Month: March 2024
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Africa
Idris Elba to direct ‘Dust to Dreams,’ upcoming film backed by Nigerian movie powerhouse Mo Abudu
Golden Globe winner Idris Elba has announced that he will be writing and directing an upcoming short film in an…
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World
Israeli Supreme Court temporarily halts plan to return Palestinian hospital patients to Gaza after doctors appeal
Israel’s Supreme Court has temporarily halted a government plan to send a group of Palestinian patients being treated in East…
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Africa
Senegal President Macky Sall rejects blame for election chaos
Senegal’s president has told the BBC he does not regret delaying this year’s elections, a move that sparked deadly protests.…
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Africa
Commercial Bank of Ethiopia head warns ‘no escape’ for clients who profited from glitch
The head of Ethiopia’s biggest commercial bank has told the BBC that customers who withdrew more money than was in…
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Africa
Famine looms in Sudan as civil war survivors tell of killings and rapes
Civilians caught up in Sudan’s civil war have given graphic accounts to the BBC of rape, ethnic violence and street…
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World
Biden administration unveils strictest ever US car emission limits to boost EVs
President Joe Biden has announced the strictest regulation on vehicle exhaust emissions ever enacted in the US in a bid…
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World
Two arrested in Russia’s first LGBTQ+ extremism case
Two employees of an LGBTQ+ club in the Russian city of Orenburg have been arrested on suspicion of being members…
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World
Third ex-police officer sentenced in Mississippi torture case
A third former Mississippi police officer has been sentenced to 17.5 years in prison for torturing two black men in…
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World
Ex-wife of Amazon Boss donates $640m to US non-profits
Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott is giving $640m (£504m) to non-profit organisations, more than double her previously planned donations for the…
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Entertainment
Nollywood actor Amaechi Muonagor appeals for funds to undergo kidney transplant in India
A heartfelt plea has emerged from the Nollywood community as veteran actor Amaechi Muonagor seeks assistance from the public for…
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