In a plot twist that would not be out of place in a Hollywood film, Wine said he was "in hiding" when he heard about the Academy Award nomination last month.

Al-Shabaab’s persistence has convinced Turkey that it needs to provide more active military support for Somalia’s development. Ankara also wants to protect its economic and political investments in So...

Since the start of the conflict in April last year, nearly eight million people, half of them children, have fled Sudan.

The DRC demanded the withdrawal despite UN concerns about rampant violence in the east of the country.

The Kenyan-led UN multi-national security force has been held up for months over logistics issues, a legal challenge in Nairobi, and funding shortfalls.

Sall's two-day "national dialogue" aimed at setting a date for the delayed election also advocated the head of state remain in office beyond the end of his term and until his successor is installed.

As inflation skyrockets, many poor Nigerians have had to skip meals and give up products now considered a luxury, such as meat, eggs and milk.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said the extreme polarisation exposed by the Gaza war had laid bare the double standards of some members of the UN's top rights body.

Senegal is grappling with its worst political crisis in decades after Sall's last-minute deferral of the February 25, 2024 election.

The environment ministry said 499 of the thick-skinned herbivores were killed in 2023, mostly in state-run parks.

The shark was sold for about 43,000 Tanzanian shillings (US$17), probably for consumption in the local communities.

Sall presented the amnesty move as a way of reuniting the country, after bouts of unrest that have killed dozens in the past three years.

ECOWAS said it was lifting financial and economic sanctions against Guinea and ending restrictions on the recruitment of Malians to professional positions within the bloc's institutions.

Antoine Galindo had travelled to Ethiopia to cover the African Union summit earlier this month for the specialist publication Africa Intelligence.

The war has killed thousands, including up to 15,000 in the West Darfur city of El Geneina alone, according to the UN experts.

The victims included one girl, 10 women and 14 men. Among them were an American, a Kenyan, and a South African.

Antibiotics are sometimes used as “quick fixes”, to avoid more costly management measures like regular disinfection, waste management, routine vaccination or provision of clean drinking water.

Known locally as the Djamaa El-Djazair, the modernist structure extends across 27.75 hectares (almost 70 acres), and is smaller only than the two mosques in Mecca and Medina.

Israel's war cabinet agreed on Saturday to send a delegation to Qatar to continue the talks, according to Israeli media reports.

The victims were among the tens of thousands of people who crowded into a football stadium in Durban on Saturday for the launch of the African National Congress's election manifesto.

The war has led industries to cease production. Others were destroyed. Businesses and food stocks have been looted.

In May 2021, Germany acknowledged that the killings by its troops amounted to a genocide and has offered to fund development projects to a cost of 1.1 billion euros ($1.2 billion) over 30 years.

The measures to be lifted included the freezing of Niger's assets in ECOWAS central banks and the suspension of financial transactions between ECOWAS states and Niger.

Sebastian Kurz left politics in 2021 amid allegations of financial impropriety against his office.

In power since the advent of democracy in 1994, Ramaphosa's African National Congress has suffered a sharp decline in support, beset by allegations of corruption and mismanagement.

Storm Eleanor was about 200 kilometres (125 miles) northeast of the nation at 4:00 am (0000 GMT) and was moving at a speed of 20 kilometres an hour.

The announcement came as the civil society collective Aar Sunu Election (Protect Our Election) said it had organised a new rally for Saturday.

The groups are most visible at roundabouts and main street intersections, where their often-masked members install checkpoints, blocking traffic with weapon-mounted armoured vehicles.

Heavy fighting again rocked Gaza on Wednesday as aid agencies warned of looming famine.

With 12 games left in the season, Bayern sit eight points behind Xabi Alonso's side, who have yet to lose during the campaign.

Over the past year, through high-profile summits and humanitarian projects, Saudi officials have consistently shown a desire to "do more" in the Horn of Africa region abutting the strategically vital...

The Horn of Africa nation is only just beginning to emerge from the worst drought in four decades that left millions of people hungry across East Africa.

Washington's veto was "absolutely reckless and dangerous," said Palestinian representative to the UN Riyad Mansour.

WHO said an estimated 130 patients and at least 15 doctors and nurses remain in the hospital.

The United States-based Center for Civilians in Conflict on Tuesday denounced the use of heavy artillery and mortar shells against civilian installations.

WHO technical adviser Natasha Crowcroft says more than half of all countries globally are currently believed to be at high risk of measles outbreaks by the end of the year.

The number of employed persons decreased by 22,000 to 16.7 million, says national statistics agency, StatsSA.

Jovenel Moise, 53, was gunned down in July 2021 at his private residence by a group of about 20 assailants, most of them Colombian mercenaries.

With citizens horrified by gruesome images of hacked and bloodied bodies piled by the road, and his country's international reputation in tatters, PM James Marape insists his government will act.

They are among more than half a million people who have crossed the border into South Sudan, which is struggling to accommodate the new arrivals.

At least 90 per cent of children under five in Gaza are affected by one or more infectious diseases, according to the UN agencies.

President Macky Sall says he intends to respect the Constitutional Council's ruling and will "carry out the consultations necessary to organise the presidential election as soon as possible".

Highland clans have fought each other in Papua New Guinea for centuries, but an influx of automatic weapons has made clashes more deadly and escalated the cycle of violence.

CODECO fighters ambushed users of a road near the village of Tali, where they stopped 15 people including one woman on Saturday afternoon.

A total of 127 people died in 24 hours, Hamas-run Gaza's health ministry said, as the main battlefront edged closer to far-southern Rafah, where 1.4 million Palestinians live

The Diomaye President Coalition has also demanded the urgent release of jailed opposition Pastef party leader Ousmane Sonko.

Police made several arrests and have called for witnesses and video footage, as they investigate the riots.

US lawmakers have failed formally to renew the scheme for another five years due to the hot-button issue of abortion.

UN's top court will from Monday hold hearings on the legal consequences of Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories since 1967.

His comments at the opening session of the AU summit came after President Macky Sall vowed to organise presidential elections "as soon as possible".