Germany’s Humboldt Forum ready for ‘intense debate’ over looted items

Published by DPA The opening of the ethnological museums in Berlin’s Humboldt Forum will continue to cause controversy, according to Hermann Parzinger, president of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation which…

Suspect Charged in Connection With Fire at South Africa Parliament

South African investigators say a fire that destroyed significant parts of Cape Town’s historic parliamentary precinct Sunday may have been caused by arson. Police say they have arrested a suspect…

Fire Reignites at South African Parliament

A fire that severely damaged South Africa’s 130-year-old parliament building complex, including the parliament chamber, Sunday in Cape Town has reignited Monday, officials say. Police say a man has been…

Ambulance Service for Poor Helps Residents of Nairobi’s Largest Slum

A community health service in Africa’s largest urban slum is helping poor people get affordable emergency services during the COVID pandemic. The Kibera community emergency response team in Nairobi is…

Richard Leakey, Fossil Hunter and Defender of Elephants, Dies at 77

World-renowned Kenyan conservationist and fossil hunter Richard Leakey, whose groundbreaking discoveries helped prove that humankind evolved in Africa, died on Sunday at the age of 77, the country’s president said.…

Suspect Arrested in Connection with South African Parliament Fire

A fire at the South African parliament caused extensive damage on Sunday, collapsing the roof and gutting an entire floor in one building. A man in his 50s was arrested…

Record Cargo Shipped Through Egypt’s Suez Canal Last Year

Egypt’s Suez Canal Authority said the key waterway netted record revenues last year, despite the coronavirus pandemic and a six-day blockage by a giant cargo ship, the Ever Given.  …

Berlin senator: Returning looted items not simply ‘symbolic gesture’

Published by DPA The return of art objects looted in the colonial era to their original owners must not, in the view of Berlin’s Senator for Culture Klaus Lederer, become…

UN Food Agency Halts Work in North Darfur, Affects 2 Million

CAIRO — The World Food Program has suspended its operations across Sudan’s province of North Darfur following recent attacks on its warehouses, a decision expected to affect about 2 million…

A Final Farewell to South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu

CAPE TOWN — The state funeral for Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu has taken place in Cape Town, South Africa, with only 100 mourners allowed inside St. George’s…