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Ouattara tipped for fourth term as Ivory Coast leader
AFP, Published on 25/10/2025
» ABIDJAN - Incumbent Alassane Ouattara is the overwhelming favourite to secure a fourth term in Ivory Coast’s presidential election on Saturday, a task facilitated by the barring of several key opposition figures.
'Welcome Donald': Zelensky seeks to win Trump to Kyiv's side
AFP, Published on 19/12/2024
» BRUSSELS (BELGIUM) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday he wanted to appeal to US President-elect Donald Trump on a human level to win him over against "crazy" Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
Maldives to battle rising seas by building fortress islands
AFP, Published on 21/11/2023
» MALE, Maldives - Rising sea levels threaten to swamp the Maldives and the Indian Ocean archipelago is already out of drinking water, but the new president says he has scrapped plans to relocate citizens.
Gabon's strongman meets key groups after coup
AFP, Published on 02/09/2023
» LIBREVILLE - Gabon's new strongman General Brice Oligui Nguema on Friday stepped up contacts with national groups and foreign interests two days after heading a coup that ended 55 years of rule by the Bongo family.
Colombian community wins fight to protect paradise
AFP, Published on 25/08/2023
» NUQUI, Colombia: In the remote west of Colombia, where virgin rainforest and pristine beaches collide, a group of politicians and businessmen dreamed of building a massive port on the Pacific.
Private mission carrying Saudi astronauts launches to ISS
AFP, Published on 22/05/2023
» CAPE CANAVERAL: The second-ever private mission to the International Space Station (ISS), organized by Axiom Space, blasted off from the southern US state of Florida Sunday, carrying the first two Saudi astronauts to travel to the orbiting laboratory.
Greek PM kicks off election countdown
AFP, Published on 22/04/2023
» ATHENS: Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called for the dissolution of parliament on Saturday, kicking off the countdown to general elections set for May 21.
US arrests Chinese billionaire on fraud rap
AFP, Published on 16/03/2023
» NEW YORK: A Chinese tycoon closely tied to an adviser to former US president Donald Trump has been arrested in New York and charged with bilking $1 billion from supporters of his anti-Beijing activities.
Pride and pain in Albania's 'Little London'
AFP, Published on 01/12/2022
» HAS (ALBANIA) - In the town hall of Has, in Albania's mountainous northeast, the Union Jack flag has pride of place next to a framed photo of the late Queen Elizabeth II.
Captagon connection: How Syria became a narco state
AFP, Published on 03/11/2022
» BEKAA VALLEY, Lebanon: A decade of appalling civil war has left Syria fragmented and in ruins but one thing crosses every front line: a drug called captagon.