ADDIS ABABA — Sudan's government on Monday refused to participate in a regional meeting to resolve the crisis in the conflict-wracked nation, accusing Kenya, which chaired the talks, of favoring rival forces.
Pope Francis on Sunday announced that he would elevate 21 churchmen, including three from Africa, to the high rank of cardinal, again putting his mark on the group that will one day choose his successor after his death or resignation.
West Africa’s regional bloc, Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, voted Sunday to appoint Nigeria’s newly appointed President Bola Tinubu as chairman, amid deepening regional insecurity, military coups and terrorism.
HARARE — Zimbabwean police Friday thwarted a planned weekend opposition campaign rally over lack of toilets and unsuitable roads to the venue, the latest in a series of bans ahead of August's polls.
TUNIS — Human Rights Watch on Friday urged Tunisia to put an end to what it called the "collective expulsions" of Black African migrants to a desert area near the Libyan border.
NAIROBI — Kenya police fired tear-gas on Friday to disperse protesters marching against a new finance law that has doubled the fuel tax and introduced a housing levy for employees. One man was shot dead amid the unrest, a hospital official said.
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has announced plans to tighten protection for classified information following the explosive leaks of hundreds of intelligence documents that were accessed through security gaps at a Massachusetts Air National Guard base.
VIENNA — OPEC ministers and executives from oil companies told a two-day conference in Vienna governments needed to turn their attention from supply to demand. But Sultan al-Jaber, head of the COP28 Climate Summit, told OPEC the industry must decarbonize and eliminate operational emissions.
MINSK — The mutinous head of Russia's Wagner group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, is no longer in Belarus — and it is not clear if his fighters will move there, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Thursday, raising questions about the deal that ended last month's revolt
JOHANNESBURG — The death toll from an overnight gas cylinder leak in a South African shantytown rose to 17 on Thursday, as one local official blamed the accident on an illegal mining operation that went wrong.
GENEVA — Around 18 million doses of the first malaria vaccine will be delivered to 12 African countries by 2025, the World Health Organization, UNICEF, and the Vaccine Alliance said Wednesday.
SFAX, TUNISIA — Racial tensions in Sfax have flared into violence targeting migrants from sub-Saharan Africa, dozens of whom were forcibly evicted from the city or fled. Tunisia has removed hundreds of these migrants to a desolate area along the border with Libya, witnesses say.
PARIS — Tuesday was the hottest day ever recorded as the global average temperature leaped to a record high for the second day in a row, according to preliminary readings by U.S. meteorologists published Wednesday.
Preparations were underway Tuesday on Constitution Avenue in the U.S. capital for the National Independence Day Parade, as Americans celebrate the July 4 holiday.
The holiday celebrates Second Continental Congress’ unanimous adoption of Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, a document announcing colonies’ separation from Great Britain
United Nations agencies are warning of dangerously high levels of hunger in East and West Africa, urging swift global action to head off catastrophic outcomes with donations slow to roll in.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday struck down race-conscious student admissions programs at two universities in a sharp setback to affirmative action policies often used increase the number of Black, Hispanic and other underrepresented minority groups on campuses.
WASHINGTON — Sudan's army chief Abdel-Fattah al-Burhan and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo independently announced temporary cease-fires to coincide with the Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha, declarations coming as the conflict between the two warring parties continues for the 11th week.
WASHINGTON — The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on companies in the United Arab Emirates, Central African Republic and Russia, accusing them of illicit gold dealings to fund Russia's Wagner Group mercenary force.
FREETOWN — Voting was underway in Sierra Leone on Saturday in a national election which the main opposition party hopes will see public frustration with deep economic hardship foil President Julius Maada Bio's re-election bid.
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