Cocoa plantations in Cameroon are grappling with black pod disease, in an outbreak that has been fuelled by weeks of heavy rain. According to officials, relying on low-cost fungicides has not helped the situation.
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Robert Redford, the charismatic Hollywood star who evolved into an Oscar-winning director and a pioneering champion of independent cinema, has died. He was 89.
According to the French press agency AFP, residents in the Tillabéri region in western Niger said that gunmen shot dead 22 people, most of which were attending a baptism. Niger's authorities have confirmed that an attack happened, but did not release c...
Ghanaian football star Thomas Partey has pleaded not guilty to charges of rape and sexual assault in London.
US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump arrived at Windsor Castle on Wednesday in a horse-drawn carriage procession with King Charles III and Queen Camilla.
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Donald Trump is set to meet King Charles III during his unprecedented second state visit, as well as British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Not everyone is happy though - earlier in the week, crowds took to the streets to protest against Trump's visit.
A top police official who claimed that South Africa’s police and justice system has been infiltrated by criminal syndicates took the stand Wednesday at a government-backed probe into the allegations.
As South Sudan’s political and security crisis deepens, communities in Upper Nile State are grappling with a devastating convergence of ongoing violence, severe economic hardship, and relentless climate-related disasters, forcing tens of thousands to f...
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced on Tuesday that singers from 23 countries will take part in the upcoming Intervision song contest, the Russian version of Eurovision
