Africa
Madagascar heads to polls amid opposition boycott
Madagascar's voters headed to polls early on Thursday in a presidential election boycotted by 10 out of 12 opposition candidates...
Africa seeks action plan on slavery reparations at Ghana conference
Financial reparations are long overdue to Africans and the diaspora as compensation for the enslavement of people of African descent,...
Ugandan army officers sacked for cowardice in attack on Somalia’s Bulo Marer Atmis base
A Ugandan military court has found two officers guilty of cowardice as Islamist fighters stormed an African Union base in...
Self-exiled Ivory Coast ex-PM Guillaume Soro plans return
Former Ivory Coast Prime Minister Guillaume Soro, who took himself into exile in 2019, says he plans to return home...
UN warns violence in Sudan ‘verging on pure evil’
Violence against civilians in Sudan is "verging on pure evil," a senior United Nations official warned on Friday, as a...
Egypt’s stumbling economy faces new pressures from Gaza crisis
Egypt's struggling economy faces new risks as the war in the neighbouring Gaza Strip threatens to disrupt tourism bookings and...
Liberia heads to competitive runoff between President Weah and former VP Boakai
Liberians will vote on Tuesday in a runoff election between President George Weah and former vice president Joseph Boakai after...
Fighting in Ethiopia’s Amhara region prompts fear for ancient churches
A fresh eruption of fighting in northern Ethiopia has raised concerns among residents about the safety of rock-hewn churches in...
Explosion at Canadian embassy in Nigeria kills two
An explosion at the Canadian High Commission in Nigeria killed two people, including a locally engaged employee, forcing a temporary...
Thousands flee fresh ethnic killings in Sudan’s Darfur
There has been a significant increase in the number of people fleeing fresh violence in the Sudanese region of Darfur,...
