Image copyright Twitter / @PaolaAudrey There was the Ice Bucket Challenge, then there was the Mannequin Challenge, now from Cameroon comes the Bidoung Challenge. When Cameroon’s Sports Minister Pierre Ismael Bidoung Mpkatt bowed and shook the hand of President Paul Biya, the image of the greeting went viral. The hashtags …
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Image copyright Reuters The Gambia’s opposition coalition has asked President Yahya Jammeh to step down immediately, after he challenged his defeat in the recent election. Mr Jammeh initially accepted the result but then reversed his decision, saying he would annul the vote. The UN Security Council met on Monday and …
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Media playback is not supported on this device Mahrez on AFOTY win: I am very proud and very happy Riyad Mahrez has been crowned the BBC African Footballer of the Year 2016. Fans from across the world voted for the Algeria and Leicester midfielder ahead of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Andre Ayew, …
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Image caption Trump’s Twitter page in April 2009 Donald Trump’s Twitter account wasn’t always the powerful spectacle it has become. Journalist Adam Harris goes through the archives to see how it evolved. In the month since the election, Mr Trump has taken to Twitter to lambast what he views as …
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Image copyright Grey Chow / Caters News Agency Hundreds of stars appear to spin in the sky above Mount Bromo – an active volcano in East Java, Indonesia. This time-lapse composite photo was taken by Malaysian photographer Grey Chow – who has captured stunning night-time images across South East Asia. …
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Image copyright Asif Saud Image caption India’s ‘space women’ (from left) Ritu Karidhal, Anuradha TK and Nandini Harinath Two years ago, as Indian scientists successfully put a satellite into orbit around Mars, a photograph that went viral showed women dressed in gorgeous saris with flowers in their hair celebrating at …
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Image copyright AFP Image caption Putin gave Rex Tillerson an Order of Friendship award in 2013 Donald Trump’s anticipated appointment of Exxon Mobil Chairman and CEO Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State firms the view that his administration’s policy will be transactional, a change that will benefit Russia. On 19 …
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Image copyright EPA Image caption Sergei Lavrov met several leading Serbian officials at the start of his two-day visit to Belgrade Russia’s foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, is on a high-profile visit to Serbia, which comes in the wake of some of the wildest allegations of espionage seen in the Western …
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Image copyright Reuters Image caption Anna Wintour, editor in chief of US Vogue, is one of the most powerful women in the media Tensions are simmering between the US magazines Vogue and Teen Vogue, and the country’s president-elect Donald Trump. Last week, legendary Vogue editor Anna Wintour, considered one of …
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Image copyright Anonymouse Image caption Anonymouse’s work has tiny details only visible close-up, including a sign saying which credit cards the restaurant accepts A miniature street scene has been created at pavement level in a Swedish city, apparently to cater to the local mouse population. The scene is built into …
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