Africa Parrot

Evans Chebet of Kenya has won the New York City Marathon men’s race and Sharon Lokedi of Kenya won the women’s race, both of them making a splash in their debuts. Daniel Do Nascimento, who had been leading the entire men’s race, collapsed 21 miles in. Chebet finished in 2 hours, 8 minutes and 41 […]

The Ethiopian government and Tigrayan forces have established a telephone hotline following a truce struck last week, the African Union’s chief mediator Olusegun Obasanjo said on Monday as both sides meet in Kenya for talks on implementing the ceasefire. On November 2, the federal government and regional forces from Tigray agreed to the cessation of […]

Tunisia has signed a $74 million loan with the Arab Monetary Fund, a regional lender, to support public finance reforms, the central bank said on Friday, as the country suffers its worst financial crisis. The loan comes weeks after Tunisia reached a staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund for a $1.9 billion loan. It […]

A total eclipse of the moon is expected to happen on Tuesday. This happens because the sunlight shining directly onto Earth passes through the atmosphere and is projected onto the moon and gives it a red tone during the eclipse. The moon’s disappearing act on Tuesday won’t happen again for about three years. The total […]

A Royal Saudi Air Force F-15S fighter jet crashed at the King Abdulaziz Air Base training area due to a technical malfunction, the Saudi Ministry of Defense’s official spokesperson Brigadier General Turki al-Malki said on Monday. The aircrew, which consisted of two officers, survived the crash after using their ejector seats, the Saudi Press Agency […]

DP World, a Dubai-owned ports giant has expressed intention to invest in clean energy technology. The investment which is set to be around $500 million is aimed at reducing emissions of carbon dioxide emissions. As part of the investment, the emissions are projected to be reduced in the company’s operations by 700,000 tons over the […]

“At least 304 people, including 41 children and 24 women, have been killed in the ongoing nationwide protests,” the Oslo-based rights group Iran Human Rights (IHR) said. Security forces killed at least 16 people with live bullets during protests in the city of Khash in Sistan-Baluchestan province on Friday, the group said. With 118 people […]

On Sunday, health authorities in the United Arab Emirates have announced the easing of several COVID-19 measures as cases continue to drop across the country. Starting Monday, wearing masks will be optional in all open and closed facilities, except health facilities and centers for people of determination where the mask mandate still stands, the UAE’s […]

An Afghan teenager Fatemeh Amiri, 17, who was severely injured in a suicide attack on her school in September has passed her university entrance exams. Amiri lost an eye and sustained severe injuries to her jaw and ear when the Kabul-based Kaaj education center was attacked on September 30. The blast at the female section […]

Iran has acknowledged for the first time that it supplied Moscow with drones but said they were sent before the war in Ukraine, where Russia has used drones to target power stations and civilian infrastructure. The Iranian foreign minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, said a “small number” of drones were supplied to Russia a few months before […]

Hundreds of protesters have marched through Ghana’s capital, Accra, calling for the resignation of President Nana Akufo-Addo amid an economic crisis that has seen fuel and food costs spiral to record levels. Filing past police in riot gear, the more than 1,000-strong crowd waved placards on Saturday and chanted “Akufo-Addo must go”. The red-clad crowd […]

Fierce reactions have trailed the approval of a $464 million loan approved by the Ugandan parliament. According to the parliament, the approval of the presidency’s request was aimed at financing infrastructures across the country. While disclosing this in a tweet on Friday November 4, 2020, the parliament noted, “The $464 million loan from Standard Chartered […]

Saudi Arabia is building a round-the-clock primary healthcare center in Yemen. The building reportedly costs $1.5 million, according to the official Saudi Press Agency’s (SPA) report on Friday. The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) inaugurated the project in Hadramawt, Yemen. The center is built on a 9,169 square meters land, and includes […]

Pakistan has been assured of $13 billion in funding from China and Saudi Arabia. This is following the nation’s battle with the aftermath of catastrophic floods. Following the country’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s recent visit to Beijing, China has agreed to roll over $4 billion worth of sovereign loans to the South Asian nation, refinance […]

Former NYPD officer Michael Valva has been found guilty of murder in the death of his 8-year-old son. A jury has found a former NYPD cop Michael Valva guilty in the murder of his autistic 8-year-old son. Michael Valva, 40, allegedly forced his 8-year-old son, Thomas, to sleep in an unheated garage in below-freezing temperatures […]

Kenya Airways flights has been disrupted Saturday as a strike by its pilots demanding better working conditions grounded over a dozen planes, affecting thousands of passengers, the country’s transport minister said. The airline, part-owned by the government and Air France-KLM, is one of the biggest in Africa, connecting multiple countries to Europe and Asia, but […]

The City Council has passed a package of bills aimed at improving “the historic lack of racial and gender diversity” in the FDNY, according to a council press release. The five bills address recruitment and retention of underrepresented groups among firefighters and seeks to build transparency around the FDNY’s efforts to tackle the issue. The […]

Teva Pharmaceuticals has reached a settlement Thursday with the New York attorney general to pay up to $523 million for the part it played in perpetuating the opioid epidemic. Set to be paid over a 13-year timeline, the agreement also bans the Tel Aviv, Israel-based Teva and its U.S. affiliates from selling high-dose opioids, limits […]

A state judge has granted a request by the New York attorney general for an order appointing a monitor to oversee the finances of the Trump Organization, and prohibited any proposed transfers of substantial assets without prior notice to the court, the AG and the monitor, while a state lawsuit against the company moves forward. […]

Iran poses a very real cybersecurity threat to Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries and could target key industries such as telecoms, oil, and gas, experts explained. Saudi Arabia’s oil giant Aramco was hacked in 2012 in one of the world’s biggest cyberattacks to date. A group called Cutting Sword of Justice claimed responsibility for […]