US slams China after African countries block Taiwan leader’s eSwatini trip
A State Department official called the incident an abuse of the international civil aviation system
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A State Department official called the incident an abuse of the international civil aviation system
· Reuters
Tribunal da Relação liberta jovens por falta de provas
Oito meses depois, o Tribunal da Relação de Luanda mandou libertar mais de 10 jovens condenados na sequência dos tumultos de julho de 2025, durante a greve dos taxistas, por insuficiência de provas.
· Danilson Gomes
O que diz o manifesto da Palantir, que promove "armas de IA"
"O Vale do Silício se perdeu." Assim começa o primeiro capítulo de The Technological Republic (A República Tecnológica), livro em que Alex Karp expõe sua visão de mundo. O autor não é um personagem qualquer: ele é CEO da Palantir Technologies, empresa de software especializada em análise de dados que acumula contrat…
· David Ehl
6 people are charged in a plot to steal and resell dozens of cars from the DC area
WASHINGTON (AP) — Six people have been charged with plotting to steal at least 20 cars from the Washington, D.C., area and sell them to buyers in the United States and Ghana in West Africa, according to a federal indictment unsealed Wednesday.
Defendants plead not guilty over 2025 Nigeria coup plot
Six men pleaded not guilty to treason and terrorism charges over a botched coup plot, Nigerian media reported Wednesday, as the first prosecutions for the alleged 2025 putsch attempt get underway.
· AfricaNews
Nigeria's suspected coup plotters deny treason charges
Six people, including a retired major general and a serving police inspector, have pleaded not guilty to plotting a coup to overthrow Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu.
· Mansur Abubakar
Moeda revela povoado onde 337 espanhóis morreram de fome
Após anos de investigações, a descoberta de uma pequena moeda de prata "real de a ocho" (também conhecida como "dólar espanhol"), cunhada na época do rei Filipe 2°, pôs fim a uma das lendas mais trágicas da colonização espanhola da América.
· Deutsche Welle
As memórias do palácio comunista da Alemanha Oriental
Era o cartão de visitas arquitetônico da Alemanha Oriental, aos pés da emblemática torre de televisão de Berlim, com uma fachada de vidro que refletia, em tons alaranjados, o sol. No centro do edifício, um compasso e um martelo, o emblema da antiga República Democrática Alemã (RDA).
· Cristina Burack
Mali and Niger accuse neighbours of backing terrorism in Sahel rift
A widening diplomatic rift is emerging in West Africa as Niger and Mali level new accusations against neighbouring states over terrorism in the Sahel. Speaking at a security forum in Senegal, Mali’s foreign minister said some neighbouring states are “harbouring” and “supporting” armed groups active in the Sahel.
· AfricaNews
South Africa could see first winter without power cuts in years
In South Africa, the state-owned electricity company Eskom announced on Wednesday that it does not expect power outages during the winter months in the Southern Hemisphere, from April to August. This will be the first winter without power cuts since the company has been facing difficulties.
· AfricaNews
Presuntos golpistas en Nigeria son acusados de traición y terrorismo
El presidente de Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, habla con los medios antes de su reunión con el primer ministro británico Keir Starmer en Londres, el jueves 19 de marzo de 2026. (Foto AP/Kin Cheung, pool, file)
· Dyepkazah Shibayan
Taiwan's Lai postpones Africa visit after China pressure
TAIPEI — Taiwan’s leader Lai Ching-te postponed a visit to Africa this week when three countries withdrew permission for him to fly over their territories after pressure from China, his office said on Tuesday.
· Associated Press
Presidente de Taiwan cancela viagem após pressão da China
O presidente de Taiwan, Lai Ching-te, cancelou esta semana uma visita de Estado a Essuatíni, país no sul daÁfrica, depois que três países ao longo da rota revogaram abruptamente as permissões de sobrevoo, disseram autoridades taiwanesas nesta terça-feira (21/04), culpando a China pelo ocorrido.
· Deutsche Welle
Diaspora members fear pope’s visit could bolster Equatorial Guinea leader’s rule
Pope Leo XIV shakes hands with Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo as he meets with the authorities, civil society and the diplomatic corps in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, Tuesday, April 21, 2026, on the ninth day of his 11-day pastoral visit to Africa. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
· Ope Adetayo
Nigerian authorities arraign alleged coup plotters, set bail application for April 2
President of Nigeria Bola Ahmed Tinubu speaks to the media ahead of his meeting with Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer inside 10 Downing Street in London, Thursday, March 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, Pool File)
· Dyepkazah Shibayan
Austrália cobra de jogos online que protejam menores
O regulador de segurança online da Austrália ordenou nesta quarta-feira (22/04) a grandes plataformas de jogos online, incluindo Roblox, Minecraft, Fortnite e Steam, que expliquem como estão protegendo crianças de predadores sexuais e contra a radicalização na internet.
· Deutsche Welle
استفاده ایران از ماهوارههای جاسوسی و سیستمهای راداری چینی
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União Europeia registra número recorde de imigrantes em 2025
O número de imigrantes residentes na União Europeia alcançou um recorde de 64,2 milhões em 2025, cerca de 2,1 milhões a mais do que no ano anterior, segundo relatório divulgado nesta quarta-feira (22/04) pelo Centro de Pesquisa e Análise sobre Migração, vinculado à fundação RFBerlin.
· Deutsche Welle
جنگ ایران؛ تهدید تلویحی قطع اینترنت کشورهای حاشیه خلیج فارس
در گرماگرم تنشهای منطقهای و آتشبس شکننده در جنگ ایران، خبرگزاری تسنیم، وابسته به سپاه پاسداران، گزارشی منتشر کرده که حاوی تهدیدی تلویحی علیه زیرساختهای ارتباطی کشورهای حاشیه خلیج فارس است؛ تهدیدی که اینبار نه میدانهای نفتی، بلکه "شریانهای نامرئی" اقتصاد دیجیتال در منطقه را هدف قرار میدهد.
· بابک بهمنش
Two hostages captured in Niger freed by Russia's Africa Corps in Mali
Russia's army said Tuesday its Africa Corps unit had freed two hostages — employees of Russian geology company — held in Mali, almost two years after they were captured by an al-Qaeda-linked group in neighbouring Niger.
· AfricaNews
台灣仔細「觀戰」 研發「自產」利器
（德國之聲中文網）在製造應對潛在衝突的本土產無人機時，台灣工業借鑑了世界其他戰爭的經驗。台灣無線電遙控企業雷虎科技（Thunder Tiger）近期展示了名為「Papa Delta」的攻擊無人機，該機型源自一款美國型號，據報導，後者最近也出現在伊朗戰爭中。
· 德聞
Two hostages captured in Niger freed by Russia's Africa Corps unit in Mali
Russia's army said Tuesday its Africa Corps unit had freed two hostages -- employees of Russian geology company -- held in Mali, almost two years after they were captured by an al-Qaeda-linked group in neighbouring Niger.
· AfricaNews
واکنشها به دعوت طالبان از مخالفان برای برگشت به افغانستان
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Cartel de Sinaloa: Moçambique apreende 10 toneladas de ácido
O Serviço Nacional de Investigação Criminal (Sernic) realizou a operação na noite de terça-feira (21.04), no seguimento do caso de três detidos, dois mexicanos e um moçambicano, com passagem por Portugal, suspeitos de integrarem o Cartel de Sinaloa, um dos maiores grupos de crime organizado do mundo, que alegadament…
· Redação DW África
Cardeal de Munique autoriza bênção de casais homossexuais
A Arquidiocese de Munique e Freising confirmou nesta terça-feira (21/04) que o arcebispo Reinhard Marx permitiu a bênção de casais homossexuais. Marx recomendou ao clero da arquidiocese que implemente uma diretriz correspondente emitida pela Conferência dos Bispos Alemães (DBK). Ele se tornou assim o primeiro cardea…
· Deutsche Welle
德語媒體：「肩並肩」對抗北京
（德國之聲中文網）《法蘭克福匯報》發表分析文章寫道，儘管中東局勢仍高度緊張，但美菲代號「肩並肩」的聯合軍演仍得以如期舉行，顯示美國對印太地區的關注以及對菲律賓的安全承諾並未發生變化。這篇題為《肩並肩對抗北京》的文章寫道：
· 媒體看中國
Entenda o caso das papinhas de bebê envenenadas na Europa
"Hipp é vítima de chantagem", é o que diz o comunicado de imprensa da principal fabricante alemã de alimentos infantis. No fim de semana passado, vidros de papinhas para bebês contaminados com veneno para ratos foram encontrados na Áustria e em dois países vizinhos.
· David Ehl
Nigeria's Tinubu sacks finance minister in surprise cabinet reshuffle
Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu Tuesday sacked his finance minister and replaced him with a junior minister, as he seeks to shore up support for his sweeping economic reforms ahead of next year's general elections.
· AfricaNews
رشد بیتکوین با امید به ادامه آتشبس بین ایران و آمریکا
نشریه بلومبرگ گزارش داد که روز چهارشنبه (۲۲ آوریل)، بیتکوین تا ۳/۶ درصد رشد کرد و برای مدتی از ۷۸ هزار و ۴۰۰ دلار گذشت؛ سطحی که بالاترین قیمت این رمزارز از ۳ فوریه ۲۰۲۶ بود.
· دانیال عمری
Nigeria's President Tinubu sacks finance and housing ministers in cabinet reshuffle
Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu Tuesday sacked his finance minister and replaced him with a junior minister, as he seeks to shore up support for his sweeping economic reforms ahead of next year's general elections.
· AfricaNews
توصیه رئيس یک اتحادیه پولیس آلمان به زنان جنجالبرانگیز شد
پس از اظهارات رئیس اتحادیه پولیس آلمان که در یک گفتوگوی تلویزیونی گفته بود زنان بهتر است «وارد رابطه با یک مرد نشوند»، بحثهای داغی در آلمان شکل گرفته است.
· تیموتی جونز
Rusia dice que su Cuerpo Africano liberó a un ruso y un ucraniano secuestrados en Níger
El ministro ruso de Defensa, Andrei Belousov, llega a una reunión del Consejo de Seguridad con el presidente, Vladímir Putin, en el Kremlin, Moscú, el viernes 20 de febrero de 2026. (Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Foto via AP, Archivo)
· The Associated Press
Caso INSS: Detidos desviaram 433 milhões da Segurança Social
Segundo o procurador-geral da República, Américo Letela, o caso envolve alguns gestores do INSS que, em sede de dois contratos de prestação de serviços celebrados com uma empresa no valor de pouco mais de 48,5 milhões de meticais (647.212 euros), teriam, com "recurso a artifícios fraudulentos", desembolsado acima do…
· Redação DW África
Russia's Africa Corps rescues Russian and Ukrainian captives in Niger
Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov arrives to attend a Security Council meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, Friday, Feb. 20, 2026. (Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)
عمیقتر شدن محرومیتها؛ پیامدهای جنگ در سیستان و بلوچستان
جنگها معمولاً اثر یکسانی بر مناطق یک کشور ندارند. گزارشهای بانک جهانی و صندوق بینالمللی پول نشان میدهد تخریب زیرساختهای حملونقل، انرژی و خدمات عمومی در جنگها معمولاً فشار بیشتری بر مناطق پیرامونی وارد میکند. سازمان ملل نیز هشدار داده است جنگ جاری خاورمیانه میتواند بیش از ۳۲ میلیون نفر را به فقر بازگرداند؛ و…
· آتفه چهارمحالیان
從伊朗戰爭遙望台海危機：日韓的近憂與遠慮
（德國之聲中文網）美伊之間遲遲未決的對峙已重創國際油氣貿易，即便雙方最終就通過霍爾木茲海峽出口能源達成協議，其衝擊也可能持續相當長一段時間。
· Julian Ryall
拍攝美國軍機觸法 中國留學生在美遭捕
（德國之聲中文網）根據美國聯邦調查局提交的法院文件，在蘇格蘭格拉斯哥留學的21歲中國大學生梁天睿（Tianrui Liang，音譯），4月7日在紐約一處機場被捕，當時他正準備離境。
· 德正
Suécia deporta jovens imigrantes ao completarem 18 anos
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Veterinária desiste e critica resgate de baleia na Alemanha
A veterinária americana Jenna Wallace deixou nesta segunda-feira (20/04) a equipe de resgate da baleia-jubarte Timmy, encalhada no norte da Alemanha, apenas três dias depois de ter sido trazida do Havaí pelos empresários que financiam o grupo, em meio a fortes críticas a dois outros integrantes da iniciativa.
· Deutsche Welle
英國博物館圖錄送中國印刷遭審查
（德國之聲中文網）英國維多利亞與亞伯特博物館（V&A）近日傳出因受到中國印刷業者施壓，將一張1930年代大英帝國貿易路線圖自展覽圖錄中移除。印刷業者指該圖「與中國有關」且「未獲官方批准」。這起事件也引發人權組織批評，質疑中國的內容審查機制擴及英國與歐洲多間文化機構。
· 德正
اخاذی بیرحمانه از طریق مسموم کردن شیشه غذای نوزادان
«شرکت هیپ قربانی یک اخاذی شده است.» شرکت تولیدکننده غذای کودک و محصولات مراقبت از نوزادان، دوشنبه گذشته ۲۰ آوریل (۳۱ فروردین) با این پیام افکار عمومی را از یک اخاذی بیرحمانه مطلع کرد و به گمانهزنیهای نگرانکننده چند روز گذشته پایان بخشید.
· بابک بهمنش
Does William Lai’s cancelled eSwatini trip show Beijing’s reach in Africa?
Beijing denies using economic coercion to derail Taiwanese leader’s visit to African ally
· Lawrence Chung
Does William Lai’s cancelled eSwatini trip show Beijing’s reach in Africa?
Beijing denies using economic coercion to derail Taiwanese leader’s visit to African ally
· Lawrence Chung
Lula defende soberania brasileira sobre terras raras
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Death sentences soar in DR Congo after moratorium lifted, report warns
The number of death sentences handed down in the Democratic Republic of Congo has skyrocketed since the government lifted a de facto moratorium on executions in 2024, a campaign group warned Tuesday.
· AfricaNews
Eni founder’s nephew threatens to sue Meloni government over multi-billion Africa strategy
BRUSSELS — A descendant of the founder of Italian oil giant Eni wants to sue Giorgia Meloni's government for using his family name in a major funding program investing across the African continent, the Italian press reported on Wednesday.
· Marianne Gros
گزارش: پاکستان بدرفتاری با مهاجران افغان را شدت بخشیده است
این سازمان حقوق بشری در گزارشی که روز چهارشنبه نشر شد، گفته است که عملیاتهای پولیس پاکستان علیه مهاجران افغان باعث شده است که این مهاجران، به شمول کودکان، در دسترسی به خدمات اساسی مانند بخش صحت و آموزش با موانع رو به رو شوند.
· محمد عارف فرهمند
美中能源較量：「使勁鑽」vs.新能源
（德國之聲中文網）無論美國與伊朗之間的戰爭結果如何，全球能源市場恢復正常仍需時日。許多觀察家堅信，飆升的燃油價格將推動可再生能源的進程。
· Thomas Kohlmann
Lufthansa cortará voos para economizar combustível
O grupo de companhias aéreas Lufthansa cancelará 20 mil voos de curta distância até outubro para economizar combustível em meio à escassez e à alta dos preços após o início da guerra no Irã.
· Deutsche Welle