A video showing soldiers hurling a corpse onto a pile of burning rubble in Mozambique's jihadist-hit north "gives a glimpse" of what is happening in a "forgotten war," Amnesty International said Thursday.
The head of West Africa's regional bloc has expressed support for jihadist-hit Burkina Faso less than five months after an insurgency sparked by Islamist militants sparked a new coup, the Burkinabe government said.
Tunisia has jailed nine members of an all-women "terrorist" gang accused of plotting to assassinate a government minister, media reported Thursday.
The head of the United Arab Emirates' national oil company was named Thursday as president of this year's COP28 climate talks, prompting fierce criticism from environmental activists.
Fourteen Malian soldiers were killed in a clash with jihadists this week, the army said Thursday, giving a new toll.
Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang said Wednesday that Africa should have a greater voice in the U.N. Security Council and other international bodies, long a demand of the continent's leaders.
Three aid workers have been murdered this month in conflict-battered South Sudan and a disputed border area, the UN's emergency response agency said Wednesday, calling on authorities to bring the killers to justice.
The cost-of-living crisis is the biggest global risk over the next two years, the World Economic Forum warned Wednesday in a survey preceding its annual Davos meetings of global elites.
Benin's opposition has returned to parliament after a four-year absence, winning 28 seats in elections to the 109-member assembly, according to preliminary results on Wednesday.
The Egyptian pound was trading Wednesday at half its value from March after the central bank intervened for a third time as part of an International Monetary Fund loan agreement.
A prominent Kenyan LGBTQ campaigner, Edwin Kiprotich Kipruto, popularly known as Edwin Chiloba, whose body was found dumped in a metal box had been suffocated and socks crammed in his mouth, the government pathologist said Wednesday.
Steven Spielberg claimed top honors including best drama at the Golden Globes on Tuesday for his deeply personal film "The Fabelmans," as Hollywood's A-list stars flocked to the first major awards show of 2023 despite a series of scandals swirling around its organizers. Comedian/Actor Eddie Murphy won a "Lifetime Achievement" award at the ceremonies. Angela Bassett won for "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever."
Germany's antitrust regulator on Wednesday criticized the way Google handles users' data and threatened action against the US tech giant.
Russia said Wednesday it would send a rescue capsule on February 20 for three crew of the International Space Station, after a meteorite damaged the spacecraft that was due to return them to Earth.
The UN rights chief warned Wednesday that a new US border enforcement plan risks undermining the basic foundations of international human rights and refugee law.
UPDATED TO SHOW NEW DEATH TOLL: At least 12 soldiers were killed and five were wounded in clashes with jihadists in central Mali on Tuesday, the army said.
Uganda on Wednesday declared an end to an Ebola virus outbreak that emerged almost four months ago and claimed the lives of 55 people.
Thousands of people turned out in the Gambian capital on Tuesday for the official funeral of a pro-democracy activist who died in custody in 2016 following a protest against former dictator Yahya Jammeh.
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