The Ascott Limited Expands in Africa with Signing of Somerset Admiralty Way Lagos

The Ascott Limited (Ascott), a leading international lodging operator and a wholly owned subsidiary of CapitaLand Investment, has announced the signing of a franchise agreement for Somerset Admiralty Way Lagos, a new serviced residence located in...

Ted Cruz’s genocide, blasphemy and Ida the slave boy

Ted Cruz By Festus Adedayo Today, Nigerian leaders are busy playing the biblical couple, Ananias and Sapphira, on allegation that they abet genocide in Nigeria. They do this while being enveloped in how to rig the 2027 elections. As they do,...

Ghosts of imperialism’s past, present and future

On August 13, 2020, the United Arab Emirates became the first country in the Arabic-speaking world to normalize ties with Israel in over 20 years. Bahrain, Morocco and Sudan soon followed and signed their own Emirati-brokered normalization...

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40 years later, Michael J. Fox looks back on 'Back to the Future' NEW YORK (AP) — For Michael J. Fox, traveling through time with “Back to the Future” has been part of life. It’s the film that strapped a flux capacitor to his career and that has,...

Will foreign fighters test the stability of post-Assad Syria?

Damascus, Syria - A group of Uyghur men laughed uproariously over a Syrian friend’s seemingly vain requests for a waiter to take better photos of them together, as they shared food at a mid-scale restaurant not far from the Syrian central bank in...

Kenyan creates first sign language app

Elly Savatia when he won the 2025 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, which comes with a £50,000 cash award. A Kenyan engineer has won a major prize for developing an AI-powered app that translates speech into sign language using lifelike 3D...

Trump admin official promises more raids like Canal St. on the way

The head of the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency Wednesday warned New Yorkers to expect more Canal St-style crackdowns as President Trump expands his mass deportation push to NYC. Acting Director Todd Lyons said ICE plans to...

Nevdon Jamgochian: ‘My Armenian Heritage is Central to My Art’

YEREVAN — Nevdon Jamgochian (born May 3, 1971, San Francisco) is an American multidisciplinary artist and writer, who has lived in Indonesia, Germany, Thailand, Senegal, China, Malaysia and India. Trained initially as a painter, his practice now...

‘A Conversation with Ta-Nehisi Coates’ discusses modern-day global oppression

Coates talks with Hinton at Wednesday’s event. (Millie Wolff | Contributing Photographer) Renowned journalist and author Ta-Nehisi Coates spoke on holding society accountable for continuing the fight against oppressive systems worldwide. The...

NYC Agitators Pay a Price of Their Own After Trying (and Failing) to Block ICE from Arresting Illegals

Days after the latest social media report on illegal immigrants selling knockoff goods on a Manhattan street, federal agencies swooped in to make arrests. Nine illegal immigrants from West Africa were arrested in the raids, which took place in the...

Ted Cruz’s genocide, blasphemy and Ida the slave boy, by Festus Adedayo

Today, Nigerian leaders are busy playing the biblical couple, Ananias and Sapphira, on allegation that they abet genocide in Nigeria. They do this while being enveloped in how to rig the 2027 elections. As they do, Citizen Yahaya Sharif-Aminu is...

Galien Forum 2025: Young people lead advocacy for Africa’s health sovereignty

Faced with a global disease burden of 24 per cent but only 3 per cent of the world’s health professionals, Africa continues to grapple with the challenge of meeting its own health needs. Yet, a growing number of young Africans are rising to the...

From Pasture to Progress

In the heart of northern Senegal's arid plains, a quiet yet powerful revolution is underway. At its centre stands La Laiterie du Berger, a pioneering dairy company best known for its transformative role in empowering pastoralist communities,...

The forgotten tragedy of illegal migration

- Advertisement - This paper recently reported that Senegalese authorities had intercepted a boat full of migrants heading to the Canary Islands of Spain. The boat was reported to have originated from The Gambia and was intercepted by the...

Canal Street Chinatown raid: Who are the nine illegal aliens arrested, what are their past crimes? Details here

The immigration enforcement operation on Manhattan's Canal Street on Tuesday saw nine illegal aliens get arrested, the Department of Homeland Security said. Federal authorities, on Wednesday, said that 14 people, including demonstrators who were...

UAE–Africa Tourism Investment Summit highlights tourism’s role as key driver of economic transformation and calls to reposition Africa as a new global sustainable tourism brand

Participants emphasize the importance of joint action at the public and private sector levels to expand GCC-African partnerships in the aviation sector The ‘UAE–Africa Tourism Investment Summit 2025’, hosted by the Ministry of Economy and Tourism...

Report: Nigeria Back on Stable Growth Path, But Pace Remains Inadequate

•Says in last 15 months, real investment flows rebounded in energy, mineral resources, others •Urges more public sector reforms Ndubuisi Francis in Abuja Consistent with recent positive ratings of Nigeria’s economic trajectory, a new report by...

Everton have £70m of new talent sitting on the bench - but need to be patient

Sometimes, it is the decisions that managers don’t make which shed more light on what is really going on at a football club. As Everton sought a way back into Sunday’s Premier League home game against Tottenham Hotspur from a 2-0 half-time...

Mauritania, Liberia and Gambia back RSF-initiated Dakar Declaration on Right to Information in Sahel

In response to the decline in security in the Sahel – which includes physical violence, murders and kidnappings of journalists, entire areas becoming inaccessible to the press, threats to local media, and the spread of disinformation – RSF calls...

Country platforms: are we asking the right questions?

Country platforms have capacity to align diverse funding sources behind national climate priorities, reduce fragmentation, and improve coordination. From the Bangladesh Climate and Development Partnership to the Just Energy Transition Partnerships...