Front-runner Wadagni eyes Presidency in Benin vote
In Benin, Finance Minister Romuald Wadagni is the clear favorite in Sunday’s presidential election, backed by outgoing president Patrice Talon, who is stepping down after two terms.
Benin faces uneven race for president
Backed by the ruling bloc, Romuald Wadagni, 49, who has been finance minister for 10 years, faces a single rival, Paul Hounkpe, a former culture minister seen as a moderate
Gaza: Selling handmade dolls to survive and bring joy to children
Shireen al-Kurdi is a 36-year-old displaced mother of five. The Palestinian woman is earning a limited income through her hobby of making crochet dolls and selling them at an affordable price.
Gaza mourns Al Jazeera reporter Mohammed Wishah killed iin Israeli drone strike
Gaza was mourning Al Jazeera correspondent Mohammed Wishah on Thursday after he was killed in an Israeli drone strike that hit his car west of Gaza City a day earlier.
Deported to Eswatini: Cambodian refugee questions controversial US policy
Pheap Rom spent decades building a life in the United States, holding permanent resident status since 1985. But today, he finds himself detained in Eswatini, far from the country he once called home.
Israeli strikes on Lebanon leave more than 200 dead and 1,000 wounded
Lebanon is searching for survivors after Israeli strikes on Beirut, Tyre and the southern village of Abbassiyeh killed at least 203 people and wounded more than 1,000, the health ministry said, as the overall death toll from attacks since early March surpasses 1,500.
Polisario Front celebrates 50 years of Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
Western Sahara's independence movement held a military parade in a refugee camp near Tindouf in Algeria on Wednesday.
Ugandan man admits ‘human sacrifice’ kindergarten stabbings
A man has admitted killing four young children in a kindergarten in Uganda, in an attack that has shocked the nation.
‘We are not broken’: French nationals freed from Iran welcomed by President Macron
Two French nationals freed after being detained in Iran received a hero’s welcome on Wednesday, as President Macron greeted them at the Elysee Palace.
Fears Middle East ceasefire at risk after Israeli strikes on Lebanon kill 182 people
Emergency workers in Beirut are searching for survivors after Israeli strikes on busy commercial and residential areas of the Lebanese capital on Wednesday. Now there are fears the Middle East ceasefire is at risk.