The petition dated back to 2009 and alleged that over Rs 2,000 crore was spent from the state's budget on elephant statues and Mayawati's likenesses. The bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and Satish ...

Many are still haunted by the aborted legacy of DR Congo’s first prime minister, who was murdered on January 17, 1961. Rights groups say police used starvation as a weapon to force out illegal ...

A UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Statue of Liberty is at the top of many travelers’ must-see lists. A feat of 19th-century technical engineering and a beacon for immigrants arriving at Ellis ...

As the world holds its breath ahead of the swearing-in of Donald Trump on Monday, January 20, African literature icon David Maillu has built a latrine with an imposing statue of the incoming US ...

January 17, 2025 • In South Africa a months long standoff between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close to 80 found dead in grim recovery operation.

The public interest litigation (PIL) matter filed by the lawyers had alleged that a total amount of about Rs 2,000 crore was used from the state's budget for 2008-09 and 2009-10, when Mayawati was the ...

Purple Elephant Ventures (PEV), a Nairobi-based venture studio, has raised $4.5 million in seed financing, marking one of the largest tourism-tech rounds in African history. This investment will ...

where its mercenaries are possibly the group’s most active in Africa. CAR’s communications minister, Maxime Balalou, told CNN the statues were “inaugurated as part of the cooperation between ...

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David Maillu, a prolific African writer and traditional philosopher, is launching a giant ten tonne Donald Trump statue. The mammoth concrete figure sits atop a pour flush restroom, a modified pit ...

The statues of bronze, cement and marble had critics accusing her of self-obsession and megalomania. The petition claimed that installing sixty elephant statues at a cost of Rs 52.20 crore is a ...