The country has yet to produce a female president—something the upcoming general elections are unlikely to change.

Once fully operational, the airport will handle a passenger capacity of 260 million annually.

The healthcare system has long been overburdened and underfunded, but it has ground to a near halt after about 7,000 professionals walked off the job.

The desperation from the war was highlighted at the Aswan International Women Film Festival through five Sudanese short films.

In Kenya, 13 people have been killed in flash floods that hit the capital Nairobi this week, while 100,000 people have been displaced in Burundi by months of relentless rainfall.

Sunak said the legislation would deter record numbers of migrants crossing the Channel from northern France, and disrupt people-smuggling gangs.

One of the choppers was seen clipping the rear rotor of another helicopter, causing both to go into a tailspin and crash.

The counter-terrorism summit in Nigeria is discussing solutions including a possible regional military force.

Mali has since 2012 been ravaged by different factions affiliated with Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group as well as local groups.

Authorities have said 58 bodies were retrieved from the Mpoko River in the capital Bangui after the vessel capsized on Friday.

Largely rural Shiroro, where the incident took place, is frequently attacked by armed gangs targeting villages and security personnel.

Shops and other businesses are protesting against high interest rates, taxes, and a new levy on imported clothing.

The week-long action launched by the Federation of Uganda Traders Association has spread from the capital, Kampala.

The General Assembly can admit a new member state with a two-thirds majority vote, but only after the Security Council gives its recommendation.

Footage doing rounds on social media shows Al Ittihad striker Abderrazak Hamdallah, a Moroccan national, getting into a tense exchange with a fan in the stands who then struck Hamdallah with what look...

The Somalia-born Nageeye clocked 2hr 04.45min, finishing five seconds ahead of Ethiopian Amedework Walelegn.

The coastal region of the East African country is one of the worst affected, an official says.

The ADF has established a presence over the past three decades in the eastern DRC, killing thousands of civilians.

Today Chad is home to almost a million Sudanese refugees -- more than any other country.

"However, should the Israeli regime make another mistake, Iran's response will be considerably more severe," the Iranian mission warned.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards confirmed a drone and missile attack was launched against Israel in retaliation for the Damascus strike which killed seven Guards, two of them generals.

The sentencing came days after Rwanda marked 30 years since the genocide carried out by the Hutu regime between April and July 1994.

The formation of the council is also a first step toward holding a presidential election by early 2026.

One of the three was shot dead, a second died of his wounds in hospital while the third was arrested, the statement said.

Goma has a resident population of one million, with another million displaced by the war crammed into desperate, temporary camps that have become the frontlines.

During the current war, government forces have used their air power to bomb targets on the ground, but failed to gain back much territory and have been blamed for striking civilians.

It did not indicate what would happen to media organisations that do observe the ban.

Officials in the Indian Ocean archipelago said 38 prisoners escaped an overcrowded jail in the capital, Moroni, in a jailbreak initiated by a detained soldier.

The decree came after more than 80 political parties and civil groups called for presidential elections "as soon as possible" and an end to military rule.

The UN says it has been able to reach only 10 per cent of Sudan's 48 million people, with the country on the brink of famine.

The Yeni Mosque, built in 1902 by Italian architect Vitaliano Poselli, was at the time used by the Donme, Jews who had outwardly converted to Islam.

ACF sounded an alert over the 480,000 cases of severe child malnutrition expected in the year to September 2024.

The accord establishes a nine-member council -- seven voting members and two observers -- representing political parties, the private sector and civil society, that will pave the way for presidential...

The Palestinians, who have had observer status at the world body since 2012, have lobbied for years to gain full membership, which would amount to recognition of Palestinian statehood.

Food scraps are thrown into the machine where they are slowly mixed with rice husks and sawdust for 48 hours.

The war has also displaced more than 8.5 million people, pushing the country to the brink of famine.

Most passengers were trying to escape the mainland because of a panic caused by disinformation about cholera.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was "alarmed" by the raid, while Spain and the European Union both issued stinging statements condemning it as a violation of the Vienna Convention.

A Mo Salah late equaliser from the spot earned Liverpool a point at the Theatre of Dreams

The international community's failure to intervene has been a cause of lingering shame, with French President Macron expected to release a message saying France and its Western and African allies "cou...

PM Sonko unveiled on Friday a cabinet of 25 ministers, hailing it as a break from the past.

Kagame is expected to give a speech at a 10,000-seat arena in the capital, where Rwandans will later hold a candlelight vigil for those killed in the slaughter.

The latest attack was on the village of Galay in Ituri province.

Ecuadoran President Daniel Noboa's government called the move an "illicit act" but Mexico insisted it had granted political asylum to Glas "after a thorough analysis" of the situation.

For 30 years Dafroza, 69, and Alain Gauthier, 75, have dedicated much of their spare time and now retirement to trawling parts of Rwanda to search for evidence of ex-killers, prisoners and survivors.

The Israeli military's heavy aerial bombardment in the aftermath of the attack, and its ongoing ground operations inside Gaza, have reduced many areas of the territory to rubble.

The tough language, describing the aid worker attack as "unacceptable" and urging Israel to take steps towards an immediate ceasefire, reflected mounting tensions with Netanyahu.

The NGO called for the suspension of all deployments of Ethiopian federal forces to peacekeeping missions until "commanders responsible for grave abuses are held accountable."

The district, filled with Sudanese shops and restaurants, is a magnet for the growing numbers of people who have fled Sudan or find themselves unable to return because of safety fears.

More than 800,000 people, mainly ethnic Tutsis but also moderate Hutus, were killed in the murderous onslaught described as one of the darkest episodes of the late 20th century.