MOUNDOU, CHAD —The president of military-led Chad campaigned Thursday in the southern opposition stronghold of Moundou for a May presidential election he is widely expected to win, after his main rivals were ousted from the race.
WASHINGTON—The leaders of the United States, Britain, France and more than a dozen other countries called in a joint statement Thursday for Hamas to release the scores of hostages it is holding.
WASHINGTON—The ongoing tensions in the Middle East threaten to halt -- or even reverse -- some of the recent progress made in tackling global inflation, the World Bank said Thursday.
ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST — Soldiers in Burkina Faso's jihadist-hit north killed at least 223 villagers, including 56 children, in two attacks on February 25, Human Rights Watch said in a report on Thursday.
JOHANNESBURG—Severe drought caused by the El Nino weather phenomenon is threatening southern Africa with grain shortages and food insecurity, a UN food agency said Wednesday.
NOUAKCHOTT— Mauritania President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani said Wednesday he would run for a second term in presidential elections due in June.
LOME—Togo's opposition parties have filed a lawsuit with a West African court in an attempt to overturn a constitutional reform they say allows President Faure Gnassingbe to extend his grip on power.
PARIS—The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo is accusing Apple of using "illegally exploited" minerals extracted from the country's embattled east in its products, lawyers representing the African country said Thursday.
TUNIS, TUNISIA — The bodies of 14 migrants have been found in recent days off the coast of Tunisia's southern Djerba island, a public prosecutor in the city of Medenine told AFP Wednesday.
GENEVA— The World Health Organization (WHO) called Wednesday for a strengthening of global detection networks for the H5N1 bird flu virus which infected a large number of animal species.
TUNIS—The bodies of 14 migrants have been found in recent days off the coast of Tunisia's southern Djerba island, a public prosecutor in the city of Medenine told AFP Wednesday.
WASHINGTON—The United States on Wednesday warned of a looming rebel military offensive on the Sudanese city of el-Fasher, a humanitarian hub that appears to be at the center of a newly opening front in the country's civil war.
TUNIS—Tunisia held a "first advisory meeting" Monday in its capital Tunis with Algerian and Libyan leaders in the hope of establishing a new Maghreb regional coalition.
PARIS —Food insecurity worsened around the world in 2023, with some 282 million people suffering from acute hunger due to conflicts, particularly in Gaza and Sudan, UN agencies and development groups said Wednesday.
BANGUI—Central African Republic President Faustin Archange Touadera declared three days of national mourning on Monday for victims of a river boat disaster, one of the country's deadliest.
LOME—Days before Togo holds legislative elections, opposition and civil society have been torn between the desire to mobilise and the fear of repression since the adoption of a controversial constitutional reform.
NAIROBI —A total of 118 people were the victim of extrajudicial killings by Kenyan police last year, local and international rights groups said in a report published on Wednesday, decrying the "impunity" still enjoyed by the security forces.
NAIROBI—Roads turned into gushing rivers and homes swamped by muddy waters after rainstorms and flash floods wreaked havoc across the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Wednesday.
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES — The Israel-Hamas war entered its 200th day on Tuesday as aid groups warned that Israeli plans to invade the southern city of Rafah where most Gazans have taken refuge would create an "apocalyptic situation."
JERUSALEM—An expected Israeli assault on Rafah has aid groups scrambling for ways to help the 1.5 million civilians sheltering in the south Gaza city but the uncertain timeline poses a logistical nightmare.
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