Paul Hounkpè, of the Cowry Forces for an Emerging Benin party, is the only opposition candidate in Benin's presidential election.
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In Benin, Finance Minister Romuald Wadagni is the clear favorite in Sunday’s presidential election, backed by outgoing president Patrice Talon, who is stepping down after two terms.
Backed by the ruling bloc, Romuald Wadagni, 49, who has been finance minister for 10 years, faces a single rival, Paul Hounkpe, a former culture minister seen as a moderate
Shireen al-Kurdi is a 36-year-old displaced mother of five. The Palestinian woman is earning a limited income through her hobby of making crochet dolls and selling them at an affordable price.
Gaza was mourning Al Jazeera correspondent Mohammed Wishah on Thursday after he was killed in an Israeli drone strike that hit his car west of Gaza City a day earlier.
Pheap Rom spent decades building a life in the United States, holding permanent resident status since 1985. But today, he finds himself detained in Eswatini, far from the country he once called home.
Lebanon is searching for survivors after Israeli strikes on Beirut, Tyre and the southern village of Abbassiyeh killed at least 203 people and wounded more than 1,000, the health ministry said, as the overall death toll from attacks since early March s...
Western Sahara's independence movement held a military parade in a refugee camp near Tindouf in Algeria on Wednesday.
A man has admitted killing four young children in a kindergarten in Uganda, in an attack that has shocked the nation.
Two French nationals freed after being detained in Iran received a hero’s welcome on Wednesday, as President Macron greeted them at the Elysee Palace.
