ABUJA, NIGERIA — Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu on Monday suspended his poverty minister following allegations that she diverted public funds into a private bank account.
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES — Israeli military authorities on Monday said the Middle Eastern nation hit targets in south Gaza and across its border with Lebanon — developments that happened ahead of a visit by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken who is seeking to avert a wider war.
BELLINZONA, SWITZERLAND — The trial of Ousman Sonko, a Gambian former interior minister accused of crimes against humanity committed under the regime of ex-dictator Yahya Jammeh, is set to open in Switzerland on Monday.
AMMAN - The United States' top diplomat was in Jordan on Sunday as part of a Middle East tour aiming to ensure the Israel-Hamas war does not spread.
GENEVA - The United Nations' top human rights official voiced alarm on Sunday about rising ethnic tension and calls to violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo following disputed elections.
NAIROBI - -Somalia's president has signed a law "nullifying" a contentious agreement between Ethiopia and Somaliland in a largely symbolic gesture of his government's displeasure over the deal to grant port access.
ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST — The Africa Cup of Nations takes place in Ivory Coast from January 13 to February 11. Some of the biggest names in world football will feature at the tournament.
CAIRO, EGYPT — Sudan's paramilitary chief spent the first months of the country's war in the shadows. Now he has emerged to embrace civilian politicians and tour African capitals in a bid for international legitimacy, analysts say.
BANJUL, GAMBIA — Delivering justice for crimes committed by the Gambian state under ex-dictator Yahya Jammeh is one of the major issues facing President Adama Barrow, who took the reins of the tiny West African nation in 2016.
PARIS — The flamboyantly plumed Secretary Bird and the serpent-catching Snake Eagle are among dozens of Africa's large birds of prey facing a human-driven "extinction crisis" researchers said on Thursday.
DAKAR — Senegal's Constitutional Council on Friday rejected the candidacy of jailed opposition leader Ousmane Sonko to run in next month's presidential vote, his lawyer said.
Sudan recalled its ambassador from Nairobi Thursday in protest at Kenyan President William Ruto's hosting of talks with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces or RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, its acting foreign minister said.
AL-JAZIRA STATE, Sudan - Sudan recalled its ambassador from Nairobi Thursday in protest at Kenyan President William Ruto's hosting of talks with paramilitary commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, its acting foreign minister said.
NEW YORK - Former US president Donald Trump's businesses received at least $7.8 million from foreign governments including China during his time in the White House, a congressional report claimed Thursday.
PARIS — French energy giant TotalEnergies on Thursday said it had launched a review of its land acquisition practices for controversial $10-billion projects in Uganda and Tanzania slammed by environmentalists.
NAIROBI — The African Union appealed for calm in the Horn of Africa after regional tensions soared following a contested port deal between Ethiopia and the breakaway region of Somaliland.
Several state capitol buildings across the United States were evacuated Wednesday over multiple bomb threats, according to officials, one of whom said a "mass email" was responsible for triggering the security response.
NAIROBI – The leader of Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces was holding talks in Kenya on Wednesday amid regional diplomatic efforts to try to forge a cease-fire in the war at home.
AGADEZ, NIGER — The winner falls to his knees, arms raised triumphantly. After just eight minutes, his opponent's knee and elbow have touched the sand, handing "Issaka Issaka" an historic win in Niger's king of sports.
NEW YORK — Acclaimed rapper Snoop Dogg will be a special reporter for US broadcaster NBC at the Paris Olympics this year, the network has announced, reprising his star turn at the Tokyo Games that delighted viewers.
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