COLUMBIA, South Carolina - President Joe Biden spoke about his religious faith at services on Sunday at an African-American church in South Carolina, as he works to bolster Black support likely to prove crucial to his re-election chances in November.
KADUNA, Nigeria - The Nigerian Air Force on Sunday said it regretted a strike that killed dozens of civilians and injured others a year ago, accepting for the first time its responsibility for the incident investigated by Reuters.
LONDON - Britain, Italy, the Netherlands and Finland became the latest countries on Saturday to pause funding for the U.N. refugee agency for Palestinians (UNRWA), following allegations that some of its staff were involved in the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel.
BOAKE — Angola's Gelson Dala scored twice as they reached the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals with a comprehensive 3-0 last-16 victory over neighbors Namibia.
KINSHASA — Chinese construction companies will invest up to $7 billion in infrastructure projects as part of an agreement over their Sicomines copper and cobalt joint venture in the Democratic Republic of Congo, they said on Saturday.
BENI — The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Democratic Republic of Congo said on Saturday it deployed troops to secure a corridor for people fleeing more violence in the nation’s eastern region.
THE HAGUE — The World Court on Friday ordered Israel to take action to prevent acts of genocide as it wages war against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip, but it stopped short of calling for an immediate cease-fire.
ROME — African leaders converge on Rome this weekend for a summit where Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will finally unveil a strategic plan aimed at redefining Italy's relations with the continent and curbing immigration.
NAIROBI — A Kenyan court on Friday ruled a plan to send police officers to Haiti to lead a U.N. approved mission was unconstitutional, throwing into doubt the future of an initiative aimed at tackling gang violence in the Caribbean nation.
TEL AVIV - Ahead of Saturday's International Holocaust Remembrance Day, three young Israelis were reunited for the first time since Hamas gunmen tore through revelers at the outdoor Nova music festival in southern Israel, killing more than 360 people at the site and dragging others back to Gaza.
LONDON — The president of Europe's Court of Human Rights said on Thursday Britain had a legal obligation to comply with its injunctions after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he would ignore such orders over his plan to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda.
Egypt aims to deepen ties with other BRICS members after acceding to the group at the start of this year, and trade volumes have already been strengthening, the country's planning minister said on Thursday.
MAIDUGURI, NIGERIA — At least 30 people have been killed and several others injured in Nigeria's central Plateau state in a series of attacks around Mangu town, despite a curfew imposed by the state government, a community spokesperson said.
FREETOWN — A national park that provides clean water to Sierra Leone's capital Freetown is critically under threat due to human activities such as land grabbing, charcoal burning, quarrying and marijuana cultivation, a United Nation report said on Tuesday.
DAR ES SALAAM — Tanzania's political opposition held its first major protest in years on Wednesday to demand constitutional changes to reduce presidential powers and reform of the electoral commission ahead of a general election next year.
JOHANNESBURG — News24, a South African news website, on Wednesday reported that Pretoria expects the International Court of Justice, ICJ, on Friday to rule on whether it will grant emergency measures to stop the war in Gaza.
ABUJA/WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday said the United States is determined to remain a strong security partner for Nigeria, whose military is backed by the U.S., Britain and other allies in a long war against Islamist insurgents.
ABIDJAN — Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema on Tuesday promised the West African nation’s football team playing in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations a bonus worth over $1 million after their upset 4-0 win over hosts Ivory Coast on Monday.
KAMPALA — Uganda is negotiating with an investment company led by a member of Dubai's royal family to develop a planned $4 billion refinery for some of its crude oil, its energy minister said on Tuesday.
LONDON - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak suffered a setback to his plans to deport some asylum seekers to Rwanda after parliament's upper house backed a largely symbolic motion to delay ratification of a treaty aimed at overcoming a legal block.
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