HARARE — Pick a portrait of yourself, have the picture hand-carved on a gravestone of your own design — and pay for the monument before you die. That is how former Zimbabwean banker Tafadzwa Machokoto found an unusual formula for making a hugely successful business.
CAPE TOWN — A South African superhero who prefers fighting inequality rather than villains was recently hailed in Cape Town at the continent's largest pop culture, fantasy and gaming festival.
PARIS - Major financial firms that publicly support efforts to limit global warming have billions invested in the world's largest oil and gas companies - including in some of their products marketed as 'green' - a new report said Friday.
MALINDI, KENYA — When Roseline Asena's younger brother quit drinking after joining a Kenyan church run by now notorious cult leader Paul Nthenge Mackenzie, she hailed the self-proclaimed pastor for "saving" him from the clutches of alcoholism.
LONDON - King Charles III greeted the crowds outside Buckingham Palace on Friday on the eve of his coronation, with royal revelers cranking up the party atmosphere with fancy dress and inflatable crowns.
MUNICH - Germany forward Alexandra Popp said on Friday that FIFA president Gianni Infantino's threat of a television blackout of this year's Women's World Cup in major European countries is "all about the money."
LONDON - A U.K. court on Friday jailed Ike Ekweremadu, Nigeria's former deputy Senate president, for nine years and eight months following his landmark conviction for plotting to harvest a man's kidney for his sick daughter.
GENEVA - The COVID-19 pandemic, which for over three years has killed millions of people, wreaked economic havoc and deepened inequalities, no longer constitutes a global health emergency, the World Health Organization said Friday.
WASHINGTON - Hiring in the United States picked up pace in April and the unemployment rate inched down, according to government data released Friday, defying expectations of a slowdown despite higher interest rates.
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis urged more help for victims of clerical abuse in developing countries Friday as he welcomed new members of his commission to protect children, which has been beset by problems.
WASHINGTON - Improving trade relations between African countries could provide a major boost to economic output (GDP) across the continent and help tackle challenges like climate change, the International Monetary Fund said Friday.
BAMAKO - Mali's ruling junta announced Friday a referendum on a new constitution would be held in the west African nation on June 18.
FRANKFURT - German sportswear giant Adidas reported Friday a hefty first-quarter loss, acknowledging its split from controversial US rapper Kanye West was "hurting" its bottom line
MOMBASSA, KENYA - A Kenyan cult leader accused of inciting and possibly forcing his followers to starve themselves to death, Paul Nthenge Mackenzie, appeared in court Friday in connection with the deaths of more than 100 people found buried in mass graves.
GENEVA - The UN warned Friday that large numbers of children were dying in the Sudan conflict, pointing to reports indicating that seven children were being killed or injured every hour.
KHARTOUM - Air strikes and gunfire rocked the Sudanese capital Friday as fighting showed no signs of abating, despite the threat of renewed U.S. sanctions and warnings of a "protracted" conflict.
JOHANNESBURG — Lion cubs, rhino calves and other baby animals joined Nelson Mandela on new ecology-themed banknotes unveiled by South Africa's central bank on Thursday.
ABUJA - Two of three humanitarian workers abducted in northeast Nigeria have been found safe a week after being taken, their organization and security sources said Thursday.
CAIRO - Two uncles of Egyptian opposition MP Ahmed al-Tantawi appeared before prosecutors Thursday, a rights activist said, after the lawmaker announced he would run in presidential elections next year.
OSLO - A Norwegian humanitarian organization said Thursday seven South Sudanese delegates who attended a peace conference were killed in two of its cars, while three of its employees escaped unharmed.
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