Sierra Leone officially banned child marriage on Tuesday with President Julius Maada Bio signing into law a bill to end the practice that remains widespread.
The African nation brought in the new law with much fanfare at a ceremony organized by (...)
An infamous fugitive billionaire — known as Fat Leonard — has been released as part of a prisoner swap with Venezuela, the White House has confirmed.
The fugitive, whose real name is Leonard Glenn Francis, masterminded a $35m (£30m) fraud against (...)
A small boat carrying 280 migrants has landed in Spain's Canary Islands.
The vessel arrived on the remote island of El Hierro, some 380km (238 miles) off Africa's western coast, on Tuesday.
Rescue workers said those onboard were of sub-Saharan (...)
Saudi Advisor at the Royal Court Ahmed bin Abdulaziz Qattan met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and National Integration of the Republic of Cape Verde, Rui Alberto de Figueiredo Soares in the capital Praia (...)
President of the Republic of Cape Verde, Jose Maria Neves, received Saudi Advisor at the Royal Court Ahmed bin Abdulaziz Qattan in the capital Praia today.
During the meeting, the Advisor conveyed the greetings of the Custodian of the Two Holy (...)
Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and National Integration of the Republic of Cape Verde, Rui Alberto de Figueiredo Soares, announced his country's support for the request of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to host Expo 2030.
In a (...)
Egypt was proclaimed today African continent's handball champion (men) after beating Cape Verde 37 - 25 at the final match attended by Prime Minister Mustafa Madboli.
The African 25th tournament was held at Dr. Mustafa Hasan gallery in Cairo, (...)
For the first time in Africa since the peak of the Omicron wave, weekly COVID-19 cases dropped significantly and deaths dipped, the World Health Organization (WHO) informed on Thursday.
Newly reported cases fell by 20 percent in the week that ended (...)
Canada was moved to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's highest-risk category for travel on Monday, CNN reported.
The world's second-largest country by total area, Canada has seen a steep rise in cases as the Omicron variant spreads. (...)
After a recent wave of attempts and coups d'état in Central African Republic, Mali, Sudan and Guinea, the UN Special Representative for the region told the Security Council on Monday this resurgence, particularly in West Africa, "is often the (...)
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has put five places in Europe -- including one of the world's biggest tourism powerhouses -- on its list of destinations for "very high" Covid-19 travel risk, CNN reported.
France and four of its (...)
Over the past five decades, disasters related to weather, climate or water hazards, have become a regular occurrence, responsible for the deaths of at least 115 people, and causing $202 million in economic loses every day, according to a new report (...)
The United Kingdom has added India to its updated travel "red list" to protect the country against a new variant of coronavirus (COVID-19) and against other existing variants, UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Monday.
As part of the move, (...)
JEDDAH — The United Kingdom on Friday added Bangladesh, Kenya, Pakistan, and the Philippines to its travel "red list" as travelers from Saudi Arabia continue to have unrestricted entry into the country.
The updated "red list," which will come into (...)
Progress made towards sustainable development by the Atlantic Ocean nation, Cape Verde, is under serious threat due to the COVID-19 pandemic according to the United Nations' most senior official in the country.
In this blog, UN Resident Coordinator (...)
Minister of State for African Countries Affairs Ahmad bin Abdulaziz Qattan made a phone call today to Cape Verde Minister of Foreign Affairs and Defense Luis Filipe Tavares.
During the phone conversation, they discussed issues of common interest and (...)
Bissau prime ministers are headed into a runoff in the West African country's presidential election, the electoral commission said on Wednesday, after embattled incumbent Jose Mario Vaz crashed out of the race.
The runoff between Domingos Simoes (...)
South Africa have impressive plans for the development of soccer in the country but need to be better at putting them into practice, according to national team coach Stuart Baxter.
After seeing his side knocked out of the Africa Cup of Nations (...)
Tanzania's first Africa Cup of Nations participation for 39 years came to a premature end because the team lacked character and experience, coach Emmanuel Amunike said in a brutally honest analysis.
Coaches nowadays generally steer clear of (...)
Greece, host of the first modern Games in 1896, regained International Olympic Committee representation after four years on Wednesday when the head of its Olympic body Spyros Capralos was elected as one of 10 new members to the global (...)
Madagascar's Jean Romario Baggio Rakotoarisoa boasts one of the most eye-catching names at the Africa Cup of Nations but all the more remarkable has been the rise of one of the continent's also-rans into a side continuing to upset the odds.
The (...)
FIFA Monday slapped a lifetime ban on the disgraced former boss of Brazilian football, Jose Maria Marin, after a US court convicted him of massive corruption.
The 86-year-old Marin was one of the key figures swept up in the graft scandal that began (...)
South Africa booked the last place at the African Cup of Nations Finals with a 2-1 away win over Libya thanks to Percy Tau's double Sunday to complete the lineup for the 24-team finals being hosted in Egypt in June.
The diminutive 24-year-old (...)
The Director General of Border Guard, Vice Admiral Awwad Eid Al-Balawi, and the President of Naif Arab University for Security Sciences, and the Director of Bisha University, inaugurated the 9th International Training Course on Combating Insecurity (...)
the Advisor at the Royal Court, General Supervisor of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSRelief) Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al-Rabee'ah has stressed that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia pays special attention to the education sector (...)
