The UN passed a resolution on Wednesday to recognise the transatlantic slave trade as "the gravest crime against humanity". The decision was welcomed across West Africa and also at the African Union.
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Speaking at the opening of the 14th ministerial conference, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said countries must look to the future to consider how to reform the global trade system.
The visit by Spain’s top diplomat to Algeria comes as the Iran conflict upends global energy markets.
About 25 per cent of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas usually passes through the waterway which is being blocked by Tehran.
Egypt's last queen is the subject of a major new immersive experience opening in London, bringing her world to life through a combination of original artefacts and Virtual Reality technology
Journalists in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are facing mounting threats as conflict intensifies in the east, according to Reporters Without Borders (RSF). The group warns the country has become one of the most dangerous places for media workers...
Zimbabwe has become the latest to report the death of its nationals, saying 15 people have died on the frontlines of the war.
Hundreds of Somali spectators cheered as they watched two teams of young women play football in a Mogadishu stadium -- an unimaginable scene in the conservative, conflict-hit country just a few years ago
Lawmakers have approved plans to ease the creation of offshore detention centres and impose tougher penalties on irregular migrants, in a vote that exposed deep divisions over EU migration policy.
The presidency says they have been told that the United States threatened to boycott the gathering if South Africa was invited.
