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By Stephanie Busari, CNN New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) — Nollywood, Nigeria’s vibrant film industry, is setting its sights on achieving global recognition akin to the meteoric rise of Afrobeats. As the third-largest film industry in the world by number of films produced annually, Nollywood has long been a significant cultural force within Africa. The industry’s

CNN By Stephanie Busari, CNN New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) — Nollywood, Nigeria’s vibrant film industry, is setting its sights on achieving global recognition akin to the meteoric rise of Afrobeats. As the third-largest film industry in the world by number of films produced annually, Nollywood has long been a significant cultural force within Africa. The

By Rob Picheta and Jessie Gretener, CNN (CNN) — Taylor Swift has said she is “completely in shock” after a stabbing attack at a dance class celebrating the US singer’s music in Southport, England left three children dead and others injured. The singer wrote on Instagram that “the horror of yesterday’s attack in Southport is

By Nimi Princewill and Stephanie Busari, CNN (CNN) — In some of Africa’s major cities, young people are experiencing a summer of discontent as anger and frustration erupt over corruption, the soaring cost of living, and widespread unemployment. The protests began in Kenya last month, where young people – particularly Gen Z – engaged in

By Esha Mitra, Kunal Sehgal, Sandi Sidhu, Robert Shackelford and Lex Harvey, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — Rescue operations are ongoing in India’s southern Kerala state on Wednesday after heavy monsoon rains triggered deadly landslides that swept through homes and stranded hundreds of people, officials said. The death toll has surpassed 150, many of whom

By Jessie Yeung, Stefano Pozzebon and Tara John, CNN Caracas, Venezuela (CNN) — Criticism is mounting against Venezuela’s authoritarian leader Nicolás Maduro after deadly protests erupted across the country following its disputed presidential election. Venezuela’s opposition and multiple Latin American leaders have refused to recognize Maduro’s victory in the July 28 vote, which was announced by

By Larry Madowo, Caitlin Stephen Hu and Jessie Yeung, CNN Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) — Security forces protecting Haiti’s leader provided covering fire as he left a hospital in Port-au-Prince after an interview with CNN, in a stark illustration of the violence that continues to plague the gang-ravaged nation. CNN had been interviewing interim Prime Minister

By Tara John, Stefano Pozzebon, Mia Alberti, Jennifer Hansler and Avery Schmitz, CNN Caracas, Venezuela (CNN) — Protests broke out in several Venezuelan cities on Monday after authoritarian leader Nicolás Maduro was formally declared a winner by the county’s electoral authority in a presidential race marred by accusations of electoral fraud. In the capital Caracas,

By Tim Lister, Avery Schmitz and Darya Tarasova, CNN (CNN) — The video is as triumphant as it is gruesome. Rebel fighters, rifles slung over their shoulders, step among more than a dozen bodies strewn across the sand and rocks. Off camera, the pop of gunshots can be heard. The scene is from another battle in

By Rob Picheta, Tamar Michaelis, Mike Schwartz and Abeer Salman, CNN (CNN) — A major political rift has broken out in Israel over the detention of nine Israeli soldiers, who are being investigated over the alleged abuse of a Palestinian inmate at a controversial desert detention facility. Far-right lawmakers and protesters breached the perimeter of

By Lauren Kent, Jessie Gretener, Niamh Kennedy and Ivana Kottasová, CNN London (CNN) — Two children have been killed and nine injured in a knife rampage targeting a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in a town in northern England on Monday, with a teenage suspect arrested over an attack one witness described as a “horror movie”.

By Sarah Dean and Jessie Gretener, CNN (CNN) — South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma has been expelled from the African National Congress (ANC), the party he once led. “Former President Jacob Zuma has actively impugned the integrity of the ANC,” ANC Secretary General Comrade Fikile Mbalula outlined at a press briefing on Monday. “This

By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — One woman sleeps with a knife under her pillow, in the hope she can protect herself against armed men who might storm her house at night. Another was raped “repeatedly for days” along with her four daughters, while her husband and sons were forced to watch. Another was thrown

By Simone McCarthy and Gawon Bae, CNN (CNN) — Some 5,000 people were rescued from flood-hit areas along North Korea’s border with China over the weekend in efforts supervised by leader Kim Jong Un, the country’s state media reported Monday. The North Korean army launched emergency operations in North Pyongan province as the region reeled

CNN By CNN Stefano Pozzebon, Karol Suarez, Abel Alvarado, Ivana Kottasová, Jessie Yeung and Tara John, CNN Caracas, Venezuela (CNN) — Both Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro and his political opponent claimed victory in the country’s election on Monday, a vote that was marked by accusations of fraud and counting irregularities. With 80% of votes counted,

By Xiaofei Xu and Chris Lau, CNN Paris (CNN) — Olympics organizers have “deeply apologized” to South Korea over a “human error” that saw its 143 athletes wrongly introduced as North Korean at the opening ceremony. The mishap occurred on Friday, when the South Korean athletes made their debut on a boat cruising down the

By Abeer Salman, Kareem El Damanhoury and Ibrahim Dahman, CNN (CNN) — Israeli attacks killed at least 19 Palestinians, including children, and injured numerous others across Gaza on Sunday, according to health officials and Gaza’s Civil Defense. At least 10 people were killed in an airstrike on a house in central Khan Younis, a health

CNN By Rob Picheta, Michael Schwartz, Catherine Nicholls, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Benjamin Brown, Jeremy Diamond and Abeer Salman, CNN (CNN) — Israel vowed Hezbollah will “pay the price” after blaming the Lebanese militant group for a rocket attack in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights that killed 12 children, touching off fears once again that an all-out war

By Darya Tarasova and Benjamin Brown, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that the United States’ and Germany’s decision to deploy US long-range missiles in Germany from 2026 is “reminiscent of the events of the Cold War” and could see Russia station similar missiles in response. “If the United States of America