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27th edition of Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO). /Roch KABORE
Africa’s premier film festival opened in Burkina Faso on Saturday with a colourful ceremony showcasing choreography, and acrobatic and musical acts from some of the …
Migrants VCG Spain’s emergency services recovered the bodies of four more migrants in its coastal waters Saturday, the coastguard said, but another 17 are still missing. The latest discoveries bring to eight the number of bodies found after a boat carrying migrants that had been spotted west of Spain’s Cape …
United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has welcomed the announcement by the Central African Republic’s president of a nationwide ceasefire in a long-running conflict with rebels and urged all parties to respect it. President Faustin-Archange Touadera issued the unilateral ceasefire declaration on Friday, saying that all but two of the main armed groups had agreed to put down their weapons. Guterres spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a statement that “the Secretary-General urges all parties to engage constructively through an inclusive …
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – NOVEMBER 03: Tamirat Tola of Ethiopia crosses the finish line for fourth place in the Men’s Division of the 2019 TCS New York City Marathon on November 03, 2019 in New York City. /Getty Images New York City Marathon organizers are offering deferments to entrants of the …
Sudanese protesters take part in a rally demanding the dissolution of the transitional government, outside the presidential palace in Khartoum, Sudan, Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021. /AP Thousands of Sudanese took to the streets Saturday in the capital, Khartoum, to call for the dissolving of the joint military-civilian government of …
