Africa
Paul Biya, Cameroon's wily veteran leader
When Paul Biya first took the helm of Cameroon, Ronald Reagan was in his second year of presidency, Madonna had not yet made the charts and the Soviet Union was still nearly a decade away from break-up. "We are all the creatures or the creations of President Paul Biya," his minister for higher education, Jacques Fame Ndongo, said in 2011.
Longest-serving African heads of state
Cameroon President Paul Biya, who on Sunday marks 40 years in power, is Africa's second longest-serving leader after Equatorial Guinea's Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo. - Obiang: Longest-serving - Obiang, who came to power in an August 3, 1979 coup, is Africa's longest-serving leader, with 43 years at the helm.
Ethiopia peace deal leaves unanswered questions and concerns
The breakthrough deal signed by Ethiopia's government and Tigrayan rebels has been hailed as a crucial step to ending two years of war, but much remains unclear, observers say, raising questions about whether it will lead to a durable peace.
Pope calls for global unity ahead of grand imam meeting in Bahrain
Pope Francis warned Friday the world is on the edge of a "delicate precipice" buffeted by "winds of war", during a trip aimed at bridging the gap between faiths. Speaking less than three weeks from the World Cup in neighbouring Qatar, which has faced fierce scrutiny over its treatment of migrant labourers, the pope also demanded "safe and dignified" working conditions for all.
On the traces of Senegal's enigmatic anti-colonial heroine
She is hailed today as a figurehead of Senegal's fight for independence from France -- but trying to seize the elusive substance of her life is almost like trying to capture a ghost. "Life is simpler when you accept your own identity."
Solar power, farming revive Tunisia school as social enterprise
Most Tunisian schools are cash-strapped and run down, but an innovative project has allowed one to become self-sustaining by generating its own solar power and growing its own food. Hamadi is meanwhile forging ahead with his next project -- a largely organic 40-hectare farm project to supply the city's 23 schools with energy and food for some 3,500 students.
At 'African COP', continent's climate needs may go unmet
It is being billed as the "African COP" but scientists and campaigners on the continent least responsible for climate change fear the UN summit that begins on Sunday in Egypt will once again leave them sidelined.
Blinken asks Egypt for rights progress before climate meet
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Thursday for Egypt to free political prisoners as leaders prepare to visit for the global climate summit. Rights groups estimate that some 60,000 political prisoners are behind bars in Egypt, which starting next week will welcome more than 90 world leaders including President Joe Biden for COP27.
Equatorial Guinea president launches bid for sixth term
Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, who has ruled his country with an iron fist for 43 years, launched his bid for a sixth term on Thursday in a first campaign event. "An old friend is better than a new one," added the president's deputy and son, Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue.
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