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In SummaryThere are currently only 20 billionaires in Africa.As of 2024, the combined wealth of the 20 billionaires in Africa is $82.4 billion, an increase from the 2023 total of $81.5 billion.Nigerian billionaire, Aliko Dangote, the founder of Dangote Cement, the largest cement producer in Africa, has been the richest man in Africa for 13 years in a row.According to recent data, the total private wealth of the top wealthy people in Africa is around $2.5 trillion. Deep Dive!!Africa is a wealthy continent, especially in mineral resources, potential, and market opportunities. Yet, it continues to lag behind Asia, Europe, North…

South Sudan’s president, Salva Kiir, this week ordered a series of high-level arrests and dismissals of political and army figures as tensions between him and Vice President Riek Machar – a main opposition figure – threaten to reach boiling point. Since Tuesday, soldiers of the South Sudanese army have surrounded Machar’s home in Juba, according to members of the vice president’s party, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM/IO). Kiir heads the ruling Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM). Fighting between the two exploded into a civil war that rocked the young country beginning in 2013. Although calm returned after…

President Trump suggested Thursday that members of the U.S.-led NATO transatlantic military alliance would not come to the aid of the U.S., should America come under attack. NATO members are bound to back each other militarily in the face of any aggression under the collective defense clause in the alliance’s founding treaty.”Do you think they’re going to come and protect us? Hmm. They’re supposed to. I’m not so sure,” Mr. Trump said as he addressed reporters at the Oval Office. He said in the same conversation that he would breach that treaty and only send the U.S. military to defend NATO…

The causes of death have been revealed for the three Kansas City Chiefs fans who were found dead in the backyard of their friend’s home in January 2024.A forensic exam determined David Harrington, 37, Clayton McGeeney, 36, and Ricky Johnson, 38, “all died of fentanyl and cocaine combined toxicity,” according to court documents reviewed by Fox News Digital.The documents reveal what responding officers encountered the day they were called to the Kansas City, Missouri, rental home, where the group of longtime friends had celebrated the Chiefs’ victory just days earlier.On Wednesday, Jordan Willis and Ivory J. Carson were charged with three…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size A 43-year-old Ontario man is facing multiple charges after making a false 9-1-1 call in which they accused their partner of impaired driving, only for police to discover that the caller was the one behind the wheel. On March 3 at approximately 3:40 a.m., the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of a possible impaired driver on Highway 17 in Aweres Township.The 9-1-1 call came from an individual who claimed their partner had left their residence and was driving under the influence of alcohol. Get daily National news Get the…

Australian LPGA tour rookie Cassie Porter has continued her striking start to just her second outing on the world’s premier women’s circuit, overcoming illness to share the halfway lead at the Blue Bay tournament on China’s southern island of Hainan.The 22-year-old Sydney-born, Queensland-raised prospect, who didn’t make the cut in her first event at the Founders Cup last month, coped superbly with the windy conditions to shoot a four-under par 68 and join Japan’s Nasa Hataoka atop the leaderboard on Friday.After six-time Japanese tour winner Hataoka shot a six-under 66 — the best round of the day — she and…

Kelly Stafford said Thursday that she was relieved after the Los Angeles Rams agreed to a restructured contract with Super Bowl champion Matthew Stafford last week, but for Kelly, it was not always smooth sailing in the Stafford household. During the latest episode of her podcast “The Morning After,” Kelly was joined by her husband to discuss his new contract, which did not extend his time with the Rams beyond his original extension, but it did raise his salary substantially across his final two seasons.  Matthew Stafford, #9 of the Los Angeles Rams, and his wife Kelly Stafford look on prior to the…

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based monitoring group, has reported attacks on Alawite civilians, frequently by unknown gunmen. The country’s new rulers have pledged to bring all armed groups under the state’s control, but the security situation remains unstable, with some Syrians seeking vengeance.Who are the Assad loyalists taking up arms?There does not yet appear to be a single unifying force responsible for orchestrating the attacks on Syria’s western coast, and so far the violence is largely attributed to small-scale cells of Assad loyalists, according to the Institute for the Study of War, a Washington-based research group.The attacks…

We invited readers of The New York Times to ask about our reporting on the second Trump administration, and hundreds responded. We read every question that came in, selected those that represented some of the most common themes and then distributed them to editors and reporters responsible for our daily coverage of the administration. Here are their answers.Changes to White House CoverageHow has covering the White House changed in the past few weeks? The executive branch, and journalism surrounding it, used to be such a well-oiled machine. How do Times journalists handle the chaos? — Cameron HughesAnswered by Richard W.…

Education Secretary Linda McMahon delivered a stark message on Friday about the future of her agency. Asked on Fox News whether the United States “needs this department,” Ms. McMahon answered: “No, we don’t.”In the interview, her first since she was confirmed to her cabinet post this week, Ms. McMahon said that President Trump intended to sign an executive order aimed at closing her department, but she declined to give details on timing. She also did not address how the administration might persuade lawmakers to go along. The department cannot be closed without the approval of Congress.Such a move, in a…