UNITED NATIONS HQ, NEW YORK - The UN General Assembly on Wednesday adopted by consensus and to cheers a resolution calling for the world body's top court to outline legal obligations related to climate change.
KINSHASA - Rampant insecurity in eastern DRC is having a devastating impact on education, the United Nations said on Wednesday, interrupting schooling for nearly 750,000 children in the turbulent region.
LAGOS - A lingering cash crunch in Nigeria, which saw long lines of customers at banks and cash dispenser machines was easing on Wednesday after the central bank reissued old naira notes back into circulation.
MASERU, LESOTHO - Lawmakers in Lesotho were to discuss on Wednesday whether the country should seek to reclaim large swathes of land from powerful neighbor South Africa.
RABAT - Morocco is struggling to balance its alliance with Israel with support for the domestically popular Palestinian cause, an increasingly complex challenge with Israel ruled by its most right-wing government ever.
PARIS - Elon Musk and a range of experts called on Wednesday for a pause in the development of powerful artificial intelligence (AI) systems to allow time to make sure they are safe.
OSLO - The world's number of operational atomic warheads increased in 2022, driven largely by Russia and China, a new report out Wednesday said as nuclear tensions have risen since the war in Ukraine.
JOHANNESBURG — The Botswana government on Tuesday dismissed as "outrageous and unfortunate" allegations made by ex-president Ian Khama accusing his successor of undermining democracy in one of Africa's most stable nations.
WASHINGTON - US consumer confidence rose unexpectedly in March, but remains below last year's average, according to survey data released Tuesday.
CAIRO - In a time of dire economic trouble, Egyptians are holding fast to the Ramadan tradition of charity, termed "Zakat," with both donors and those in need pinning hopes on holiday generosity.
NAIROBI — President William Ruto on Tuesday said Kenyans must obey the law a day after anti-government protests turned violent with police firing tear gas and looters going on a rampage.
PARIS - Cancer-causing chemical compounds called nitrosamines have been detected in a range of everyday foods and could pose a health risk to consumers, the European Food Safety Agency warned on Tuesday.
STOCKHOLM - Benin singer Angelique Kidjo won one of Europe's top music prizes Tuesday along with Britain's Chris Blackwell, founder of Island Records, and Estonian composer Arvo Part.
KAMPALA - South Africa's power firm Eskom returned two hydropower plants to Uganda's government after Kampala authorities declined to renew its license, Uganda's energy minister said.
DAKAR — A close associate and spokesman of Senegal opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was on Monday charged over the spreading of "fake news", a lawyer said, as political tensions rise in the west African nation.
TUNIS - Tunisia on Monday called for a "constructive discourse" from the European Union after a string of leaders warned the country is facing a crisis that could impact the 27-member bloc.
GABORONE, BOTSWANA - In a perceived challenge to De Beers's dominance of Botswana's diamond industry, the southern African nation's government announced Monday it will buy a 24 percent stake in Belgium gem trader HB Antwerp.
ROME - Italian authorities have detained a migrant rescue vessel run by German charity Louise Michel, the NGO and the Italian coastguard service said on Sunday.
KIKWIT , DRC - Fourteen people have been killed in western Democratic Republic of Congo, including 12 villagers hacked to death with machetes, a local official said on Monday.
JOHANNESBURG - Botswana's former president Ian Khama has vowed to vigorously campaign to dethrone his handpicked successor Mokgweetsi Masisi, now a bitter rival whom he accuses of being a threat to democracy, in next year's elections.
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