Nigerian ex-president Buhari dies at 82 in London/in /by
Former Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, who led the country twice as a military head of state and a democratic president, has died aged 82, his press secretary said Sunday.
Gabon launches electoral process for September 27 local and legislative elections/in /by
The electoral process for Gabon’s local and legislative elections is officially underway. The timetable for the September 27 vote has been announced and members of the national election commission have been sworn in by the Constitutional Court.
Nigeria sentences 44 people to hard labour for financing Boko Haram militants/in /by
Forty-four people in Nigeria have been sentenced to up to 30 years in prison for financing the jihadist militant group Boko Haram. The trials of 10 other people have been postponed, the country’s counter-terrorism agency said on Saturday.
Forty years and counting: CAR once again postpones local elections/in /by
Scheduled to take place for the first time in almost forty years, local and municipal elections in the Central African Republic have been once again postponed.
France and New Caledonia reach a deal granting territory more autonomy but no independence/in /by
France announced a sweeping, hard-fought agreement Saturday aimed at granting more autonomy to the restive South Pacific territory of New Caledonia, but stopping short of the independence sought by many Indigenous Kanaks.
Iran says it’s willing to resume nuclear talks with the US if given assurances of no more attacks/in /by
Iran’s foreign minister says his country is ready to resume nuclear talks with the United States but will need assurances that there will be no more attacks against it. Abbas Araghchi made the comments on Saturday, during a meeting with foreign diplomats in Tehran.
Brazil elephant sanctuary welcomes its newest resident, rescued from a zoo in Argentina/in /by
Kenya the elephant arrived this week at the Elephant Sanctuary Brazil, becoming the newest resident of the more than 1,000-hectare refuge located in Chapada dos Guimarães, Mato Grosso.
UN warns of worsening violence and mass displacement in Haiti, in new report/in /by
Violence in Haiti is escalating sharply, with gang activity reaching new levels across the country. According to a new report from the United Nations, the surge began in October 2024 and has continued through June of this year.
Uganda reopens border with M23-held eastern DRC/in /by
Six months after closing key border crossings due to rebel advances, Uganda has reopened its border with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The move comes after the seizure of Goma by the M23 rebel group, which led to the shutdown of crossings in Congo’s North Kivu province.
Boeing reaches settlement with man who lost entire family in 737 MAX Crash/in /by
Boeing reached a settlement Friday with a Canadian man whose wife and three children were killed in a deadly 2019 crash in Ethiopia, averting the first trial connected to a devastating event that led to a worldwide grounding of Max jets.