ANTANANARIVO, MADAGASCAR — President Andry Rajoelina took the oath in a packed stadium on Saturday to start a new term as Madagascar's leader, rebuffing an opposition boycott and international concerns over the island's future.
Bravian Mise hits a series of grand jetes — leaping like a gazelle across the cramped living room — and pirouettes during an exhaustive rehearsal at his home in a Kenyan slum.
The Israeli army, also known as the Israeli Defense Forces, IDF, said its troops shot and killed three hostages on Friday after "mistakenly" identifying them as a threat during its ground operation in the Gaza Strip.
GENEVA — The World Health Organization warned on Friday that the mpox epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo could spread internationally, as sexual transmissions accelerate.
Fighting between armed groups and the army in northwest Nigeria has forced international aid group Medecins sans Frontieres, MSF, to evacuate some of its staff in the area, the agency said Friday.
WAD MADANI, SUDAN — Fighting between the Sudanese army and paramilitaries on the outskirts of Wad Madani sent already displaced families fleeing again Friday, as the country's conflict entered its ninth month.
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES — Israel pressed its offensive in Gaza on Friday despite mounting international calls for restraint, with key backer the United States saying the war to destroy Hamas must not lead to a long-term Israeli occupation of the territory.
ABUJA — Niger's deposed President Mohamed Bazoum must be freed immediately from detention, where he has been held since a July 26 coup, the court of the Economic Community of West African States ordered on Friday.
N'DJAMENA — Chadians vote on Sunday on a new constitution, in a key step towards elections promised, but postponed, by the ruling junta and seen as a test of legitimacy for the Deby dynasty's more than 30-year rule.
The Democratic Republic of Congo has asked the United Nations mission there for help in transporting material needed for general elections next week, even as it pushes for that mission to leave, according to a letter from the ambassador seen by AFP on Thursday.
DAKAR, SENEGAL — An international media watchdog on Thursday urged Guinea's military-led authorities to lift restrictive measures against some of the country's privately-owned media, condemning "attacks on press freedom on a considerable scale."
PARIS - After COP28's landmark call for the world to move away from fossil fuels, experts say the pressure is on to fast-track -- and fund -- the global energy transition.
ROME - The Council of Europe, the continent's top rights body, on Thursday condemned Italy's "criminalisation" of charity migrant rescue vessels and voiced alarm over Rome's cooperation with Libya and Tunisia on migrants.
DUBAI -— An agreement to "transition away" from fossil fuels may be a landmark moment but don't expect quick changes among the major producers of the Gulf, where the deal was hammered out.
DAR ES SALAAM — Tanzania's foreign ministry on Thursday confirmed the death of one of its nationals who was "killed immediately after being captured by Hamas" during the October 7 attacks in southern Israel.
DAKAR — A Senegalese judge on Thursday ordered that jailed opposition leader Ousmane Sonko be reinstated on the electoral roll, clearing the way for him to stand in next year's presidential election.
JOHANNESBURG — The United States has struck hundreds of deals worth $14.2 billion with African nations over the past year, government officials said on Wednesday, as Washington seeks to counter China's growing influence on the continent.
DAKAR — The Senegalese courts will decide on Thursday whether imprisoned opposition politician Ousmane Sonko will be reinstated on the electoral ballot and allowed to stand in the February 2024 presidential elections, a judge announced on Tuesday at the end of a hearing in Dakar.
GENEVA — Humanitarian agencies are facing dire funding shortages to address a multitude of global crises, the United Nations refugee agency warned Wednesday, saying it alone needed $400 million by the end of the year.
DUBAI - Sultan Al Jaber, the UAE oil chief who headed COP28 in Dubai, promised that this year's UN climate talks would be "different". He did not disappoint.
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