MILLIONS TURNED OUT TO PAY THEIR LAST TRIBUTE TO SUPREME LEADER
On 4 July, 2026, millions of Iranians turned out to bid their farewell to their martyred Supreme Leader Imam Ayatollah Khamenei who was killed by U.S.-Israeli strikes.
The Leopards will now face England in the Round of 32, their first-ever appearance beyond the group stage. Fans in Kinshasa, Goma, Matonge and other towns of DRC matched celebrating their historic victory.
CONGOLESE CELEBRATE THEIR QUALIFICATION FOR THE KNOCKOUT STAGE
Democratic Republic of Congo fans across the world erupted in celebration after their team secured a historic place in the World Cup knockout stage with a 3 - 1 victory over Uzbekistan.
Early that morning, thousands of students refused to attend classes and instead marched from school to school against the apartheid government's policy forcing Afrikaans as the medium of instruction.
50 YEARS ON: REMEMBERING THE BRAVERY OF THE SOWETO REVOLUTION/ UPRISING OF 1976
#Todayinhistory 50 years ago, On 16 June, 1976, the Soweto revolution/uprising began in the Black township of Soweto, south of Johannesburg, South Africa.
During his 1964-1965 tour of Africa, Che focused on building diplomatic ties with newly established, independent nations and assisting anti-colonial and leftist liberation movements, such as Laurent Kabila’s Simba rebels in the Congo.
In 1959, Che Guevara visited Sudan, during a three-month global “Goodwill Tour” to promote the Cuban Revolution and establish diplomatic relations, and champion “positive neutralism”.
Omoyele Sowore, Nigerian human rights activist, a publisher of Sahara Reporters, and former presidential candidate, was participating in a Democracy Day protest and was left unconscious.
NIGERIAN POLICE FIRES TEAR GAS TO DISPERSE PEACEFUL PROTESTERS
On 12 June, 2026, Numerous activists and other organised coalitions of civil society groups, trade unions, took to the streets demanding for the immediate rescue of abducted schoolchildren.
The following day, on 7 June, 2026, He held a major popular rally (rassemblement populaire) at Dakar Arena where he was received with an enthusiastic applause.
Ousmane Sonko has been re-elected as party president of PASTEF Les Patriotes' receiving all 589 votes from delegates. Sonko boycotted the newly formed government of Diomaye.
It’s also reported by sources that recent clashes in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu by the opposition was secretly backed UAE, because Somalia shut its doors for UAE cargo landing in Bosaso.
UAE-backed RSF militias were spotted in Benshangul Gumuz region, 45 km inside Ethiopian border. This substantiates numerous reports of Ethiopia’s working with UAE interests.
According to some Ethiopians, they disagree with the presence of these non-estate actors who are posing a threat to them. Its places Ethiopia’s credibility in tatters.