FC Barcelona forward Marcus Rashford missed training ahead of the club’s upcoming Round 13 of La Liga against Athletic Bilbao on Saturday.

Five years after his passing, “Black Panther” star Chadwick Boseman has been immortalized with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, celebrating a legacy that forever changed modern cinema.

The European Union imposed sanctions on a top leader of Sudan’s paramilitary group over “grave and ongoing atrocities” by his forces in the more than two-year war with the Sudanese army,

Nigeria suffered its second mass school abduction this week with authorities confirming an attack on a Catholic school in the conflict-battered northern region of the country on Friday.

As world leaders gather for the G20 summit, the focus often stays on big pledges, long speeches and complicated communiqués.

Sudanese people who escaped violence in North Darfur capital el-Fasher have recalled the horrors they experienced fleeing the city.

The Atlas Mountains have transformed into a breathtaking winter landscape after recent heavy snowfall blanketed the peaks in a layer of fresh, pure white.

The United Nations has expressed grave concern over reports of the kidnapping of several relatives of Guinean artist and opposition figure, Elie Kamano.

According to UNICEF, more than 400 million children globally live in poverty, missing out on at least two daily needs such as nutrition and sanitation.

There was dancing and celebration in the streets of Rio de Janeiro on Thursday as people came out to celebrate Black Consciousness Day. It’s a national holiday recognizing Afro-Brazilian history, resistance and contributions to the country.

While no group has yet claimed responsibility, Nigeria has long battled kidnapping networks ranging from Boko Haram — responsible for the infamous Chibok schoolgirl abduction in 2014 — to heavily armed criminal gangs known locally as bandits.

The deal comes as the EU races to diversify supply away from dominant sources and amid growing fears of disruptions.

French President Emmanuel Macron began a tour of Africa on Thursday with a visit to the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius.

France marked the release of Beaujolais Nouveau at midnight, drawing crowds to bars and celebrating a long-standing tradition around the young red wine.

A fire briefly spread through pavilions being used for U.N. climate talks in Brazil and prompted evacuations Thursday on the next-to-last day of the conference, and officials said 13 people were treated for smoke inhalation.

Salzburg’s Christmas market has opened with increased security measures, including more police patrols and cameras, following a trial against a man accused of planning attacks.

Sudan’s Sovereign Council, led by army chief Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman Al-Burhan, announced on Wednesday its readiness to cooperate with the United States and Saudi Arabia to end the two-year-long conflict devastating the country.

As Johannesburg gears up to host this weekend’s G20 summit of rich and developing nations, the US has once again said that it won’t participate and is putting pressure on South Africa not to issue at joint declaration at the end of the meeting.

Earlier this year, Sierra Leone’s world renowned Tacugama chimpanzee sanctuary shut down to protest the destruction of surrounding forest in the Western Area Peninsula National Park. Five months later, it’s once again welcoming visitors to the sanctuary.

The two countries are due to sign documents to start the upgrade of the Tazara railway line linking Zambia’s mines to the Tanzanian port of Dar es Salaam.

Nigerian authorities have shut schools in five districts of central Kwara state, over fears they could be targeted by armed gangs after a deadly attack on a church in the state earlier this week.

Amanuel Walid, known as Tewelde Goitom, is accused of running a migration route to Europe via Libya.

He also briefly addressed the church investigation into Spanish Bishop Rafael Zornoza, who faces allegations of sexual abuse dating back nearly three decades. The bishop denies the accusations and is cooperating with the canonical probe while undergoing cancer treatment.

The world’s richest nations are backsliding in their support for global development, according to a new study by the Commitment to Development Index.

They made it through after beating Nicaragua 2-0, defying the odds to qualify for the tournament for the first time in 51 years.

Nigeria’s High Court has convicted separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu on seven terrorism-related charges. The judge in Abuja on Thursday ruled that prosecutors provided “incontroverted evidence” that Kanu’s broadcasts incited deadly attacks on security forces and citizens in the country’s south east.

There have been rumours of a rift between the two men, arising from President Bassirou Diomaye Faye’s restructuring of the presidential coalition.

From automated vertical farms to soil-free film farming, Japan is developing technologies that could revolutionise global agriculture, reducing land, water, and labour use while empowering small farmers.

English football team Arsenal says it will terminate its partnership with Visit Rwanda at the end of this season, when the brand will cease to appear on the Gunners’ sleeves. Arsenal has come under fire over Rwanda’s human rights record and alleged sponsorship of M23 rebels in eastern DRC.

Authourities in Nigeria’s Kwara State have shut down all schools across Ifelodun, Ekiti, Irepodun, Isin and Oke Ero following new security threats in the area.

A series of posters and illustrations projected onto buildings demanded urgent action on issues including climate accountability, the global debt crisis, and women’s rights.

Ending hunger by 2030 would cost just $93 billion a year — less than one per cent of the $21.9 trillion spent on military budgets over the past decade, according to the UN World Food Programme (WFP).

Africa is witnessing major shifts in economics, education, and community development this week—from rising market fears in Nigeria to life-changing opportunities for East African students and women-led energy innovation in Zanzibar. Here are the stories making headlines.

Ghizlane Chebbak was crowned the Confederation of African Football’s top female player at a star-studded ceremony in Rabat.

Soccer fans celebrated at Curaçao International Airport in Willemstad on Wednesday as the country’s men’s soccer team arrived home after making World Cup history as the smallest nation by population ever to qualify.

An anti-migrant group called Operation Dudula is stopping foreigners from accessing public health clinics in South Africa.

Security forces and hunters have intensified efforts to find and rescue the Nigerian schoolgirls, local officials said. Security teams swept nearby forests where gangs often hide, while others were deployed along major roads leading to the school.

For the first time since 1998, a Moroccan has won the African Ballon d’Or and this year, the honor goes to Achraf Hakimi.

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Saudi Arabia’s crown prince urged him to take action to help end Sudan’s devastating civil war, raising the prospect of new US involvement in a conflict that has already claimed more than 40,000 lives.

Uganda’s opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) says police blocked its staff from accessing a planned campaign venue in the key northern city of Arua on Wednesday.