Claims of ‘frat boy’ culture tarnish Blizzard’s successful image | Business and Economy News
One summer day in 2018, employees of the video game maker Blizzard Entertainment opened their email to find a brusque…
Tigray rebels have taken the tourist town of Lalibela
Rebels from Ethiopia’s northern Tigray province have seized the UNESCO-listed city of Lalibela, in the next door Amhara region. Fighting…
The IMF has created $650 billion of free money – it could end the pandemic
The IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva described it as ‘a shot in the arm for the global economy at a…
Hungary’s Orban braces for US ‘interference’ in 2022 election | Hungary News
‘The international left will do everything that they can do, probably even more, to change the government’, Orban tells Fox…
Reformed laws are a good step, but there is still far to go
This article is published in partnership with Ethiopia Insight. The problem with Ethiopia’s justice system does not merely lie in…
Taliban kills head of Afghanistan gov’t’s media department | Taliban News
Taliban fighters have assassinated the Afghanistan government’s top media and information officer in capital city of Kabul, the group’s spokesman…
How the opposition MDC Alliance lost its glitter, leaving civil society to shine
Zimbabwe’s main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Alliance, is failing to push back against President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s…
Ramaphosa’s reshuffle deals with Zuma camp without alienating them
With reports of an imminent “second wave” of large-scale violence planned in the name of jailed former president Jacob Zuma,…
US: Six killed in Alaska sightseeing plane crash | US & Canada News
Five of the people on board were from a Holland America Line cruise ship that had docked in the city…
Will Gideon Moi be the compromise candidate for One Kenya Alliance ?
Kenya’s opposition leaders are yet to settle on who will vie for presidency to succeed President Uhuru Kenyatta, ahead of…
Part of Gulf Stream at risk as Atlantic Ocean currents weaken | Climate Change News
Scientists warn of catastrophic consequences if AMOC system, which influences weather worldwide, collapses. The Atlantic Ocean’s current system, an engine…
As Thailand’s COVID cases soar government takes critics to court | Coronavirus pandemic News
Bangkok, Thailand – Authorities in Thailand are facing allegations of using lawsuits and new emergency decrees to fend off a…
US to Iran’s Raisi: Seize opportunity for diplomacy now | Conflict News
The stance by Washington official comes as Raisi pledges ‘diplomacy’ and ‘constructive’ engagement in his inaugural speech. A United States…
Soldiers fighting Boko Haram are reaching their tipping point
The minister of defence’s visit to the military hospital in Maroua could have gone a lot smoother. Joseph Beti Assomo,…
US Justice Dept launches investigation into Phoenix police force | Police News
US Attorney General Merrick Garland opens a probe looking into allegations of police using unlawful excessive force and retaliation. The…
Akufo-Addo and Gnassingbé try to settle 50-year old maritime dispute
Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo and Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbé are determined to reach an agreement on the maritime delimitation between…
Bill Gates says meetings with Epstein were a ‘huge mistake’ | Business and Economy News
Bill Gates described his relationship with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as a ‘huge mistake’ in a television…
Why Africans must become more Machiavellian
In a world where digital lynch mobs hunt in packs and where anonymity unleashes the worst in people, to the…
China’s tech crackdown leaves Naspers exposed as Tencent slides
Investing in a holding company with heavily discounted assets, such as South Africa’s Naspers, is one thing. But if the…
Forest fire in Greece threatens Olympics birthplace | Environment News
A forest fire in Greece has threatened the archaeological site at the birthplace of the modern Olympics amid the protracted…