Intense fighting between rival military factions in Libya’s capital Tripoli has reportedly killed 55 people. Armed factions battled in several districts overnight and into Tuesday morning in the city’s worst violence this year. However, the military commander at the center of clashes between rival militias in the Libyan capital has been released. The detention of […]
The German government approved a draft law Wednesday legalising the purchase and possession of cannabis for recreational use, with the health minister pushing back against criticism of the controversial plans. The legislation would allow adults to possess up to 25 grams (0.9 ounces) of cannabis and grow up to three plants for personal use. People […]
The African Union’s Peace and Security Council, the organ in charge of enforcing the bloc’s decisions, met in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on Monday for talks on the crisis in Niger that one African diplomat described as “difficult”. According to several sources cited by French media, the council rejected an ECOWAS proposal to stage […]
More than 60 people are feared dead after a boat carrying mostly Senegalese migrants capsized off the coast of Cape Verde in the Atlantic Ocean. The boat left Senegal on July 10 with 101 passengers on board, and 38 people were rescued on Tuesday, Senegal’s foreign ministry said in a statement late on Tuesday. It […]
While the Confederation of African Football has announced the opening of an investigation against the President of the Cameroon Football Federation over allegations of inappropriate conduct, Samuel Eto’o is receiving support from a number of Cameroonian soccer players, including Indomitable Lions legend Roger Milla. The CAF vs Eto’o split is likely to occupy the media […]
Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo is expected in Yaoundé for the celebrations of the 15th anniversary of the transfer of the Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon by Nigeria. The arrival is announced in a letter sent on July 31 by Felix Mbayu, Minister Delegate to the Minister of External Relations, to Paul Atanga Nji, Minister of […]
Neymar is set to complete a move to the Saudi Pro League after Al Hilal agreed a reported 90 million euros ($98 million) transfer fee with Paris Saint-Germain on Monday. The fee would be a record for the league, backed by the oil-rich state, in its spending spree on high-end soccer talent. Al Hilal could […]
Georgia prosecutors on Monday charged former US president Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants with 41 criminal counts in connection with interfering in the 2020 election, including for racketeering — which carries a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in prison. Donald Trump has been indicted four times this year, but the latest charges — in […]
Since 2016, the conflict in Cameroon between armed separatists and government forces has killed more than 6,000 people and displaced over 500,000 in the country’s north west and south west regions, where 2.2 million people need humanitarian assistance. The government’s hybrid approach to the crisis, combining political and security measures, has failed to appease local […]
We ended our previous section by pointing out that human brokenness, or existential wretchedness, could often time serve as the raw material thanks to which the need for God enters into the drama of human existence. As disheartening as the state of sin is, when we have the courage to turn to God, human sinfulness […]
