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President Macky Sall has inaugurated the United Nations regional headquarters that will house all UN operations in Senegal. The ceremony was attended by the presidential couple of Romania on an official visit to Senegal. The United…

Global leaders gathered in the French capital for the opening of the sixth edition of the annual Paris Peace Forum. The two-day event aims to tackle a wide range of global challenges from climate change and climate finance, to migration,…

Voters in the perennially restive Central African Republic overwhelmingly approved a draft constitution that paves the way for Faustin Archange Touadera to seek a third term as president, the national poll body said. The landlocked…

Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa has inaugurated a Chinese-funded power station that he said would go a long way in easing power shortages ahead of national elections. Mnangagwa, 80, who is seeking a second presidential term on…

The International Criminal Court has opened a new probe into alleged war crimes in Sudan, its chief prosecutor said Thursday, expressing "great concern" over escalating violence. Karim Khan made the announcement in a report to the UN…

Telecom giant Vodacom is introducing innovative solutions to enhance mining operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).  At the Mining Week event in the DRC, Vodacom showcased its advanced technological offerings to the mining…

Heads of states and officials from different nations met in Doha on Sunday for the opening of the 5th United Nations Conference on the least developed countries. The conference opened with remarks from the president of the conference…

Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno opened his Majority-Muslim country's first embassy in Israel, four years after the countries renewed ties following a decades-long rupture, an Israeli statement said. Prime Minister Benjamin…

Meetings aimed at promoting reconciliation opened in Conakry, six months after a military coup upset Guinea's constitutional order. Dubbed the national conference, the meetings to be held over several weeks will bring together political…

Candidates for Libya's presidential and legislative elections slated for 24th December can start registering from Monday, the electoral commission said. "This is the real start of the electoral process," aimed at turning the page on a…