WN Network African Commission
African Commission
Search the World News Network
Advanced Search

 
NEWS SITES
RELATED SITES
BOOKMARK THIS PAGE!
MAKE THIS PAGE YOUR HOMEPAGE!
WN TOOLBAR!
Breaking News Tue, 30 Apr 2024
File - Police from Rwanda serving with UN Police for the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), on patrol in the external area of the Internally Displaced Peoples Camp Nr 3 in Juba, South Sudan.
Human Rights   Photos   S Sudan   UN Peacekeeping   Wikipedia: Ethnic violence in South Sudan  
UN deploys peacekeepers amid fresh outbreaks of intercommunal violence in South Sudan
JUBA, April 30 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) said on Tuesday that it deployed additional peacekeepers and launched urgent patrols, following fresh outbreaks of interco... (photo: UN / Gregorio Cunha) China.dot.org
This is the entrance to a Walmart in Pittsburgh on Tuesday, June 25, 2019
Economy   Global Trading   Photos   US States  
U.S. Economic Confidence Falls for First Time Since October
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Gallup’s Economic Confidence Index is -29 in April, nine points lower than March’s -20 reading. This is the first time in five months that confidence has not seen a mar... (photo: AP / Gene J. Puskar) Gallup
FILE - In this June 23, 2009 file photo containers are loaded onto a vessel in the harbor of Hamburg, northern Germany. New data show that German exports jumped by 10.7 percent on the month in March. That puts them 23.3 percent higher than a year earlier. The Federal Statistical Office said Monday May 10, 2010 that German exports totaled 85.6 billion euro (US dlrs 109.3 billion) in March. US is one of world’s least trade-oriented nations
Given the spate of news about international trade lately, Americans might be surprised to learn that the United States isn’t very dependent on it. Indeed, looking at trade as a percentage of gross d... (photo: AP / Axel Heimken) Asiatimes
Business   Global Trading   Photos   US States  
Palestinians look at the destruction after an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, Gaza Strip. Monday, April 29, 2024. Hamas prepares response to Gaza truce offer
Hamas was studying Israel's offer of a 40-day truce in the war in the Gaza Strip in exchange for the release of scores of hostages held since the Palestinian militant group's 7 October attacks. | Retu... (photo: AP / Mohammad Jahjouh) RTE
Gaza War   Hamas   Mideast Peace   Photos   Wikipedia: IsraelHamas war  
Top Stories
Centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron waves supporters after casting his vote in the first round of the French presidential election, in le Touquet, northern France, Sunday April 23, 2017. Dmitry Drize: Macron unleashes the geographical weapon against Russia
Not long ago the French leader believed the continent was almost as big as Africa. Now he’s reduced it in size by about 75% | French President Emmanuel Macron has deliv... (photo: AP / Christophe Ena) Russia Today
Dmitry Drize   Emmanuel Macron   Photos   Wikipedia: Emmanuel Macron   geographical weapon  
People gather on the main road after a dam burst, in Kamuchiri Village Mai Mahiu, Nakuru County, Kenya, Monday, April 29, 2024. Police in Kenya say at least 40 people have died after a dam collapsed in the country's west.  (AP Photo) Floods kill at least 42 in central Kenya after dam bursts
Nairobi, Apr. 29 (BNA): At least 42 people have been killed in floods in central Kenya's Mai Mahiu area after a dam burst early on Monday, and the number of deaths could ... (photo: AP / Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved) Bahrain News Agency
Africa   Environment   Kenya   Photos  
FILE - Pedestrians run past an armored police car in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, March 7, 2024. Unrelenting gang attacks in Haiti have paralyzed the country and left it with dwindling supplies of basic goods. Worsening the situation is this week's closure of Port-au-Prince's main seaport. The move left stranded scores of containers filled with critical items like food and medical supplies in a country where U.N. officials say half the population does not have enough to eat and 1.4 million are starving. Haiti’s deadly gangs forced the government out. Now they want a seat at the table
Vitel’homme Innocent’s picture on the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted” list of fugitives suggests a crazed man – eyes wide and wild, teeth bared. It’s the photo you ... (photo: AP / Odelyn Joseph, File) CNN
Caribbean   Drug gangs   Haiti   Photos  
Ibrahim Hasouna, center, the sole survivor among his family, sits amidst the debris of his bombed home in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. On Monday, February 12, Hasouna lost eight family members, including three children, He says the house was bombed during an Israeli operation to rescue hostages held in a building in another part of town. At least 20 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes on Rafah
CAIRO - Israeli airstrikes on three houses in the southern Gaza city of Rafah killed at least 20 Palestinians and wounded many others, medics said on Monday, as Egyptian ... (photo: AP / Fatima Shbair) Middle East Online
Hamas   Israel   Palestinians   Photos  
On 20 May 2021, Visit of Faure Gnassingbe, President of Togo, to the European Commission, in presence of European commissionner, Brussels - EC/Berlaymont. Togo’s parliamentary election: Why all eyes are on President Gnassingbe
Some 4.2 million eligible Togolese voters are heading to the polls on Monday to vote in delayed and controversial parliamentary elections that are causing tensions in a W... (photo: European Community / Claudio Centonze) Al Jazeera
Africa   Elections   Photos   Togo  
File - In this Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014 photo taken on a government organized media tour, women and their children walk near a truck carrying government troops in Tabit village in the North Darfur region of Sudan, where allegations surfaced of rape of women by government allied troops. Darfur Crisis: Looming Tragedy in El Fasher
Watan-Experts from Sudan and abroad have warned of a potential massacre in the city of El Fasher in Darfur, which could result in casualties on the scale of Hiroshima and... (photo: AP / Abd Raouf) Watan
Darfur   Human Rights   Photos   Sudan War   Wikipedia: War in Sudan (2023present)  
Young people gather to register to volunteer to fight for the country as part of a volunteer initiative, in Niamey, Niger, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023 U.S. Loses Soft Power Edge in Africa
This article is the second in a series detailing the results from the latest Rating World Leaders report, which analyzes trends in approval ratings of the leadership of t... (photo: AP / Sam Mednick) Gallup
Africa   China   Photos   Politics  
Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company that specializes in consumer electronics, computer software, and online services, Nov. 18, 2016. DR Congo accuses Apple of using ‘blood minerals’ from war-torn east
PARIS: The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo has accused Apple of using “illegally exploited” minerals extracted from the country’s embattled east in i... (photo: Creative Commons / Pixabay/ Pexels) Dawn
Congo   Photos   Technology  
A soldier walks near the rear if the Army Headquarters in central Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Burkina Faso’s army executed more than 200 civilians: Rights group
Burkina Faso’s military forces “summarily executed” 223 civilians, including at least 56 children, in two villages in February, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said in... (photo: AP / Ludivine Laniepce) Al Jazeera
African   Burkina Faso   Photos   Wikipedia: Burkina Faso   army executed  
Politics Business & Economy
Malawian president appeals for aid amid drought, flooding
Togo : Dpouillement des votes des lections lgislatives et
La participation un des enjeux des lections au Togo
Under Trump, the U.S. emphasis on human rights abroad is shi
This is the entrance to a Walmart in Pittsburgh on Tuesday, June 25, 2019
U.S. Economic Confidence Falls for First Time Since October
more
Egypt, Belarus sign MoUs to boost trade, investment
Morocco to pursue wheat imports till year-end after poor har
Zimbabwe's ZiG is the world's newest currency and it
Joshua Uche on why he turned down more money in free agency
Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company that specializes in consumer electronics, computer software, and online services, Nov. 18, 2016.
DR Congo accuses Apple of using ‘blood minerals’ from war-torn east
more
Society Terrorism
Under Trump, the U.S. emphasis on human rights abroad is shi
Dead Aid: What's behind the West helping Africa
‘Dead Aid’: What’s behind the West helping Africa?
Dead Aid: The real reason behind the West helping Africa
This is the entrance to a Walmart in Pittsburgh on Tuesday, June 25, 2019
U.S. Economic Confidence Falls for First Time Since October
more
Colombia
Sayen: The Huntress Streaming: Watch & Stream Online vi
Argentina Security Chief: Venezuela's Tren de Aragua Gan
Discussed China's "dangerous actions" in South
more
Health & Science Energy & Industry
What’s causing the catastrophic rainfall in Kenya?
Kenya&aposs Ruto orders evacuations after deadly floods
A rare and little-known group of monkeys could help save Afr
What's causing the catastrophic rainfall in Kenya?
Ibrahim Hasouna, center, the sole survivor among his family, sits amidst the debris of his bombed home in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. On Monday, February 12, Hasouna lost eight family members, including three children, He says the house was bombed during an Israeli operation to rescue hostages held in a building in another part of town.
At least 20 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes on Rafah
more
Botswana’s diamond industry gets boost amid global uncerta
Botswana's diamond industry gets boost amid global unce
changes commerciaux gypte - Cte d'Ivoire: hausse de 3
Saudi Arabia, Mauritania sign pact for energy cooperation
more
Sport Internet & Education
Trainer Chad Brown seeks first Kentucky Derby victory after
xxx BILDplus Inhalt xxx 2:2 gegen Real Madrid - Zweimal Note
Lake County Commissioner John Plecnik reprimanded by Ohio Et
Cheruiyot headlines exciting 1500m line up in Doha
more
UNM students’ call to dump Israel investments inspired
FG Targets Universal Financial Access, Unveils Aso Accord on
Nigeria: NGF Laments Spike in Out-of-School Children
In pictures: A lookback at student protest movements in the
more