Rovanperä beats Neuville in Safari Rally Kenya shakedown/in /by
Rovanperä’s opening run through the rough and rocky 5.16km warm-up stage put his Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 on top, clocking 1.6sec quicker than Thierry Neuville’s Hyundai i20 N Rally1, who improved on his final pass to snatch second
Deportation flight from U.S. arrives in Haiti with 46 passengers/in /by
Dozens of U.S. deportees landed in Haiti on Tuesday, with 46 passengers aboard a flight from Miami, including 25 convicted felons
Protesters in Jerusalem oppose Netanyahu’s Gaza strikes/in /by
Protesters gathered in Jerusalem Wednesday, marching towards the home of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to oppose the government's resumption of the war in Gaza.
EU acknowledges Rwanda’s role in Congo crisis, but action delayed/in /by
According to Mariani, there is no longer any debate about whether the M23 is a terrorist group with ties to the Rwandan government. This fact is now widely accepted by both the European Union and the United Nations.
Nigerian president declares state of emergency, suspends governor, other officials/in /by
President Bola Tinubu said in a state broadcast he was suspending the governor and other elected officials, including the state lawmakers, for six months.
Mali withdraws from the International Organisation of La Francophonie/in /by
On Tuesday, Mali followed Burkina Faso and Niger's lead, announcing its withdrawal from the International Organisation of La Francophonie
At this primate rehabilitation centre in DRC, keepers are struggling to buy food for the animals/in /by
The ongoing conflict in DRC between the M23 rebel group and the Congolese military does not only impact the human population. Keepers at the Lwiro Primates Rehabilitation Centre say they are struggling to buy enough food for the centre’s hundreds of chimpanzees and monkeys.
Somalia: presidential convoy targeted by al-Shabab bomb attack, president unharmed/in /by
Somalia's president was the target of a roadside bomb attack on Tuesday while leaving his palace. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was unharmed. The militant al-Shabab group claimed responsibility for the attack.
Trump and Putin agree on limited ceasefire amid Ukraine conflict/in /by
President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed during a lengthy call Tuesday to an immediate pause in strikes against energy infrastructure in the Ukraine war, but the Russian leader stopped short of backing a broader 30-day pause in fighting.
Tshisekedi and Kagame meet in Doha, call for ceasefire in east DRC/in /by
The presidents of Congo and neighboring Rwanda met Tuesday in Qatar for their first direct talks since Rwanda-backed M23 rebels seized two major cities in mineral-rich eastern Congo earlier this year.