Africa
Human rights group Amnesty International has called on the Tunisian authorities to drop criminal investigation measures against 17 political prisoners and critics of the country's president, Kais Saied. "The criminal investigation is among the most nakedly aggressive attacks by authorities on dissent since a power grab by the president in 2021," Amnesty said in a ...
A leading Senegalese opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko, has been found guilty of libel and handed a two month suspended jail sentence. Sonko was charged with libel after accusing ...
"Nigeria's national air carrier Air Peace is ready to operate direct flights to Israel for the first time, starting April 20," the Israeli Transport Ministry said in a ...
US President Joe Biden on Friday welcomed the release of "Hotel Rwanda" hero Paul Rusesabagina by Rwanda. "Paul's family is eager to welcome him back to the United ...
The Moroccan Minister of Health and Social Protection Khalid Ait Taleb held talks, on Thursday in Rabat, with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Cooperation and Burkinabe Abroad ...
Kenya on Monday received about 30,000 metric tonnes of wheat from Ukraine to help families affected by drought and famine. The donation is part of Ukraine's humanitarian programme. ...
A new report says an estimated 43,000 people died amid Somalia’s longest drought on record last year and half of them likely were children under 5 years old. It is ...
A US aid worker and French journalist who had been kidnapped by militants in West Africa have been released. Jeffery Woodke and Olivier Dubois were seen leaving a ...
Armed forces in eastern Libya say they have found about two and a half tonnes of uranium ore that were reported missing by the International Atomic Energy Agency. Ten drums containing the ore were found near the border with Chad, said the head of the forces' media unit. The IAEA has not verified the claim. ...
Algeria expects on Monday a governmental reshuffle that would include the position of Foreign Ministry, as Ramtane Lamamra is expected to leave after a year and 8 months ...
