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 m...

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 t...

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...

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...

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 bee...

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...

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 r...

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...

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 rec...

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...

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 say...

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...

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 th...

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

Speaking after his appointment, Sonko said he would present Faye with a full list of proposed ministerial appointments for his approval.

Japan's Meteorological Agency issued a warning for tsunami waves as high as three metres (10 feet).

In power for the past decade, the 69-year-old former army chief is set to remain president until 2030.

Hundreds of officials and several African heads of state attended the ceremony in the new town of Diamniadio near the capital Dakar.

Faye has vowed to restore national sovereignty over key assets such as the oil, gas and fishing sectors.

Further raising regional tensions during the Gaza war, Israeli air strikes destroyed an Iranian embassy consular annex in Syria, Damascus and Tehran s...

Erdogan, 70, had launched an all-out personal campaign to win back Istanbul, the economic powerhouse where he was once mayor. 

Revenue rose 31.5 per cent last year to hit Sh352.5 billion (nearly $2.7 billion), a Tourism ministry report says.

Japanese Takamoto Katsuta finished second.

All eyes will be on Istanbul, the national "jewel" that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hopes to pry away from the opposition.

High winds ripped down trees and torrents of water gushed through villages after Cyclone Gamane changed course and made landfall in the north.

The IMF action, repeatedly postponed and eagerly awaited by the Egyptian government, arrives at a time of mounting difficulties for its economy.

Faye vowed to "fight corruption at every level" rebuild institutions and tackle the cost of living crisis.

At least seven of the presidential contenders congratulated Faye in light of initial indications from the ongoing vote count.

All four risk a life sentence in prison, a statement from Moscow's Basmanny district court said.

Around 1,100 French citizens live in Haiti, many of them holding dual nationalities.

The announcement came as Africa's second most populous country, with about 120 million people, seeks to shore up its finances.

The winner will be tasked with steering Senegal, viewed as a beacon of democracy in coup-hit West Africa, out of its recent troubles and managing reve...

Three people were killed after Al-Shabaab militants stormed the SYL hotel near the highly fortified presidential palace compound on March 14, leading...

The kidnapping in Kuriga, Kaduna state on March 7 was one of the biggest such attacks in years and prompted a national outcry over insecurity.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has vowed to punish those behind the "barbaric terrorist attack", saying four gunmen trying to flee to Ukraine had be...

Navy spokesman Vivek Madhwal said this week marked the first time in more than a decade that men captured at sea would be brought to Indian shores to...

The assault comes after Al-Shabaab gunmen attacked a hotel near the presidential palace in Mogadishu on March 14, killing three people.

The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack, the deadliest in Russia in almost two decades.

Among the 11 suspects apprehended are four gunmen, Russian authorities say, as the number of people killed climbs towards 100.

President Macky Sall, in power since 2012, is not standing again, making it the first Senegalese poll where the incumbent is not on the ballot.

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the attack that has left at least 60 dead and 100 wounded.

The Tunisian Ministry of Religious Affairs, accused journalist Mohamed Boughalleb of "damaging her honour and reputation" in Facebook posts, according...

Harrowing scenes played out as the tiny, Caribbean country continued to wait for the establishment of a promised transitional government meant to rest...

Sport is suspended in Sudan, where a conflict has killed thousands and displaced millions since April 2023.

Suspected armed youths belonging to the Anyuak ethnic group from Pochalla County ambushed a convoy on Tuesday morning.

Stanis Bujakera, 33, has been jailed since September over an article that suggested Congolese military intelligence operatives killed opposition polit...

UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini said he had "intended to go into Rafah today, but was informed my entry had been declined.

Her 2019 collection Salt of the Earth featured ropes, salt crystals and patinated blue-green brass, and was showcased in exhibitions at London's Victo...

Amad Diallo scored the winner as Manchester United knocked out Liverpool to advance to the semi-finals of the FA Cup on Sunday evening

The December hijacking of the ship was the first time since 2017 that any cargo vessel had been successfully boarded by Somali pirates.

Kenya, which had agreed to provide a thousand police officers and lead that mission, said Tuesday the deployment would be suspended until a presidenti...

Ocean Viking also has aboard 113 people recovered on Wednesday night and a further 88 rescued on Thursday from "an overloaded inflatable craft".

The humanitarian emergency has forced some countries to use airdrops and sea routes for aid supplies because of limited land access to Gaza via Jordan...

Jimmy Cherizier, the powerful Haitian gang leader known as "Barbecue" said his coalition of armed groups "do not care about Ariel Henry's resignation....

Sudan's vast western region was still reeling from the carnage of 2003 when a new war broke out last April between the army and the paramilitary Rapid...

With gang leaders demanding his removal, and the neighbouring Dominican Republic not welcoming him, the United States allowed him to land in Puerto Ri...

The three other organisations behind the legal action were the Danish branches of Amnesty International, Oxfam and Palestinian human rights organisati...

Henry, 74, studied medicine in France and made a name for himself in Haiti as a neurologist.

The Treasury said the "expansive business network" was part of an international fundraising and money-laundering web for the Al-Shabaab.

Even before the West African nation had fully emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic, it was rocked by violent riots in March 2021 triggered by the arrest...

In Gaza's southern border city of Rafah, where 1.5 million people have sought refuge, the usual generous Iftar meal marking the end of the day's fast...

"The start of Ramadan has been sad and covered in darkness, with the taste and stench of blood everywhere," said one displaced Palestinian man, Awni a...

The Gunners remain top of the EPL log with a superior goal difference as compared to second-placed Liverpool. Both have 64 points after 28 matches

Kagame, 66, has been President since 2000 although he has effectively been in control since his rebel force marched into Kigali in 1994 to end a genoc...