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Whitney Houston’s epic concert in South Africa staged after President Nelson Mandela’s landmark election will be hitting theater screens this fall. Houston’s performance in 1994 has been turned into a fully-remastered theatrical release called “The Concert for a New South Africa (Durban),” according to a statement Tuesday from several collaborators, …

One tech-led charity organization is working in central Uganda to address digital gaps in hard-to-reach communities of Africa by creating internet hubs. Daniel Okello is a very busy nurse at this health facility located 26 kilometres south west of Uganda’s capital Kampala. He attends to at least 100 patients every …

The French league’s legal commission has ordered Paris Saint-Germain to pay Kylian Mbappé the 55 million euros ($61 million) in unpaid wages that he claims he’s entitled to, the league said Thursday. The league confirmed the decision without more details, a day after the France superstar rejected a mediation offer …

A fuel tanker collided head-on with another truck in Nigeria on Sunday causing an explosion that killed more than 50 people, the country’s emergency response agency said. The fuel tanker was also carrying cattle in the Agaie area in north-central Niger state and at least 50 of them were burned …

The city of Paris wants to honour the late Ugandan Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei by naming a sports venue after her. The proposal was announced by city mayor Anne Hidalgo on Friday and will be discussed by elected city officials in October. Cheptegei died on Thursday at a Kenyan hospital …

Ethiopian Airlines has halted flights to Eritrea, citing challenging operating conditions. The suspension comes after Eritrea announced it would end all Ethiopian Airlines flights by the end of the month. Flights between the two nations had resumed in 2018, following a peace agreement that ended two decades of hostility and …

Two missiles suspected to have been fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels targeted a Liberian-flagged container ship in the Gulf of Aden late Friday, splashing down nearby without causing any damage, authorities said. The attack comes after the Houthis repeatedly assaulted and then boarded a Greek-flagged oil tanker in the nearby …

Just weeks after hosting the Olympics, the summer of sports in Paris begins its final chapter Wednesday (Aug.28) with the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games. More than 4,000 athletes with physical and intellectual impairments will compete in 22 sports over the next 11 days. Three National Paralympic Committees – …

Former Eritrean Finance Minister Berhane Abrehe, 79, passed away in prison on Monday, August 19th, following six years of solitary confinement. His death was confirmed by the Eritrean Human Rights Council (HRC), a UK-based organization. Abrehe was arrested on September 17, 2018, shortly after publishing a book critical of Eritrean …

Botswana has announced the discovery of one of the largest diamonds ever unearthed at one of its mines. The diamond will be displayed to the public on Thursday. The Botswana government believes the huge 2,492-carat stone is the second-biggest ever brought out of a mine. Canadian mining company Lucara Diamond …