Hassan and Tebogo secure top prizes at World Athlete of the Year awards/in /by
Letsile Tebogo and Sifan Hassan clinched the top honours at this year's World Athlete of the Year awards in Monaco. It comes after both won titles at this year's Olympics in Paris.
ICJ begins hearings in landmark climate change case/in /by
The International Court of Justice began hearings on Monday to examine what countries worldwide are legally required to fight climate change and help vulnerable countries
Drone strikes by Mali’s military regime kill 8 Tuareg leaders in the country’s north/in /by
“Several synchronized drone strikes martyred some Azawad leaders on December 1, 2024, in Tinzaouatine, near the Algerian border,” s
Negotiators in South Korea fail to clinch agreement addressing plastic polliution/in /by
Negotiators in Busan, South Korea, have failed to reach their goal of finalising a treaty addressing the worldwide crisis of plastic pollution. Some, including delegations from Africa, argued the treaty was too watered down. They have agreed to resume talks next year.
56 dead in Guinea soccer stadium stampede/in /by
The stampede erupted in the packed stadium as security forces attempted to control clashes among fans, local media reported.
Syria launches counterattacks to halt insurgents’ advance/in /by
The Syrian military rushed in reinforcements and struck Idlib city Sunday to push back insurgents from advancing farther after seizing Aleppo and surrounding strategic locations in an adjacent province in a surprise offensive.
Senegal demands answers as it remembers a French colonial massacre/in /by
Between 35 and 400 West African soldiers who fought for the French Army in the second World War were killed on Dec. 1, 1944 by French soldiers after they demanded their unpaid wages. The French accused them of staging a mutiny
Kenya: Children left behind by British soldiers struggle to find identity/in /by
Biracial children from Kenyan women and visiting British soldiers on training have long lived uncomfortable lives in Kenya. Now a local lawyer is taking some of the children to Britain to confront authorities over hundreds of such cases reported over the years
Namibia opposition candidate furious after voting is prolonged for days/in /by
Partial results showed Panduleni Itula of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) trailing Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, the ruling South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) candidate. Scheduled for Wednesday, the vote went on until Saturday due to logistical and technical hitches
Ivory Coast: Laurent Gbagbo’s ex-wife to run for president/in /by
Simone Ehivet won the nomination of her party, the Movement of Capable Generations (MGC) at a congress in her native town of Moossou in Iv ory Coast's southeast