South African president defends 30 years of ANC rule in speech to Parliament ahead...
President Cyril Ramaphosa insisted Thursday that his ruling African National Congress party is making progress in addressing South Africa’s problems such as record unemployment, an electricity crisis and corruption allegations that have even dented his own...
About 13 children die each day at a camp in Sudan for displaced people,...
Thirteen children are dying each day of severe malnutrition at the Zamzam camp in Sudan’s northern Darfur as a consequence of the 10-month war in their country, a medical charity said Monday.
Namibia’s President Hage Geingob dies at 82 after cancer diagnosis
Namibia’s President Hage Geingob, 82, died early on Sunday, the presidency said, after being diagnosed with cancer.
“It is with utmost sadness and regret that I inform you that...
Tunisian opposition party leader sentenced to 3 years as crackdown on president’s critics continues
The head of Tunisia’s largest opposition party was sentenced to three years in prison in the latest display of the North African country’s crackdown on critics of President Kais Saied.
Rached...
Thousands march against femicide in Kenya following the January slayings of at least 14...
Thousands of people marched in cities and towns in Kenya during protests Saturday over the recent slayings of more than a dozen women. The anti-femicide demonstration was the largest event ever held in the...
Egypt’s leader el-Sissi slams Ethiopia-Somaliland coastline deal and vows support for Somalia
Egypt’s leader said Sunday his country stands shoulder to shoulder with Somalia in its dispute with landlocked Ethiopia, which struck a deal with Somaliland to obtain access to the sea and establish a marine...
The Non-Aligned Movement calls Israel’s war in Gaza illegal and condemns attacks on Palestinians
Heads of states of the Non-Aligned Movement Saturday called Israel’s military campaign in the Gaza Strip “illegal” and strongly condemned indiscriminate attacks against Palestinian civilians, civilian infrastructure and the forced displacement of...
1 dead, at least 6 injured in post-election unrest in the Indian Ocean island...
A second day of unrest in the Indian Ocean island nation of Comoros on Thursday left one person dead and at least six others injured, a health official said.
Harsh Israeli rhetoric against Palestinians becomes central to South Africa’s genocide case
Fighting “human animals.” Making Gaza a “slaughterhouse.” “Erasing the Gaza Strip from the face of the earth.”
Such inflammatory rhetoric is a key component of South Africa’s case accusing Israel of...
In Uganda, refugees’ need for wood ravaged the forest. Now, they work to restore...
Enock Twagirayesu was seeking sanctuary when he and his family fled violence in Burundi, and they found it in Uganda, the small East African nation that has absorbed thousands of refugees from unsettled...