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Iranpress: Biden says African Union should join G20

Biden says African Union should join G20

Friday, 16 December 2022 03:06

US President Joe Biden expressed his support for the African Union joining the G20 economic group on Thursday as America seeks to strengthen its relations with the continent.

Iranpress: Tanzania plane crash casualties rise to 19

Tanzania plane crash casualties rise to 19

Sunday, 06 November 2022 19:54

At least 19 people were killed on Sunday after a commercial flight operated by Precision Air crash-landed in Lake Victoria in Tanzania.

Iranpress: Somalia: Car bombs at busy market intersection kills at least 100

Somalia: Car bombs at busy market intersection kills at least 100

Sunday, 30 October 2022 23:25

The two car bombs that exploded at Somalia's education ministry, next to a busy market intersection, killed at least 100 people and wounded 300, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said on Sunday, warning the death toll could rise.

Iranpress: Military attack leaves 60 soldiers killed, injured in Burkina Faso

Military attack leaves 60 soldiers killed, injured in Burkina Faso

Monday, 24 October 2022 23:43

At least ten soldiers were killed and about 50 wounded in a militant attack early Monday on an army base in Djibo, in northern Burkina Faso, the army said in a statement

Iranpress: Gunmen kill 19 people in bar shootings in South Africa

Gunmen kill 19 people in bar shootings in South Africa

Monday, 11 July 2022 05:48

Gunmen killed 19 people in two apparently random shootings within hours of each other at bars in South Africa, police said on Sunday.

Iranpress: 14 children killed following measles outbreak in SE Nigeria

14 children killed following measles outbreak in SE Nigeria

Wednesday, 25 May 2022 18:50

At least 14 children have been killed so far following an outbreak of measles in Nigeria's southeastern state of Anambra, local authorities said on Wednesday.

Iranpress: World Newspapers: The race to defuse Congo’s carbon bomb

World Newspapers: The race to defuse Congo’s carbon bomb

Saturday, 18 December 2021 20:26

At around 56,000 square miles and more than 30 feet deep in places, some patches of the peatlands in Congo’s Central Basin have been accumulating and storing carbon since the late days of Earth’s last major ice age, around 17,000 years ago. Industrializing countries around the world — from Europe and the United States in past centuries to southeast Asia in the 21st century — drained vast areas of peatlands, drying them; this mass conversion of peatland into farmland over the centuries is estimated to have released as much as 250 billion tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. 203

Iranpress: UN tries to send humanitarian aid to Ethiopia

UN tries to send humanitarian aid to Ethiopia

Saturday, 06 November 2021 05:31

The United Nations has announced its intention to send humanitarian aid to 20 million Ethiopians.

Iranpress: 30 killed in al-Shabaab attack in Galmudug, Somalia

30 killed in al-Shabaab attack in Galmudug, Somalia

Tuesday, 29 June 2021 02:00

Somali officials announced on Monday that at least 30 people had been killed in an attack by the al-Shabaab terrorist group in the province of Galmudug.

Iranpress: African Union suspends Mali following military coup

African Union suspends Mali following military coup

Wednesday, 02 June 2021 05:42

The African Union suspended the membership of the west African country of Mali late on Tuesday, days after the military detained the interim prime minister and president and took control.

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