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By Emmanuel Nduka Obisue  Ethiopia on Tuesday inaugurated the continent’s biggest hydroelectric project, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). The facility is a $4-billion megastructure. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed hailed it as a “great achievement for...

By Emmanuel Nduka Obisue  The United States has deported Charles Mbayo, a former high-ranking junta member in Sierra Leone, over his alleged involvement in war crimes and human rights violations. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement...

By Ebi Kesiena President Cyril Ramaphosa has stressed that South Africa’s fight against corruption cannot be reduced to arrests alone, insisting that prevention, institutional reform, and oversight are essential to achieving lasting change. His comments follow...

By Ebi Kesiena A new report on Early Childhood Development (ECD) in South Africa has raised alarm over the lack of foundational skills among young children entering the school system, warning that without urgent intervention, many...

By Emmanuel Nduka Obisue  African leaders have opened a major climate summit in Ethiopia, vowing to transform the continent into a model for green growth while denouncing broken promises on climate finance and the erosion of...

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday canonized 15-year-old computer whiz Carlo Acutis, declaring him the Catholic Church’s first millennial saint and hailing him as a model for young people navigating the digital age. The open-air Mass at...