17th China-PSCs Cultural Week to include Beijing, Zhongshan first time

The 17th Cultural Week of China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (PSCs) is slated to run from September 26 through November 18, featuring art groups, artisans, and chefs from the Chinese mainland and nine PSCs, with programmes to be staged not...

Arab-Islamic summit in Qatar: Here's a look at 57 members of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation

Leaders from across the Arab League and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) gathered in Doha this week to address Israel’s attack on Qatar. During the summit, member nations denounced the September 9, 2025, attack as a grave violation of...

As Qatar Hosts Arab-Islamic Summit, Here's A Look At The 57 OIC Member States

Last Updated:September 16, 2025, 00:13 IST The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, as of September 2025, includes 57 member states spread across Asia, Africa, Europe, and South America Rapid Read Summarized by AI. + Initially called the...

Young church plant reaches growing Brazilian population in Florida

CLERMONT, Fla. – On Feb. 10, Primeira Igreja Batista em Clermont (First Baptist Church of Clermont – Brazilian) celebrated its one-year anniversary with a moment of unforgettable joy: the baptism of a man named Marcelo, whose story of salvation...

From dialogue to action: lusophone unions ask their governments to Go Public! and fund education

In response to shrinking foreign aid, rapid digitalisation, and growing threats to democracy, Education International-affiliated Lusophone teachers’ unions convened on July 16 in Guinea-Bissau to reinforce social and policy dialogue. The meeting...

Who are the 57 members of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation?

Leaders from across the Arab League and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) have gathered in Doha for an Arab-Islamic summit to forge a unified stance on Israel following its attack on a Hamas office in Qatar’s capital on September 9...

 Beauty In Value Chain: The Shea Butter Story 

1 There is growing investment in processing facilities in Nigeria. This is expected to have an effect on the trade dynamics of shea products in West Africa. There is a general trend of moving from export of raw materials to processing in most West...

Strengthening Gambia–Guinea Bissau Relations

The recent decoration of President Adama Barrow with the prestigious Amílcar Cabral Medal by President Umaro Sissoco Embaló of Guinea Bissau is more than a ceremonial honour; it is a testament to the growing and meaningful ties between The Gambia...

Five things to watch at this week’s meeting of CDC vaccine advisers

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — A group of advisers selected by US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to make recommendations on the use of vaccines in the United States will meet Thursday and Friday, and they are expected to...

ECOWAS Begins Guinea-Bissau Flood Response Assessment Mission

ECOWAS launched a six-day monitoring and evaluation mission in Guinea-Bissau on Sunday to assess the impact of humanitarian interventions following devastating floods that displaced thousands in 2022. The mission, led by the Department of...

50 Bissau-Guinean students receive scholarships from Chinese embassy

BISSAU, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Ambassador to Guinea-Bissau Yang Renhuo on Wednesday awarded the "Ambassador Scholarship" to 50 students at Kwame N'Krumah National Secondary School in Bissau, the West African country's capital. The ceremony...

Sheikh Mohamed discusses ties with President of Guinea-Bissau

President Sheikh Mohamed on Tuesday met Umaro Sissoco Embalo, President of Guinea-Bissau, at Qasr Al Bahr in Abu Dhabi. The two leaders explored opportunities to strengthen co-operation between the UAE and Guinea-Bissau across fields such as the...

50th anniversary of Cape Verdean independence

Xavier Gonsalves, Antonio P. Gonsalves Jr., Yvonne Smart 8 —Chesley Wiseman Tem Blessed – hip-hop artist & youth advocate performed at the event. —Chesley Wiseman Cape Verdean freedom fighter Antonio P. Gonsalves Jr. listens as Tem Blessed, a...

Chinese ambassador awards scholarship to students in Guinea-Bissau

BISSAU, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Ambassador to Guinea-Bissau Yang Renhuo on Thursday awarded the "Ambassador Scholarship" to students at the Tchico Te Higher Normal School in the West African country. The ceremony was also attended by the...

Music of the West African kora with Sean Gaskell coming to Amherst Public Library

The Amherst Public Library, 221 Spring St., will present a very special program with guest Sean Gaskell, according to a news release. Gaskell’s appearance will start at 2 p.m. Oct. 4 for a performance and educational demonstration on the kora, an...

Spain arrests 19 on suspicion of torture and murder after 50 disappear from migrant boat

Spanish police say they have arrested 19 people suspected of murder and torture after more than 50 went missing from a migrant boat that was travelling from Senegal to the Canary Islands. Police suspect some of the victims were accused of being...

Portugal reinforces sound relations with China

Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro was the first foreign head of government to visit China following the September 3 commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression...

Wild chimps consume ‘equivalent of pint of lager every day’

There are no pubs in the forests of Uganda, no barstools and certainly no mixologists. Yet the wild chimpanzees who live there are, in their own way, knocking back a daily tipple. The figs and breadfruit they eat often come with a dash of alcohol,...

Caribbean culture takes centre stage as Carifesta XV lights up Barbados

BRIDGETOWN, Bar­ba­dos — The 15th edi­tion of the Caribbean Fes­ti­val of Arts (Car­ifes­ta) opened on Fri­day with or­gan­is­ers promis­ing to de­liv­er “glob­al ex­cel­lence” in keep­ing with the ten-day cel­e­bra­tion’s theme—Caribbean Roots,...

Mariam Posset: Art is Powerful Medium for Storytelling, Cultural Expression

With its location along the coastline, Azalai Hotel, Cotonou, Benin, offers tourists a serene environment to relax and unwind. Hotel Manager, Mariam Posset, speaks on how the hotel promotes tourism, what makes it a safe haven for tourists, among...