diseases spread, gaps of urgent aid make the country even more vulnerable

The long-awaited official inauguration of the Grand Egyptian Museum, known as GEM, would once again be delayed as a result of the escalating regional tensions; the GEM is already open to the public

The 2025 Ibrahim Governance Weekend, based on the 2025 report Facts & Figures: Financing the Africa We Want, gathered key African and global stakeholders to debate challenges and opportunities of financing Africa’s development and climate ambitions

South Africa beat Australia in five wickets in WTC final in London, winning first major cricket ICC title after 27 years

Anglophone Crisis is still deteriorating after 9 years: HumAngle Media reveals that fighters from Nigeria’s Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB have infiltrated separatist insurgents in the English-speaking regions, worsening children’s access to education

Tanger Fashion Week 2025 will be closing today; at its 2nd edition, the event - organized in the most Mediterranean of Moroccan cities - celebrates fashion as a cultural link among different words and styles, with craftsmanship and quality as leitmotiv

Eight new Marine Protected Areas covering 93 square kilometers have been announced by Sao Tome and Principe representatives at the UN Ocean Conference in Nice, France; the MPAs aim at protecting local marine life including manta rays, sharks, sea turtles

A viral trend is keeping on: since the beginning of May, videoclips praising leader Ibrahim Traoré are voiced by international singers; generated by AI, they feature stars like Beyonce, Justin Bieber, Rihanna in what could be an organized campaign

National soccer team is playing a series of friendlies in Africa and Europe in view of the World Cup qualifiers in September; Comoros seems to have gone past the difficult moment of early 2025

In the Great South, communities are fighting drought restoring degraded lands through the World Bank-supported MIONJO project; over 1.500 hectares of dunes have been stabilized, 330 hectares reforested, 24 nurseries created benefitting 1,4 million people

A bus crash in Nigeria’s northern state of Kano killed 22 athletes returning home from a national sports event, according to local governor; the bus, reportedly carrying over 30 passengers, plunged off the Chiromawa Bridge on the Kano-Zaria expressway

The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, has honoured notable citizens with chieftaincy titles to strengthen traditional governance, encourage dedication, commitment, service to the community - stated Osaigbovo Iguobaro, Chief Press Secretary to the Oba of Benin