LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM — Channel arrivals on small boats to the United Kingdom hit a record in the first quarter of 2024 with a nearly 42 percent rise over last year, the interior ministry said Monday.
CAIRO— Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi begins his third term this week buoyed by massive fresh financing, but experts say the road out of economic crisis will still be long and arduous.
JERUSALEM—Thousands of Israelis calling for boosted efforts to free the hostages held in Gaza and the ouster of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu marched in Jerusalem Sunday, the second consecutive night of mass protests.
JOHANNESBURG—Two people died and almost 2,000 were left homeless when fires engulfed hundreds of shacks in three separate incidents in South Africa's Cape Town during the weekend, emergency services said Sunday.
LONDON—Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters rallied in London on Saturday, in the latest demonstration in the British capital demanding a ceasefire in Gaza and more aid for the war-ravaged territory.
ANTANANARIVO—A slow-moving cyclone that unexpectedly turned towards Madagascar has killed 18 people, washing away homes and displacing thousands, officials said Friday.
MOGADISHU—The semi-autonomous Somali state of Puntland announced Sunday it would no longer recognize federal institutions after parliament backed a plan for a one-person, one-vote election system.
VATICAN CITY—Pope Francis on Sunday gave Easter Mass with tens of thousands of Catholics at Saint Peter's Square in Vatican City before his traditional blessing, as concerns persist over his health.
NAIROBI— Revenue from tourism in Kenya jumped nearly a third in 2023 over the previous year beating the pre-pandemic numbers, according to the tourism ministry.
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis took the Easter Vigil service at the Vatican Saturday, a day after the last-minute cancellation of his presence at a major Good Friday procession revived questions about his health.
GAZA STRIP—An aid delivery in Gaza descended into chaos on Saturday with shots fired and a Red Crescent paramedic reporting five people killed, as almost six months of Israeli bombardment has left hundreds of thousands in the Palestinian territory in desperate need.
MOGADISHU — Somalia's parliament on Saturday unanimously approved proposals to overhaul the country's electoral system to reintroduce universal suffrage, a plan that has been criticized by some leading politicians.
LOME— Togo's leader Faure Gnassingbe has sent a controversial constitutional reform that would allow lawmakers to elect the president back to parliament for "a second reading," a government minister announced Friday.
DAKAR — Senegal's Constitutional Council on Friday confirmed anti-establishment candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye as president-elect, releasing final official results giving him a first-round victory of 54.28 percent in the March 24 vote.
GOMA, DRC —Prosecutors on Friday urged a military court in the war-torn east of the Democratic Republic of Congo to sentence to death 11 soldiers accused of "cowardice" and "fleeing the enemy," a lawyer said.
LOME, TOGO — The editor of a Togolese newspaper was arrested on Thursday night and faces seven charges including publishing "fake news", according to his lawyer, as media watchdogs warn of a press clampdown ahead of the nation’s upcoming elections.
PARIS—France's lower house of parliament on Thursday approved a bill forbidding workplace discrimination based on hair texture, which the draft law's backers say targets mostly black women wearing their hair naturally.
DAKAR—Senegal's anti-establishment leader Bassirou Diomaye Faye, whose weekend election victory could be officially confirmed within days, was welcomed at the presidential palace Thursday by outgoing leader Macky Sall.
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa's electoral officials said Thursday that they had excluded former President Jacob Zuma from May elections, further stoking tensions in the run-up to the polls.
GENEVA—The situation in chaos-wracked Haiti is "cataclysmic," with more than 1,500 people killed by gang violence so far this year and more weapons pouring into the country, the UN said Thursday.
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