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  Naledi Pandor, the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa, in an interview with WION, talked about the United Arab Emirates (UAE).She claimed that the UAE, Egypt, Algeria, Argentina, Mexico and Nigeria wanted to join BRICS, an informal group of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.   The UAE played an important role in helping make peace between Eritrea and Ethiopia . When South Africa was hit by floods last year, the UAE sent an aid aircraft, carrying 50 metric tonnes of food supplies to Durban city, in order to help flood victims. Mahash Saeed Al Hameli, UAE Ambassador to South Africa, thanked the UAE for providing humanitarian aid to South Africa. When floods wreaked havoc in Sudan, a country in North Africa, in August 2022, the UAE sent relief aid to help flood victims. When floods caused problems in Mauritania, a country in Af...

  On Tuesday, leaders from the United Nations and ambassadors from African countries met in the Security Council Chamber for a high-level conversation about preventing violent extremism in Africa and fighting terrorism in Africa. The debate was held because of a recent UN report that talks about how terrorist activity is spreading quickly in Africa, which has made a lot of people worried. The goal of the debate was to get the United Nations,  the African Union (AU) , and regional organizations to work together more. Mozambique’s President Filipe Nyusi led the discussion. Mozambique has been trying for more than five years to stop a violent uprising in its northern region. The proliferation of terrorist organizations in the Sahel and other parts of Africa has caused the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, to express grave concern. “Despair, poverty, hunger, a lack of basic services, unemployment, and unconstitutional changes in government continue to lay ...

  The African continent has many best airlines. Many core airlines have maintained higher rankings in Africa. The airlines operate an extensive domestic and international cargo network. In this article, we will talk about the top 10 best airlines in Africa in 2023.  1. Ethiopian Airlines Ethiopian Airlines is the flag carrier of Ethiopia. It is the best airline in Africa. The airline serves over 60 international destinations across the African continent, Asia, and Europe, as well as the  Middle East and North America (MENA) region.  2. South African Airways South African Airways is one of the best flag carrier airlines in South Africa. It is the second-best airline in Africa. It serves various destinations across Africa and international services to North America, South America, Asia, Australia and Europe. 3. Kenya Airways Kenya Airways is one of the best flag carrier airlines in Kenya. It is also one of the best airlines in Africa. It has also received the World Tra...

  Violence broke out during protests last week, so the head of Kenya’s police force has said that any planned protests by the opposition on Monday will not be allowed to happen. The Inspector General of Police, Japhet Koome, was quoted as saying to the press on Sunday that “we will not allow violent demonstrations.” “The protests they are planning for Monday are illegal and will not be allowed,” he said, adding that his force was ready to keep the peace and would arrest anyone carrying offensive weapons. But the veteran leader of the opposition,  Raila Odinga,  who has called for protests against President William Ruto over the high expense of living on Monday and Thursday, remained defiant. Odinga has called on people to take to the streets to demonstrate against Ruto. During a service at a local church on Sunday, he addressed the congregation by saying,  “I am asking our supporters and all Kenyans to come out and join the peaceful demonstrations.”  H...

  The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Thursday that the death toll from the  Marburg virus epidemic in Equatorial Guinea  has climbed to 20. Malabo has reported six more deaths in the past ten days. This hemorrhagic fever, which is almost as deadly as Ebola, has spread from the province of Kie-Ntem, where it caused the first recorded deaths on January 7, to Bata, the economic capital of this small central African country, which is partly an island and partly a continent. The World Health Organization (WHO) said in a statement that this growth  “suggests wider transmission of the virus” and that “intensified response efforts are needed to prevent a large-scale epidemic and loss of life.”  The Equatoguinean government reported on its website that between the 11th and 20th of March, there were eight confirmed cases, of which six resulted in fatalities. However, the government has not provided a complete death toll since the outbreak first began. The m...

  Kim Kardashian, a famous American media personality and businesswoman, attended Thursday’s game between Arsenal and Sporting Lisbon at the Emirates Stadium in Holloway, London, England. She also posted a story about the match on her Instagram. However, Why did Kim Kardashian attend Arsenal’s Europa League match against Sporting Lisbon? According to sources, Kim is believed to be in London to film a new documentary. Her son Saint is also believed to be an Arsenal fan, as reported by beIN SPORTS. Kim attended the live match of Europa League soccer at the Emirates Stadium with her son Saint. The photos of the mother and son went viral on social media. Saint wore Arsenal’s home jersey during the match. He is reportedly a big fan of the Gunners. Kim posted a pre-match picture to her Instagram story, captioning,  “SEND HELP. SOS.”  The picture featured three match programs and some bottles of PRIME on a table. Television cameras also showed Kim and her son. What happened dur...

  Jeune Afrique, a French-language pan-African weekly news magazine, has unveiled the list of the top 500 most important companies in Africa. Jeune Afrique revealed the ranking of the top 500 companies on the African continent that have the best-taken advantage of business opportunities in the 2021 financial year. Africa has various financial institutions and  South Africa has various young entrepreneurs.  Sonatrach, the national state-owned oil company of Algeria, has topped the list of the top 500 companies in Africa. The company reached a turnover of 34 billion dollars and a net result of more than 5.5 billion dollars. The largest company in Africa with 154 subsidiaries witnessed a dollar increase of 75% in its export activity.  Sonangol, the second-largest oil producer on the African continent, is the 12th most important company in Africa, according to Jeune Afrique. However, it witnessed a drop in production of around 10% in 2021. South Africa has around 8...

  Cyclone Freddy was the tropical storm that lasted the longest on record. It killed hundreds of people and destroyed almost half of Malawi, according to President Lazarus Chakwera of Malawi. In an exclusive interview, he asked for help from the rest of the world and said that there was a lot of damage to buildings. According to Chakwera,  “this demonstrates that climate change issues are real and that we are standing right in the path of them.”  He went on to say that the climate crisis had the potential to keep  “a nation like Malawi in perpetual poverty.”  On Saturday, 438 people had died in Malawi, and families and rescue workers spent the weekend searching through mud and debris for people who had been reported missing. Often, they only used their bare hands. “It is not just the numbers of our people who have lost their lives, but the damage and devastation,”  said Chakwera, who added that while the country’s early warning system had saved lives in som...

After wreaking havoc across southern Africa for the second time in a month, the catastrophic  tropical cyclone Freddy  is now certified to have claimed the lives of nearly 200 people in the country of Malawi. As the rain keeps coming down and rescue workers struggle to find both the dead and the living in the mud, it is expected that the number of deaths will rise

  During a trip that showed the longtime allies were getting along better after a fight, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was cautiously optimistic about keeping the peace. On Wednesday, he asked Ethiopia to make sure that people were held responsible for the  brutal Tigray conflict , but he was cautiously optimistic about keeping the peace. During the last trip to Africa by a high-level US official, Blinken offered $331 million in new humanitarian aid. However, he didn’t support Ethiopia’s readmission to a major trade pact. This occurred while China and Russia are making inroads on the continent. The top US diplomat said that expanding economic ties with Ethiopia was dependent on the African country’s commitment to  “reconciliation and accountability”  about the conflict, which the US says has killed about 500,000 people. After a day of meetings, Blinken told reporters,  “Getting to justice, bringing people together, that’s the way to make sure that peace l...

  OpenAI, an American artificial intelligence research laboratory, has announced the release of GPT-4, the latest version of its artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT.                                                                                                                                                                                                                      GPT-4, a large multimodal model, can respond to image and text inputs. It can ...

The 95th Academy Awards, better known as the 2023 Oscars, was concluded on March 12, 2023, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, a city in California. The event honoured films released in 2022. A-list actors, directors, casts, and crews attended the event. They embraced stunning costumes and jewellery. Who are the best-dressed stars at the 2023 Oscars? 1. Jamie Lee Curtis in Dolce & Gabbana Jamie Lee Curtis, an American actress, producer, and children’s author, wore a champagne pink gown by Dolce & Gabbana. Her makeup artist Grace Ahn and hairstylist Sean James did a great job on her face and hair. 2. Cara Delevingne in Elie Saab Cara Delevingne, an English model and actress, wore a one-shoulder silk gown, which featured a lush bow at her shoulder. Elie Saab, a Lebanese fashion designer, designed her silk gown. She paired the dress with 62.85 carats of white diamonds and heels. Also Read:- Temilade Openiyi nominated for Oscar 2023 award 3. Ram Charan in Shantanu & Nikhil Ind...

  Tropical Storm Freddy tore through southern Africa for the second time in one week over the weekend, killing more than one hundred people, injuring scores more, and leaving a path of devastation in its wake. On Monday, Mozambique and Malawi were assessing the damage caused by Freddy, which had ripped through the region over the weekend. According to the World Meteorological Organization, Freddy is one of the most powerful cyclones that has ever been documented in the southern hemisphere, and it has the potential to be the tropical cyclone that lasts the longest. On Saturday, it pounded the central region of Mozambique, ripping roofs off of structures and bringing widespread flooding around the port of Quelimane. After that, it moved inland toward Malawi with torrential rains that caused landslides. Because the power supply and phone signals were disrupted in some areas of the affected area, it is not yet possible to determine the full extent of the damage and the number of li...

                                                     At a rally against the   government of Tunisia   that was held on Saturday and organized by the influential UGTT trade union, which called on President Kaid Said to embrace   “dialogue,”   more than 3,000 people demonstrated against the government. Since freezing parliament and firing the government in July 2021, Saied has been able to concentrate almost all of the power in his office. This has given him the ability to make big changes to the political system in the Arab Spring’s only democracy. In the biggest crackdown since the president took power, the police have arrested about twenty important political figures in the past two weeks. Most of those arrested are Saied’s opponents. On Saturday, people marched through Tunis, chanting   “Freedom, freedom, down with the police s...