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Three countries join United States bid to host 2031 Women’s World Cup

Mexico, Costa Rica, and Jamaica will also stage games. The US is the sole bidder to host the expanded tournament.

Drone attack strikes Khartoum Airport hours before planned reopening

A drone attack struck the vicinity of Khartoum International Airport early Tuesday, casting doubt on authorities' plans to reopen the facility for domestic flights the following day after a 30-month closure due to Sudan's brutal civil war.

Tanzania’s general election risks becoming ‘devoid of legitimacy,’ Amnesty In’tl warns

Tanzania’s upcoming elections “risk becoming a procedural affair devoid of legitimacy,” international rights watchdog Amnesty International is warning.

Defiant former French president Sarkozy arrives at prison to begin sentence

Nicolas Sarkozy is to begin his five-year sentence for criminal conspiracy in the case involving Libyan funding of his 2007 presidential campaign.

38 M23 rebel fighters surrender to Congolese army in eastern DRC

Almost 40 members of the M23 rebel group have surrendered in the eastern democratic republic of the Congo, military officials said on Monday.

Aid organisations warn of growing hunger crisis in Nigeria following US funding cuts

Aid groups are raising the alarm about an unprecedented hunger crisis in northern Nigeria, where the impact of international funding cuts is hitting hard.

Gendarme shot and killed as tensions mount ahead of Ivory Coast presidential election

As tension continues to mount in Ivory Coast ahead of Saturday’s presidential election, a gendarme has been shot and killed while on patrol in the south of the country.

BNP Paribas shares drop after US court verdict on liability in Sudan atrocities

A New York jury on Friday ordered the bank to pay close to $21 million dollars to three plaintiffs.

Madagascar coup leader Michael Randrianirina names businessman as new prime minister

Colonel Michael Randrianirina made the appointment just three days after he was sworn in as Madagascar's new president.

Amazon cloud computing outage disrupts Snapchat, Airbnb and online services worldwide

The global outage at Amazon Web Services affected dozens of major online operations, including some of Amazon's own websites and apps.