The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Barham Salih, has visited the Ura refugee settlement in Ethiopia’s Benishangul-Gumuz state. It was established in 2024 to host...
Following a visit to Niger earlier this month by Benin’s new president, there were high-level talks in Cotonou this weekend aimed at accelerating the normalisation of...
Iran on Saturday said it has closed the Strait of Hormuz again, because of deadly Israeli strikes in Lebanon that are a breach of Tehran’s agreement...
The head of Africa’s Centers For Disease Control says the continent needs to invest its own funds in Ebola response. The current outbreak has already claimed...
Morocco fans celebrated in Massachusetts on Friday after their team’s 1-0 victory over Scotland in their second match of the 2026 World Cup. The Atlas Lions...
African and Caribbean leaders in Ghana on Friday urged former slave-trading nations to issue apologies and reparations over the trafficking of enslaved Africans after a landmark...
A six-month-old girl was buried in Bunia on Friday, another victim of the DRC’s Ebola outbreak. Her tiny coffin offering a stark reminder of the severity...
Impunity in the face of repeated attacks on religious leaders and places of worship, combined with weak prevention and poor accountability, is leading victims in Nigeria...
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov welcomed his Madagascar counterpart, Alice N’Diaye, in Moscow on Friday. At a joint press conference following bilateral talks, Lavrov was asked...
A string of west African countries have outlawed same-sex relations in recent months, further eroding LGBTQ rights on a continent where they were already under attack....