Yaa-Naa Mahama Abukari II, the revered Overlord of Dagbon, passed away, marking the end of an era as he leaves behind a legacy of unity and peace in Ghana.
Kuwait has updated its tourist visa on arrival list to include 52 countries. Eligible travellers need a valid passport, photo, and return ticket for up to 90 days.
Thousands of Sudanese demonstrated on Thursday calling for justice for scores of people killed since last year's military coup which deepened the country's political crisis, AFP correspondents said. That day saw 15 people killed, the deadliest single-day crackdown on anti-coup demonstrations.
Jailed British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah's health has "deteriorated severely", his sister said Thursday after the first family visit since he ended a seven-month long hunger strike. "Alaa deteriorated severely in the past two weeks, but at least they got to see him, and he needed to see the family so much", she wrote.
UN climate talks were deadlocked Thursday over calls to create a special fund to cover the losses suffered by vulnerable nations hit by natural disasters, raising the risk that negotiations could collapse. A 130-nation group known as G77+China issued a proposal to create the fund at the COP27 and agree on the nitty-gritty details at the next UN talks in Dubai in 2023.
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