The World Health Organization issued its first situation report on the spread of monkeypox on Thursday, detailing the typical profile of those affected by the outbreak so far.
The M23 rebel group active in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo said on Thursday that it is not bound by a ceasefire deal announced the previous day.
Seventeen Guinean police officers have been injured, one seriously, after violent demonstrations Tuesday and Wednesday following the arrests of three leaders of an influential political and civil society coalition, police said.
A rarity in the conservative predominantly Muslim country, Bilan (meaning "beauty" in Somali) is funded by the United Nations Development Program and operates out of the offices of Dalsan, a popular television and radio station based in the capital Mogadishu.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has resigned following the sudden departure of several key ministers and a growing lack of confidence. The Conservative Party leader presided over a tumultuous time in office including the economic fallout from COVID and the Russian war in Ukraine.
The World Health Organization said Wednesday it will reconvene its monkeypox experts to decide if the worsening outbreak now constitutes a global public health emergency -- the highest level of alert.
Blaise Compaore, the former president of Burkina Faso who was ousted in a 2014 uprising and sentenced in April to life in prison, has returned home to take part in a reconciliation process.
Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg announced on Wednesday that his firm now had a block of 200 languages that could be translated into each other, doubling the number in just two years.
Fuel prices soared in Ethiopia on Wednesday after the government reduced subsidies, adding to economic hardship for people already struggling with high inflation.
Three poachers suspected of killing several rhinos in South Africa's Kruger National Park were arrested after they were tracked down by sniffer dogs, park officials said on Wednesday.
Sudanese anti-coup protesters manned barricades on the streets of the capital Wednesday, saying they did not believe promises by the army chief he would make way for a civilian government.
A Kenyan court on Wednesday dropped all corruption charges against suspended football chief Nick Mwendwa after prosecutors failed to provide any evidence against him.
Germany's anti-cartel watchdog said Wednesday it has placed e-commerce giant Amazon under closer surveillance for any possible abuse of its market position.
The German cabinet on Wednesday signed off plans to make it easier for migrants with "tolerated" status to stay in the country permanently and integrate into the job market.
Gunmen attacked an advance security convoy for President Muhammadu Buhari as they were preparing for his visit to his home state in the country's northwest, the presidency said.
Gunmen used explosives to blast into a prison near Nigeria's capital late Tuesday, freeing hundreds of inmates but prison authorities said they had recaptured most of those who escaped.
South Africa bade an emotional farewell on Wednesday to 21 people, mostly teens, who died in unclear circumstances at a township tavern last month, in an incident that deeply shook the nation.
Somalia's new President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud says ending Al-Shabaab's violent insurgency requires more than a military approach, and his government will negotiate with the extremist group only when the time is right.
Ethiopia's Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) rebellion on Tuesday denied responsibility for the massacre of civilians the day before in the Oromia region, and blamed a government-allied militia with the passive complicity of security forces.
Sudan's main civilian bloc, the Forces for Freedom and Change, on Tuesday rejected a proposal by the country's coup leader to make way for civilian rule as a "transparent maneuver" and urged more protests.
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