Niger declares three days of mourning after mosque attack kills 44
Authorities have blamed the deadly attack in the town of Kokorou on the Islamic State in the Great Sahara, an ...
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DRC M23 rebels to withdraw from Walikale in peace gesture
The group said the decision was in line with a ceasefire declared in February and in support of peace initiatives.M23 ...
Metis children: What they did to us was a crime against humanity
I always lived with the idea that my mother didn’t love us, but I don’t think that was the case. ...
Kirsty Coventry elected as first female president of IOC
The International Olympic Committee elected Kirsty Coventry as its first female president with a single round of voting. Source link
In South Africa, Russia’s ‘anti-colonial’ narrative sways public opinion
In 1986, Sue Dobson, a young white woman from Pretoria, was recruited by the African National Congress (ANC) to be ...
Congolese, Rwandan leaders meet in Qatar, call for ceasefire in eastern DRC
The three countries call for ‘immediate and unconditional ceasefire’ in eastern DRC.Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) President Felix Tshisekedi ...
Ramadan 2025: Where does suhoor end as iftar begins elsewhere? | Religion News
As the world spins, Muslims in one city begin their fast while others on the opposite side of the world ...
Chihombori-Quao: USAID was ‘a wolf in sheep’s clothing’ in Africa
Former African Union ambassador to the US says US government’s aid agency had a ‘major meddling agenda’ across Africa.Far from ...
US says South African ambassador ‘no longer welcome’
The Trump administration has frequently sparred with South Africa over the legacy of apartheid and criticism of Israel.The administration of ...
Formula One: South Africa bids to return F1 to continent – where, when, how
More than three decades after Formula One engines last roared on African tarmac, South Africa is mounting a bid to ...
South Sudan’s rising violence in “polarised regional environment”
Alan Boswell of the International Crisis Group unpacks South Sudan’s escalating violence, who’s behind it, and what’s next.Alan Boswell from ...
DRC and M23 rebels to begin direct talks next week, mediator Angola says
A spokesperson for DRC’s President Felix Tshisekedi told the Reuters news agency that they had received an invitation from Angola ...
Ramadan 2025: Which countries grow the most dates?
As the sun sets during the holy month of Ramadan, many Muslims break their fast with a sweet, brown dried ...
Tuberculosis Resurgent as Trump Funding Cut Disrupts Treatment Globally
Dalvin Modore walked as if there was broken glass beneath his feet, stepping gingerly, his frail shoulders hunched against the ...
Uganda deploys troops in South Sudan as civil war fears grow
Mounting tension in South Sudan leads to clashes as power-sharing deal between President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar ...
‘Alarming regression’ in path to peace in South Sudan, UN commission warns
South Sudan has seen an “alarming regression” as clashes in recent weeks in the country’s northeast threaten to undo years ...
Women on the front line
On International Women’s Day, Al Jazeera’s journalists Teresa Bo, Fahmida Miller, and Maram Humaid reflect on what it’s like to ...
How Foreign Aid Cuts Are Setting the Stage for Disease Outbreaks
Dangerous pathogens left unsecured at labs across Africa. Halted inspections for mpox, Ebola and other infections at airports and other ...
Fighting flares in South Sudan: Is the 2018 peace deal in danger?
South Sudan’s president, Salva Kiir, this week ordered a series of high-level arrests and dismissals of political and army figures ...
ICC Champions Trophy 2025: New Zealand beat South Africa in semifinal
New Zealand beat South Africa by 50 runs in Lahore to qualify for Sunday’s cricket final against India in Dubai.New ...
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