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Sunday 20 September 2020
Akon, who first announced his idea for the utopian city in 2018, has described it as a “real-life Wakanda”.
More than 11 million people around the world are now known to have been infected since the pandemic began.
The President’s comments come at a time when there is is a global focus on the history of colonialism.
Abdelmalek Droukdel was the leader of al-Qaeda in north Africa.
Were coronavirus to spread across the entire African continent, countries will have to rely only on their own scarce resources, writes Trócaire CEO Caoimhe de Barra.
There has been 200 suspected cases on the continent but nearly all have been confirmed negative.
In an extract from his book, David Goldblatt looks at the continent’s remarkable devotion to the English top flight.
In an extract from his book, David Goldblatt looks at the continent’s remarkable devotion to the English top flight.
The Gulf of Guinea has become one of the most dangerous maritime regions in the world.
More than five million rural Zimbabweans – nearly a third of the population – are at risk of food shortages before the next harvest in 2020.
Only the man’s skull and a pair of trousers were recovered.
French investigative website Mediapart cited documents from the latest series of Football Leaks allegations.
The MV Nyerere may have been carrying as many as 200 passengers.
Many of the eggs recovered on 26 June have now hatched.
Many African governments have given the tech titans an enthusiastic welcome.
The document’s serial number corresponded to one of a batch of new passports that were stolen in 2014.
On the eve of the World Cup in Russia, 207 Fifa member nations will cast their vote in a congress of world football’s governing body.
Weeks of torrential rains in Kenya have led to flooding and mudslides that have left 159 dead.
Paula Hynes travelled to Kenya to spend two-and-a-half weeks with a remote Maasai tribe.
The original scheme was criticised by the United Nations.
The latest edition of the Tobacco Atlas says that the industry is maximising profits by targeting the ‘vulnerable’ in places like Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.
Kumba from Sierra Leone is this year’s cover star.
Jacob Zuma has refused to resign, local media reported.
The remains were found at the weekend in the bush at a private game park in the northern province of Limpopo
Jenifer Williams lives in Dublin but grew up in the Congo, she described it as “a ground of no mercy”.
The ancient jawbone is believed to be somewhere between 177,000 and 194,000 years old.
Elective surgeries in African countries have a death rate double that of the global average, a new study reveals.
Robert Turner was one of the latest victims of a long campaign of violence against the country’s farmers who are largely white.
The marches will cap an unprecedented week in which generals seized power and put Mugabe under house arrest.
Robert Mugabe fired his vice-president Emmerson Mnangagwa last week but he may still succeed him.
The incident happened in Etosha National Park in Namibia.
Doctors struggled to assist horrifically wounded victims following the blast, many burned beyond recognition.
Government security official Mohamed Aden said that bombing took place in a busy part of the city.
Despite its notoriety as a biological weapon, anthrax is a bacterial disease that can be fatal for African wildlife.
The US Africa command confirmed in a statement that a joint US and Nigerien patrol came under fire in Niger.
Human Rights Watch urged police to show restraint in the face of protests.
The migrants were being smuggled from Africa to Yemen.
People accused of supporting Boko Haram are being brutally tortured in Cameroon.
The scale of the HIV problem in Kenya’s Homa Bay County is enormous, writes Dr Eamonn Faller.
Men, women and children in South Sudan have been shot, hacked to death with machetes and burnt alive.
MORE THAN THREE-quarters of people would support the government looking into the prospect of a four-day work week, according to a new survey.
This means doing the same job for the same salary, but over four days rather than five.
There have been calls for this idea to be explored already and the Four Day Week Ireland campaign today released details on its public attitude survey conducted last month.
Two out of three respondents said a four-day work week is “realistic and achievable” in the medium term.
67% of employers said they support the idea and 46% said it would be “feasible” to trial in their workplace.
“The four-day week, with no loss of pay, offers the potential of a genuinely better future for workers and employers alike,” said Joe O’Connor, director of campaigning with Fórsa trade union.
What may once have seemed like a radical concept is now, for many, a reasonable and rational ambition. The Covid-19 pandemic has further disrupted societal and workplace norms, while illustrating the potential for very different models of work.
So today we’re asking: Would you support a four-day work week?
Poll Results:
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