International
ECOWAS responds to Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso exit from ECOWAS
The ECOWAS Commission says it is yet to receive any direct formal notification from the three Member States about their...
Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso exit from ECOWAS
The military juntas in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger jointly announced their immediate withdrawal from the Economic Community of West...
UNRWA claims: UN agency condemns aid halt over alleged help for Hamas attacks
The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, has urged the countries that halted funding to reconsider their...
Burkina Faso thanks Russia for ‘priceless gift’ of wheat
Burkina Faso says it has received 25,000 tons of free wheat from Russia. Confirming the news, one minister called the...
Blinken recalibrates US focus in Africa
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit to Africa ended with a stopover in Angola. Analysts suggest Blinken was seeking...
Trump must pay $83.3 damages in defamation case, jury says
A US jury on Friday ordered former US President Donald Trump to pay $83.3 million (€76.7 million) in damages for...
Mali ends peace deal with separatist groups
The military rulers of Mali have ended a major peace deal with Tuareg separatist rebels in the north of the country, government spokesperson...
Uganda minister says people dying of hunger are ‘idiots’
A Ugandan government minister is facing criticism after calling those who have died of hunger in his country "idiots". Many...
UN says nine killed at Gaza shelter as fighting rages
At least nine people were killed and 75 injured when a UN facility sheltering civilians was struck in Khan Younis...
Asante Gold: UK to loan back Ghana’s looted ‘crown jewels’
The UK is sending some of Ghana's "crown jewels" back home, 150 years after looting them from the court of...
