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Nigerian singer and actress Onyeka Onwenu, considered a cultural icon, died on Tuesday at the age of 72, local media reported. Onwenu’s career spanned music, film, journalism and politics. Dubbed “the elegant stallion” in a media profile – a label that stuck, Onwenu came to prominence in the early 1980s …

The law banning most abortions or elective terminations of pregnancy from 6 weeks of pregnancy, well before the majority of women know they are pregnant, came into effect this Monday, July 29, in the state of Iowa, in the United States, US media reported. The legislation now prohibits most abortions …

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved the release of $820 million for Egypt, welcoming the country’s efforts to restore macroeconomic stability. Egypt says it has shifted to a flexible exchange rate regime, a policy the IMF said on Monday remains a cornerstone of the authorities’ program. “Inflationary pressures are …

Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has ordered on Monday the release of jailed journalists Taoufik Bouachrine, Omar Radi and Soulaimane Raisouni, local media reported. The release is part of a pardon granted to 2,476 convicts, a government source said. “This is a humane gesture on the 25th anniversary of king’s reign, …

The executive committee of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) party has announced it is banning former president Jacob Zuma from the party. The former president was suspended from his long-time party in January after announcing he would support the new uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) in the general election. …

At least 19 people have died in northwest Ethiopia after the boat they were travelling in capsized, state media reported on Sunday. At least 26 people were on board when the accident occurred. The tragedy occurred in the Amhara region on Saturday as a group of people were crossing the …

UNESCO on Saturday (July 27) added to its World Heritage list a village where Nelson Mandela grew up and the site of an apartheid-era massacre among the sites in South Africa that are milestones in the struggle to end white minority rule. The massacre was the 1960 massacre in Sharpeville, …

Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was hospitalized in the Bellevue Hospital Correctional Facility on Wednesday night, CNN reports, according to spokesman Juda Engelmayer. “He tested positive for COVID and contracted double pneumonia in his lungs,” Engelmayer said, citing Craig Rothfeld, Harvey Weinstein’s authorized representative and corrections consultant. “Mr. Weinstein was …

Sudanese agriculture minister has declared on Thursday that there is no famine in the country, casting doubt on U.N.-backed data that 755,000 are experiencing catastrophic hunger. Sudan has become the world’s worst hunger crisis since the outbreak of a war between the Sudanese army, whose head is also Sudan’s head …

Twenty-one people died in 24 hours in the Beni Mellal urban area in central Morocco due to a new heat wave that hit the country, which is in the grip of its sixth consecutive year of drought, the Ministry of Health said on Thursday, July 25. The General Directorate of …