António Guterres highlighted the importance of economic inclusion for refugees, emphasising that allowing displaced people to participate in local eco...

The global health body added that the fake drugs bear batch numbers that may appear legitimate but show packaging errors, unusual capsule markings and...

The Parisian court on Monday found Lumbala guilty of helping carry out crimes against humanity linked to attacks on civilians in eastern Democratic Re...

AFCON 2025 kicks off in Morocco on December 21, 2025, with 24 teams across six cities. Here are the key dates, groups, venues and players to watch bef...

The EU has launched an eight-flight airlift worth Sh530 million to deliver 100 tonnes of life-saving aid to Sudan’s Darfur region, as conflict and res...

A terror attack at a Hanukkah festival on Sydney’s Bondi Beach killed 16 people and injured at least 40. Police, civilians and tighter security measur...

ICC appeals judges have rejected Israel’s bid to halt or restart the Gaza war crimes investigation, ruling the post-October 2023 hostilities fall with...

Sudden floods in Morocco’s Atlantic port city of Safi killed 37 people, injured dozens and destroyed homes, as authorities warn of more severe weather...

Football Kenya Federation has demoted FIFA referee Erick Njogu to the National Super League and formally warned assistant referee Frederick Kajongo af...

Uganda’s army has confirmed it is holding Rev Fr Deusdedit Ssekabira, a Masaka Diocese priest missing since 3 December, accusing him of subversive act...

A drone attack on a UN logistics base in Kadugli, Sudan, killed six Bangladeshi peacekeepers and injured eight, prompting condemnation from the UN chi...

UNICEF reports over 500,000 people, including 100,000 children, displaced by renewed M23-linked violence in South Kivu, DRC and into Burundi, warning...

Benin authorities arrested Chabi Yayi, son of former president Thomas Boni Yayi, in Cotonou after a foiled coup. His party calls the pre-dawn detentio...

A drone strike on Al-Dilling Military Hospital in southern Sudan killed nine civilians and injured 17, including medical staff, as a doctors’ group bl...

EALA MP Winnie Odinga dismisses claims of infighting in ODM, insisting the party is united under Oburu Oginga and will field candidates, including for...

South Sudan has grounded four aircraft contracted to UNMISS after finding undisclosed surveillance systems and alleged sandalwood smuggling, prompting...

Former Lugari MP Cyrus Jirongo will be buried on December 30, 2025, at his Lumakanda home in Kakamega County, next to his parents, following a fatal r...

Hamas says senior commander Raed Saad was killed in an Israeli strike near Gaza City, accusing Israel of breaching the ceasefire as both sides prepare...

The African Union has warned of escalating violence in eastern DR Congo and Burundi after M23 advances near Uvira, displacing over 200,000 people and...

Heavy rains are flooding Gaza displacement camps, killing a baby and forcing thousands to move. Officials warn of an imminent humanitarian disaster am...

South Sudan has deployed troops to secure the Heglig oil field after Sudan’s RSF seized it, following talks between regional leaders to prevent fighti...

According to senior Beninese officials who spoke to Reuters, Tigri and four other soldiers are hiding in Lome's Lome 2 neighbourhood, which also house...

The jump reflects their successful qualification for the 2026 Women's Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) in Morocco, ending a decade-long absence from the...

Unveiled on Tuesday, the 29-article charter lays out the rules for the one-year transition.

Ghana has protested to Israel after seven citizens, including MPs, were detained and some deported at Ben Gurion Airport, calling the treatment humili...

The UN has rejected Israel’s proposed ‘yellow line’ Gaza border, saying it violates the ceasefire, as Egypt also dismisses US ideas for a foreign-back...

Escalating clashes along the Thailand–Cambodia border have displaced over 500,000 people and killed at least 13, as shelling and air raids hit multipl...

Human rights group FairSquare has filed a complaint with FIFA’s Ethics Committee over Gianni Infantino’s decision to award Donald Trump a peace prize,...

In line with FKF regulations, the Committee ruled that Odha FC be eliminated from the playoffs and barred from participating in any FKF-sanctioned com...

Global leaders and philanthropists have pledged $1.9 billion at an Abu Dhabi summit to support polio eradication, aiming to vaccinate 370 million chil...

The move follows long-standing concerns from parents and lawmakers about social media's effects on young people's mental health.

According to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, Israel broke international law by storming the compound and interfering with UN property and opera...

The Confederation of Sahel States (AES), comprising Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, confirmed the development in a statement, noting that the plane, whi...

The Benin incident is the latest in a series of attempted power grabs across West Africa, often triggered by contested elections, constitutional dispu...

Rwanda Automobile Club has been admitted to the global motorcycle body FIM, giving Rwanda access to sanctioned events, competitions and technical supp...

Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces have seized the Heglig oilfield in South Kordofan, the country’s largest oil hub, in a major setback for the army amid a...

Egypt’s foreign minister has rejected a US-backed interim administration for Gaza, insisting Palestinians must govern themselves and urging open cross...

At least 30 people were killed and 20 injured in a bomb blast in Sange, South Kivu, after clashes between DR Congo’s army and a pro-government militia...

Human Rights Watch urges Tanzania to free detained opposition supporters and activists ahead of independence day, end online censorship, and widen the...

Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu confirms troops were sent to Benin at the government’s request after a failed coup, as ECOWAS deploys a regional force...

WHO confirms drone strikes in Sudan’s South Kordofan killed 114 people, including 63 children, hitting a kindergarten and hospital. The agency urges a...

Sudan has frozen plans for a Russian naval base on the Red Sea, a senior military official says, contradicting reports of progress as the war-torn cou...

A study finds more than 60,000 African penguins died in South Africa between 2004 and 2012 after sardines crashed, highlighting climate and overfishin...

UN Secretary-General António Guterres reaffirmed in New York that he will keep pushing for a Palestine two-state solution, criticising a paralysed Sec...

Hospitals in Gaza report 54 per cent of essential medicines and 40 per cent of surgery drugs are unavailable, as Israel allows only five medical suppl...

The African Union has condemned a failed coup attempt in Benin, led by Lt-Col Pascal Tigri, backing President Patrice Talon and urging an immediate re...

Drone strikes on the army-held town of Kalogi in Sudan’s South Kordofan killed 79 people, including 43 children, hitting a kindergarten and hospital a...

Authorities have urged citizens to remain calm as operations continue to stabilise the capital following the failed coup attempt.

Reports indicate that Yasser Abu Shabab, commander of the Popular Forces, died on Thursday during what Israeli officials described as internal fightin...

The M23 rebels are negotiating separately under Qatar's mediation and will not participate in the Washington ceremony.