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Burkina Faso has officially opened a towering new mausoleum in honour of Thomas Sankara, the revolutionary leader assassinated in 1987, alongside 12 of his aides. Designed by renowned architect and Pritzker Prize laureate Francis Kéré, the monument is a striking architectural tribute to the ideals of self-determination, justice and resistance to imperialism. Standing over 70 meters high at the historic Conseil de l’Entente site in the capital, Ouagadougou, the structure is shaped like an eye, with descending steps symbolizing the 13 martyrs. Built using locally sourced laterite blocks, the mausoleum reflects Sankara’s enduring commitment to environmental sustainability and national self-reliance.…

Historical Legacy of Conquest and Identity Romania, nestled in the heart of southeastern Europe, boasts a rich and complex history that stretches back over two millennia. The land once formed the core of ancient Dacia, conquered by the Roman Empire in AD 106. This conquest marked the genesis of Romania’s Latin linguistic and cultural identity unique in a region dominated by Slavic and other non-Romance influences. Over centuries, the territory now known as Romania witnessed waves of invasions and foreign rule Ottoman, Austro-Hungarian, and Russian. In the 19th century, the principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia united in 1859, forming the…

A second teenager has died following a tragic swimming incident off the Inishowen Peninsula in County Donegal on Saturday afternoon, deepening the grief that has gripped the local community. The alarm was raised at approximately 4pm when three teenagers, aged between 16 and 19, got into difficulty while swimming in the sea near Ned’s Point. A passer-by who witnessed the unfolding situation alerted authorities, triggering a major multi-agency search and rescue operation. One of the teenagers managed to reach shore unaided, while another was pulled from the water by rescuers and rushed to Letterkenny University Hospital. He was later pronounced…

In a fiery and unrelenting open letter addressed to the newly appointed CEO of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA), Malik Basintale, investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni has sounded the alarm on what he describes as a “brazen theft” of public funds through a longstanding, controversial contract with waste management giant Zoomlion Ghana Limited. The letter written on behalf of Ghana’s unemployed and underpaid youth urges Basintale to resist any attempt to renew a sanitation contract with Zoomlion that, according to Manasseh, siphons GHS600 from each cleaner’s GHS850 monthly allocation, leaving the actual sweepers with a humiliating GHS250 salary. “Don’t resurrect…

Cameroon is on the brink of a major educational shutdown as a nationwide teachers’ strike, dubbed “Ecole Morte” (Dead School), is set to begin on April 22, led by the Collective of Teachers’ Organizations of Cameroon. The four-day action brings together more than a dozen unions united in demanding sweeping reforms in the country’s education sector. The protest movement is anchored on six key demands, with the most urgent being: The organization of a national forum to fundamentally rethink the education system, The upgrading of teachers’ special status, and A collective agreement for private school teachers to secure their rights…

The Italian Optical Goods Manufacturers’ Association (ANFAO) has launched urgent consultations with trade authorities and industry partners in response to a sweeping Executive Order signed by U.S. President Donald Trump, which imposes “global reciprocal tariffs” on all imports into the United States. The order, signed on April 2 and enacted on April 5, places a blanket 10% tariff on all goods entering the U.S., regardless of their country of origin. However, for Italian eyewear products, the situation intensified on April 9 when tariffs were hiked to 20%, replacing the initial 10% rather than adding to it. When combined with pre-existing…

Egypt’s Suez Canal, once a cornerstone of the nation’s foreign currency earnings, suffered a staggering drop in revenue last year, with officials attributing the near two-thirds decline to regional instability and escalating maritime threats in the Middle East. The Suez Canal Authority announced on Wednesday that total canal revenues in 2024 fell to $3.991 billion, down sharply from a record high of $10.25 billion in 2023. The authority cited a dramatic fall in shipping traffic, brought on by security concerns linked to the ongoing conflict in Gaza and Houthi rebel activity in the Red Sea. Canal traffic has dropped by…

A deadly fire aboard a crowded riverboat in northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo has left at least 50 people dead and hundreds missing, after the vessel caught fire and capsized late Tuesday night on the Congo River near Mbandaka. Local authorities identified the boat as HB Kongolo, a wooden motorized vessel carrying around 400 passengers. It had departed from the port of Matankumu and was bound for Bolomba territory when the incident occurred. According to Compétent Loyoko, the regional river commissioner, the fire began when a woman attempted to cook on board — a common but hazardous practice on Congolese…

Veteran Israeli journalist and author Yisrael Medad has drawn a historical thread through Israel’s current political turbulence, linking today’s visceral opposition to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to ideological battles stretching back nearly a century. In a powerful opinion piece published by JNS, Medad, a former director of educational programming at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center, suggests that the ongoing unrest and social fissures witnessed across Israel—including verbal attacks, violent protests, and stark societal polarization—are rooted in foundational disputes within Zionism itself. A graduate of Yeshiva University who made aliyah in 1970, Medad has spent decades documenting Israel’s evolving media, political,…

Australian authorities have charged a 15-year-old Swedish citizen with serious terrorism-related offences after uncovering a plot involving overseas contract killings tied to a transnational criminal syndicate operating across Scandinavia. In a coordinated operation announced in a joint statement by Australian, Swedish, and Danish police, the teenager was accused of “allegedly using an encrypted application to facilitate plans for overseas contract killings on behalf of a transnational criminal syndicate.” According to Lars Feldt-Rasmussen, Deputy Chief Superintendent of Denmark’s National Special Crime Unit, the suspect attempted to recruit individuals from Australia to carry out killings in both Denmark and Sweden, fueling ongoing…