Africa

Police in Kenya hurled teargas canisters Tuesday at hundreds of protesters against gender-based violence, or feticide, in the capital, Nairobi, and arrested an unknown number of people. Protesters chanting “Stop femicide” were dispersed…

Zambia’s Constitutional Court has ruled that former President Edgar Lungu is ineligible to stand for re-election in 2026, citing constitutional limits on presidential terms. The court determined that Lungu, 68, has already served the…

At least 127 people, primarily civilians, were killed in Sudan on Monday and Tuesday due to barrel bombings and shelling by the warring factions, according to rights activists. The conflict, which has raged for 20 months…

A six-story apartment building collapsed in Cairo's Waili neighbourhood, killing at least eight people and injuring three, who were hospitalized, according to Egypt's Health Ministry. Cairo Governor Ibrahim Saber ordered the…

Kenya's top police official has denied reports that officers serving in the United Nations-backed multinational peacekeeping mission in Haiti have gone unpaid for three months. The police inspector general, Douglas Kanja, on Thursday…

Ghana’s Vice President and ruling party candidate, Mahamudu Bawumia, conceded defeat on Sunday to opposition leader and former President John Dramani Mahama. The tightly contested presidential election marks a significant political shift in…

A day after dissolving the government without explanation, Burkina Faso’s ruling military junta has appointed Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouedraogo as the country’s new prime minister. The announcement was made via a presidential decree read…

A Malian court has freed 11 opposition leaders who were arrested in June on charges of plotting against the ruling military after calling for a return to civilian rule. Their provisional release on Friday was seen as an attempt to calm…

Burkina Faso’s military ruler, Ibrahim Traoré, has dismissed Prime Minister Apollinaire Joachim Kyelem de Tambela and dissolved the government, according to a presidential decree released. The decree stated that” the prime minister’s…

Troops of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) operating under Sector 4 in Diffa, Republic of Niger, have intercepted 174 unarmed, able-bodied Nigerian men attempting to cross from Nigeria into the border communities in the Republic…