The US ambassador to Pretoria has made a damning accusation against the South African government – and it seems to have caught South African officials off-guard. Ambassador Reuben Brigety says that the US has reliable intelligence that South Africa supplied arms and ammunition to a Russian ship which had docked, …
Read More »Halle Bailey, the first black Disney princess
“The Little Mermaid,” the most anticipated film to hit theaters on May 24, 2023, had its world premiere on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles. In the aftermath, young African-American Halle Bailey was praised for her starring role as Disney’s first black princess in live action. This has inspired many black …
Read More »Bees kill six passengers after road accident
No fewer than six passengers died after being stung by bees when the bus they were traveling in crashed on the road in Nicaragua, Central America, according to reports. “The driver encountered mechanical problems and lost control of the school bus in the municipality of San Sebastián de Yalí,” reports …
Read More »Former US president Donald Trump found responsible for sexual assault
A New York court on Tuesday found former US President Donald Trump responsible for sexual assault, for acts dating back to 1996 on a former journalist. He will have to pay 5 million dollars in compensation for sexual assault and defamation. Deliberations by the nine-member jury began after Judge Lewis …
Read More »AFP journalist killed in eastern Ukraine
Agence France-Presse journalist Arman Soldin has been killed in rocket strike in eastern Ukraine, the media reported on Tuesday. AFP’s video coordinator in Ukraine, Arman Soldin, was killed Tuesday afternoon in a Grad rocket attack in eastern Ukraine, according to AFP journalists accompanying him. Nous avons la douleur d'annoncer que …
Read More »EU to sanction Chinese companies supporting Russian war effort
The European Union has proposed imposing sanctions on Chinese companies accused of selling material that could be used for weapons to help the Russian war effort, the Financial Times reported on Sunday, which said it had able to consult a document. According to the newspaper, several Chinese companies are targeted …
Read More »“Russia will be defeated in the same way as Nazism” President Zelensky
This Monday, May 8, the day of celebration of the victory of the Allies over Nazi Germany and the end of the Second World War, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky affirmed that Russia will be defeated “in the same way” as Nazism l was in 1945. “All the old evil that …
Read More »Zelensky calls for creation of a special court for crime of aggression
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called for the creation of a special tribunal for the crime of aggression, during a speech of about twenty minutes given this Thursday during an unannounced visit to the International Criminal Court (ICC). “We all want to see another Vladimir here in The Hague,” he said, …
Read More »Tiwa Savage at the coronation of King Charles III
The famous Nigeria artist Tiwa Savage has been invited in the United Kingdom as King Charles III will be crowned on May 6 at Westminster Abbey in London. Tiwa Savage will represent Africa at the great coronation ceremony of King Charles III scheduled for May 6, 2023 at Westminster Abbey …
Read More »Mother stung 75 times by bees while protecting her children
In the valley town of Buckeye, Arizona, in the United states, a woman and her children experienced an apiphobic nightmare during an outdoor outing. With her family, this woman stopped in a parking lot in the middle of the Arizona countryside in order to take souvenir photos, as told by …
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