Suspected CODECO militants killed at least 16 civilians over the weekend in eastern DRC's troubled Ituri province, local sources said Monday.
The ozone layer that shields life on Earth from deadly solar radiation is on track to recover within decades, but controversial geoengineering schemes to blunt global warming could reverse that progress, a major scientific assessment warned Monday.
The American rapper Young Thug is set to go on trial Monday on charges that his record label is a front for a crime ring.
Five suspects appeared in a Kenyan court on Monday over the death of a prominent LGBTQ campaigner as police continue to investigate the gruesome killing.
Worldwide acts of piracy fell to their lowest level last year since statistics were first established in 2008, a maritime security body said on Monday.
Brazilian security forces locked down the area around Congress, the presidential palace and the Supreme Court Monday, a day after supporters of ex-president Jair Bolsonaro stormed the seat of power in riots that triggered an international outcry.
Uganda said on Monday it was expecting to declare an end to an Ebola virus outbreak that emerged late last year and has claimed the lives of at least 56 people.
Ugandan police said Monday they have arrested a key suspect who went on the run after a deadly stampede at a New Year's Eve party in the capital Kampala.
Kenya appealed on Monday to the Confederation of African Football to be included in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.
An independent Ugandan media group said Sunday it is appealing to the country's Supreme Court against a controversial ruling for defaming a senior government official over a mega corruption case.
Better management of nitrogen-rich fertilizers through alternating crops, optimizing use and other measures can yield huge environmental and health benefits, but must boost food production at the same time, researchers warned Wednesday.
Paris judges have dropped a criminal investigation into the use of a pesticide, chlordecone, which sent cancer rates soaring in the French Antilles, saying too much time had passed to secure convictions.
Prince Harry is facing a backlash in the UK and beyond over his memoir "Spare", with criticism from the media, commentators, army veterans and even the Taliban, as Buckingham Palace kept silent on the widely leaked contents.
The UN rights chief called Saturday on the transitional authorities in jihadist-hit Burkina Faso to swiftly and transparently probe the killing of 28 people whose bodies were found last weekend.
Two months after a ceasefire deal between the Ethiopian government and Tigray rebels to end two years of devastating war, Africa's largest Christian site is alive with excitement and religious fervor as the faithful flock to Lalibela for the festivities.
Media rights groups have called for South Sudanese authorities to release six journalists detained over a video reportedly showing President Salva Kiir urinating on himself.
Benin goes to the polls Sunday for a legislative ballot marked by the opposition's electoral return following a de-facto ban four years ago.
The Wikimedia Foundation, which hosts online encyclopedia Wikipedia, has disputed a report by activists claiming it found evidence the Saudi Arabian government "infiltrated" its team in the region.
The United States announced $3 billion dollars in military assistance for Ukraine on Friday, which the White House said was the largest aid package for Kyiv to date.
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