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Families search for loved ones amid M23 Rebel offensive

Outside the morgue at Goma’s North Kivu Hospital on Monday, Red Cross workers piled bodies into a large truck

Thousands protest in Argentina against President Milei’s controversial speech

Protesters in Argentina denounced President Javier Milei's controversial remarks against feminism and LGBTQ+ rights.

Musk and Trump move to shut down USAID

Staffers at the U.S. Agency for International Development have been instructed to stay out of the agency’s Washington headquarters after Elon Musk announced that Donald Trump had agreed with him to shut the agency down

Coast Guard rescues 130 migrants in Mediterranean sea

On Sunday, an Italian Coast Guard rescued 130 migrants and refugees attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea

A cautious resumption of life in Goma following M23 takeover

Some shops, stores, and a market have reopened, but the situation remains tense and customers scarce.

Trump plans to cut US funding to South Africa

Trump pledged to stop all future funding on his Truth Social platform on Sunday, writing: “South Africa is confiscating land, and treating certain classes of people VERY BADLY."

Rubio presses Panama on China and immigration issues

The U.S. Secretary of State has warned the Panamanian President over what Washington considers heavy Chinese influence over the Panama canal

Ugandan activists demand release of an opposition leader facing military trial

Kizza Besigye, a four-time presidential candidate in the East African country, has been in jail since his abduction from the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, where he went missing on Nov. 16.

South Africa renews demand that Taiwan relocate its de facto embassy

The Taiwanese foreign ministry says it has been given an end of March deadline to move its office out of the administrative capital, Pretoria.

‘Devils’ take to the streets in Spanish village for Endiablada festival

Local residents in the Spanish village of Almonacid del Marquesado celebrate the feast day of the Virgen of Candelaria dressed up as devils.