After a booster explosion on Friday, SpaceX successfully caught the upper stage, or spacecraft, portion of its massive Starship rocket from orbit on Saturday — a triumphant milestone for the company. SpaceX made the historic catch using its “chopsticks,” mechanical arms attached to a launch tower, at its facility in Starbase, Texas. Test Flight 15,…
The first Youth Olympic Games held on the African continent, the Dakar 2026 YOG, concluded on November 13th with a record praised by leaders of the Olympic movement. Beyond the organizational success and popular enthusiasm, Senegal and its partners now face a major challenge: transforming this historic first into an engine of sporting, economic, and…
Dozens of people were gathered at the Mississippi HQ of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in Jackson on Wednesday when Colom’s victory was announced. The room burst into deafening applause and cheers. “This is an amazing result,” said Leon Russell, chairman of the NAACP board. “This is purely the work…
James Talarico, a Democrat whose U.S. Senate victory Tuesday was once thought improbable in the Republican stronghold of Texas, made a surprise appearance to help kick off the latest episode of “Saturday Night Live.” The state lawmaker and seminarian’s defeat of Attorney General Ken Paxton was one of a slew of victories for Texas Democrats,…
The President of the Confédération Africaine de Football (“CAF”) Dr Patrice Motsepe has congratulated Nigeria Women’s U-17 National Team after they qualified for the Final of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Morocco 2026. Dr Motsepe said Nigeria’s Flamingos have made Africa and CAF proud by achieving this historic milestone. President Motsepe will travel to…
“Africa has shown it can finance, build, and own its industrial future,” Mr Dangote said. Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals has successfully concluded its landmark Initial Public Offering (IPO), attracting investor applications from 120 countries across all six inhabited continents, including all 54 African countries. In a statement on Tuesday, the company described the development…
SAO PAULO, BRAZIL – OCTOBER 24: Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva, incumbent president of Brazil and presidential candidate for Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT) waves a Brazil flag during a rally ahead of the presidential runoff at Avenida Paulista on October 24, 2026 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Alexandre Schneider | Getty Images News | Getty Images…
The battle for survival in the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League 2026/27 reaches a decisive stage this weekend, with some of Africa’s most decorated clubs facing the prospect of early elimination as ambitious challengers seek to complete major upsets and secure places in the Group Stage. Four-time African champions Espérance, Algeria’s MC Alger and Angola’s Petro…
Samsung Electronics has projected a landmark third-quarter operating profit of R1.32 trillion (₩107.4 trillion), marking the first time a global technology company has surpassed R1.23 trillion in quarterly earnings. Driven by a nearly nine-fold year-on-year surge in operating profit, the result represents Samsung’s fourth consecutive quarter of record earnings, fuelled by an escalating global memory…
For many years, Nigeria has relied heavily on crude oil exports while importing many of the finished products it consumes, leaving much of the value creation, jobs and industrial opportunities to other countries. But as global supply chains are being reshaped by geopolitical tensions, the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and…
