The United Nations expressed concern Tuesday about a massive food crisis in the Sahel that has been exacerbated by the war in Ukraine, with more than five million additional people now facing "severe food insecurity."
The extinction risk to Madagascar's mammals, including unique species like the lemur, threatens a biodiversity crisis that would take more than 20 million years to heal, scientists warned Tuesday.
The European Union warned Chinese-owned online giant TikTok on Tuesday to respect EU law and ensure the safety of European users' data, as the video-sharing app's CEO met top officials in Brussels.
Twelve Nigeria security personnel and local vigilantes were killed by unidentified gunmen in an area of northwestern Kaduna state where criminal gangs and jihadists are both active, officials said on Tuesday.
The Senegalese government decided Tuesday to ban night buses between towns and villages after the death toll in a weekend head-on crash left 40 dead.
Global growth is expected to slow "perilously close" to recession in 2023, the World Bank said Tuesday, slashing its economic forecast on high inflation, rising interest rates and Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Gabon's President Ali Bongo Ondimba has appointed Alain-Claude Bilie-By-Nze as the new prime minister, tasking him to form a new government in the oil-rich republic.
Here are the nominees in key categories for the 80th Golden Globe Awards, which will be handed out on Tuesday, January 10:
The last eight years were the warmest on record even with the cooling influence of a La Nina weather pattern since 2020, the European Union's climate monitoring service said Tuesday.
A regional force fighting jihadists in Mozambique has opened an investigation over a video purportedly showing some of its troops mistreating corpses, the South African military said on Tuesday.
A Church of England funding body apologized on Tuesday for its historic links to slavery, promising to address the wrongs of the past with investment in affected communities.
U.S. Prsident Joe Biden is in Mexico City for talks with President Manuel Lopez Obrador, as well as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Suspected warlord Gibril Massaquoi appeared Tuesday in a Finnish appeals court accused of atrocities in Liberia's civil war following his acquittal last year in a lower court.
Egypt's government has instructed ministries to cut non-essential spending until the end of the fiscal year in June as it tries to cope with continuing pressure on its currency and rising inflation.
Steven Spielberg's "The Fabelmans," musical biopic "Elvis" and the long-awaited sequels to "Top Gun" and "Avatar" will do battle Tuesday at the Golden Globes, as the Hollywood awards show seeks to rebuild its reputation after being tarnished by recent scandals.
Rwanda can no longer offer refuge to people fleeing violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, President Paul Kagame said Monday, stoking already high tensions between the central African neighbors.
Brazilian far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro has been hospitalized in Orlando, Florida with abdominal pain, media reports said Monday, a day after his supporters invaded the seat of power in Brasilia.
Amnesty International urged Algeria on Monday to annul death penalties against dozens of people over the lynching of a man falsely accused of starting deadly forest fires, state media reported.
A policeman died and three others were wounded Monday in the latest in a string of attacks in a jihadist-hit region of Mali, a senior official said.
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