Why institutionalizing space diplomacy should be a pillar of Turkey’s grand strategy

Turkey’s space program has seen accelerated growth in the past few years. In 2024, it launched TÜRKSAT 6A, becoming the eleventh country in the world to manufacture its own geostationary communications satellite. Last year, Turkey also sent its...

Guyana to host Regional Anti-Doping Training

Guyana is set to host a major three-day regional training programme, in partnership with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), aimed at bolstering the Caribbean’s anti-doping efforts. The Caribbean Regional Anti-Doping Organisation (Caribbean...

South Sudan’s Blind Football team makes history with international debut

Author: Michael Daniel | Published: 5 hours ago Members of the South Sudan Blind Football Team train at the Dr. Biar Sport Centre in Juba ahead of their international debut at the IBSA Blind Football African Championship. (File Photo: Michael...

Everton stance on Ivan Toney transfer after 'player's camp' hint at January swoop

Ivan Toney celebrates after scoring a goal during the Saudi Super Cup semi-final between Al-Qadsiah and Al-Ahli at the Hong Kong Stadium on August 20, 2025(Image: WUN SUEN/AFP via Getty Images) Everton are being linked with a sensational January...

Four Kenyan referees selected for AFCON 2025 in Morocco

Referee Peter Kamaku (second right) lead his team in Gor Mahia and AFC Leopards during FKF Premier League match at the Nyayo National stadium on April 21, 2024. [Jonah Onyango, Standard] Kenya will be represented by four referees at the upcoming...

New York Attorney General Calls On Public To Report ICE Operations After Manhattan Raid

Home Team SNG New York Attorney General Calls On Public To Report ICE Operations After... Attorney General Letitia James said her office would review footage and other information from operations shared through a "Federal Action Reporting Form,"...

Africa’s Best: Osimhen to battle Salah, 8 others for 2025 crown

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) have shortlisted Super Eagles talismanic striker, Victor Osimhen and nine others for 2025 African Footballer of the Year Award while the current holder of the crown Ademola Lookman was overlooked by the...

Osimhen Battles Salah, Hakimi For 2025 African Player Of The Year Award

Nigeria’s superstar Victor Osimhen has been shortlisted for the 2025 African Player of the Year award. The Confederation of African Football (CAF) announced the nominees via their X account yesterday. The Galatasaray forward will face stiff...

Senegalese Fadiga, Nigerian Music Star Odumodublvck Set For 2025 Champions Cup Showdown In Abuja

As the much-anticipated Champions Cup showdown between Barcelona legends and African legendary stars slated for this weekend at Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja approaches, the Senegalese legendary midfielder Khalilou Fadiga, and Nigerian...

Kenyan man wins top African Innovation prize for App that translates speech to sign language in real-time

A Kenyan entrepreneur who created a web-based app that translates speech into sign language using AI-powered 3D avatars has won a major award for African innovation. Elly Savatia, creator of the app Terp 360, was awarded £50,000 ($67,000) on...

Will building nuclear power plants empower Africa or entrench foreign reliance?

- Supporters argue nuclear power could provide stable, low-carbon electricity - Critics warn of use of old technology, safety concerns, growing dependence on foreign partners ANKARA Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed last month announced plans...

Water’s role vital in peacebuilding: UAE

Abdulla Balalaa, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for Energy and Sustainability, led the UAE’s participation in a series of high-level engagements in Geneva aimed at advancing global cooperation on water, climate resilience, and...

Public finance reforms gain momentum

… ACBF partners gov’t to build next generation of public finance leaders Ongoing public finance reforms have received renewed momentum through a strategic partnership between the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) and the Government of...

Faye and Kagame Advance Bilateral Cooperation in Kigali

- Advertisement - Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye concluded a three-day state visit to Kigali this weekend, strengthening the growing friendship between Senegal and Rwanda. Held from 17th to 19th October at the invitation of President...

The 10 nominees for the 2025 African Player of the Year - Mohamed Salah, Achraf Hakimi, Victor Osimhen & Co.

All players revealed ©TM/IMAGO Africa is a continent with an ever-growing affect on top level football, with many of the best club's greatest stars emerging from that continent. From those players, the contenders on the 10-man shortlist for the...

‘This is rigged’ – Ghanaians question CAF over Black Stars’ nomination for award

Some Ghanaian football fans have raised concerns over Ghana’s nomination in the Best National Team of the Year category by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The Black Stars were nominated for the continental award and will be competing...

Suriname’s Coming Oil Boom

As Paramaribo, Suriname, flooded with shin-high water during a rainstorm in June, hundreds of taxis jostled for space on a recently paved street on the outskirts of the capital city. Passengers in suits disembarked alongside an overgrown canal....

Foreign dignitaries join Kenya’s Mashujaa Day celebration

President of Senegal, Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye, and the Prime Minister of Mozambique Maria Benvinda Levi, arrived in Kenya ahead of the national Mashujaa Day celebrations on October 20, 2025 at Ithookwe Stadium in Kitui County. Their presence...

Phillis Wheatley, the first Black nature poet

Who are the true pioneers of nature poetry? Before William Wordsworth’s imagination had wandered, lonely as a cloud, and before John Keats’s nib had quivered with notions about nightingales, a Black woman named Phillis Wheatley was circulating a...

Jude Bellingham 'one of the most complete players in the world' as star finally grabs first goal of season

Jude Bellingham finally broke his goal drought on Wednesday night, finding the net for the first time this season as Real Madrid edged past Juventus 1-0 at the Santiago Bernabéu. The moment arrived just after half-time when Vinícius Júnior dazzled...