Africa

38+ min ago   (259+ words) EGYPT — Zaphenath-paneah, also called Joseph, successfully rescued the land from the grip of severe famine this week after wisely advising Pharaoh to stock up on emergency food buckets from My Patriot Supply. As second only to Pharaoh himself, Joseph was…...

3+ hour, 53+ min ago   (278+ words) By J.M. Lusugga Kironde Towards the end of September, I had the privilege of travelling to Kibeho, Rwanda, as part of a religiously sponsored tour. Kibeho, is a small town in south-western Rwanda, some, 160 km from the Country’s capital city, Kigali…...

4+ hour, 46+ min ago   (32+ words) Infographic in English on Democratic Republic of the Congo and 16 other countries about Agriculture, Education, Flash Flood, Flood and more; published on 8 Oct 2026 by OCHA DR Congo + 16 more...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1716+ words) Zimbabwe neighbours South Africa, Mozambique, Zambia and Botswana, and those four borders decide how its trade, fuel, power and tourists move. It buys more than a third of its imports from South Africa and pipes fuel in from Mozambique’s port…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (373+ words) Three houses were damaged due to soil erosion along the Pampanga River riverbank, beside a flood-control structure in Barangay Mandasig, Candaba, Pampanga on Sunday, October 4, 2026. Wilma Turla, whose children reside in the affected area, said they heard cracking sounds coming…...

11+ hour, 9+ min ago   (359+ words) RT.com 08 Oct 2026, 16:08 GMT+ The West African nation has renewed its claim to a sacred statue and other objects removed during colonial rule Benin has renewed its demand for the return of 35 cultural artifacts and archival materials held in France,…...

11+ hour, 3+ min ago   (605+ words) A town built on diamonds has stood empty since 1956. Now the desert is climbing its walls, room by room. The sand comes in through the doors and the windows. In some houses it has climbed to the middle of the…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (1356+ words) AFRICA · CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC · CENTRAL AFRICA · GUIDE The Central African Republic sits at the centre of Africa and near the bottom of the UN’s Human Development Index. It is a landlocked country of about 5.5 million people that has lived through…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1711+ words) Guinea explained for readers far from West Africa. This small, poor country supplies much of the world’s aluminium ore and has just opened a giant iron-ore mine. Here is who runs it, how its economy works and what to watch....

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (249+ words) The Villages Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) will dive into a swashbuckling topic at its next meeting: the history of pirates. The meeting will take place at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, at the Captiva Recreation Center. Visitors are…...