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US relationship with Burkina Faso in 2025: Where it stands
The US relationship with Burkina Faso has shifted dramatically since the 2022 coups and the rise of Captain Ibrahim Traoré. Once grounded in development and...
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Reticulated python in the Philippines: Real giant snakes at home
While the Congo Snake legend tells of a mythical 50-foot serpent in Africa, the Philippines is home to the reticulated python (Malayopython reticulatus)—the world’s...
How is Burkina Faso doing now? Security and society in 2025
Three years after Ibrahim Traoré’s rise to power, Burkina Faso remains caught between hope and hardship. Security challenges, humanitarian crises, and a shifting geopolitical...
African rock python: The real giant snake of Congo
The Congo Snake legend tells of a 50-foot serpent seen in 1959, but the actual largest snake living in the Congo Basin is the...
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Dubai’s property finder lands $525M investment from Permira and Blackstone
Dubai — Global private equity firms Permira and Blackstone have acquired a combined minority stake valued at $525 million in Property Finder, the United...
Global Sumud flotilla reports drone attack on Gaza-bound ship in Tunisia
Tunis — A vessel belonging to the Global Sumud Flotilla, the largest civilian convoy assembled to challenge Israel’s blockade of Gaza, was struck late...
Remy Van Lierde: The Belgian pilot behind the Congo Snake legend
The Congo Snake legend would not exist without one man: Colonel Remy Van Lierde. A decorated Belgian Air Force pilot and World War II...
Ibrahim Traoré religion: What we know
Religion often plays a central role in West African politics. With Burkina Faso at the crossroads of faith, identity, and governance, the question on...
1959 Congo Snake photo explained: Why the image cannot prove a...
The viral aerial picture linked to the 1959 Katanga sighting is the most shared “evidence” behind the Congo Snake legend. This micro-analysis breaks down...
Trump invokes dictatorship playbook with Chicago takeover threat
Washington — In yet another authoritarian display, President Donald Trump has openly threatened to impose federal control over Chicago and other Democratic-led cities, despite...
Putin briefs South African president Cyril Ramaphosa on Alaska summit outcomes
Moscow — Russian President Vladimir Putin held a telephone conversation with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday, updating him on the outcomes of...
Iran extends solidarity to Ghana after deadly military helicopter crash exposes...
Ghana — In the wake of a fatal helicopter crash that killed several high-ranking Ghanaian officials, the Islamic Republic of Iran has offered condolences,...
Zamzam refugee camp massacre exposes horrors of Sudan’s civil war
El Fasher — In one of the most devastating civilian tragedies in Sudan’s ongoing civil war, more than 1,500 people were reportedly massacred during...
Italian court drops Meloni from Libya suspect case as ministers face...
Rome — Italy’s judiciary has cleared Giorgia Meloni, Prime Minister of Italy, of criminal responsibility over the controversial release of a Libyan national accused of...
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Israel’s Gaza massacre leaves civilians dead and starving
Gaza City — The war on Gaza has entered yet another gruesome chapter, with Israeli airstrikes killing dozens of Palestinians since dawn and reducing...
Russia-Ukraine war day 1,305 Russia escalates air war as Ukraine hits...
Kyiv — Ukraine awoke to another brutal arithmetic of the air war on Sunday, with officials tallying a nationwide wave of drones and missiles...
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