27July 2022 A big pink diamond of 170 carats has been discovered in Angola and is claimed to be the largest such gemstone found in 300 years. Called the “Lulo Rose,” the diamond was found at the Lulo alluvial diamond mine, the ...
26 July 2022 During World War II, Spitfire pilots described their plane as so responsive it felt like an extension of their limbs. Fighter pilots of the 2030s, however, will have an even closer relationship with their fighter jet. It will read their ...
25 July 2022 How would you feel if one day a stranger secretly paid for your food or groceries? Many might be happy about it, but some might not — especially if it was filmed and you only found out after it ...
12 July 2022 African countries’ debts with China are a third of what they owe non-Chinese private lenders, while interest rates are just over half, according to a report published on Monday amid a debate about the role of the world’s ...
10 July 2022 Fifteen people have been shot dead at a tavern in Soweto. It’s understood nine others have been wounded in the mass shooting which took place in the early hours of Sunday morning near the Nomzamo informal settlement. Confirming the incident ...
7 July 2022 More than 400 prisoners are missing following a raid on a prison in Nigeria’s capital Abuja, officials say. Four inmates, a security guard and several attackers were killed after the prison was targeted on Tuesday night, according to officials. Islamic ...
5 July 2022 A fresh round of attacks against an ethnic group in western Ethiopia has resulted in what Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has called a “massacre”. This is the second such attack in a little over two weeks – the last ...
4 July 2022 The Gambia suspended all timber exports, following reports the West African state is serving as a transit point for the illegal smuggling of endangered rosewood. “All existing permits issued for the export/re-export of timber are permanently revoked,” the information ...
3 July 2022 Two women were killed in a shark attack in a resort town on Egypt’s Red Sea coast, the environment ministry said Sunday after a video said to be of one attack emerged. “Two women were attacked by a shark ...
2 July 2022 Fury at Libya’s feuding leaders boiled over on Friday as protesters stormed the parliament building in the eastern city of Tobruk and staged the biggest demonstration for years in the capital Tripoli, in the west. The Tobruk protesters, accusing ...
