Tanzania’s high court on Monday allowed Tundu Lissu’s treason trial to proceed, the latest blow to the country’s opposition.

Vote counting has begun following the closure of polling stations at 14:00 GMT in Malawi’s crucial presidential election.

President Donald Trump filed a $15 billion defamation lawsuit against The New York Times and four of its journalists on Monday, according to court documents.

Malawians cast their votes on Tuesday in elections to choose a president, lawmakers and local government representatives

In a landmark move to address one of the most persistent threats to its security, Somalia has launched its first-ever National Counter-IED Strategy, praised by the United Nations as an “important step forward” in the fight against improvised explosives widely used by the Al-Shabaab militant group.

Cameroonians will cast their ballot on 12 October 2025. The country’s young people could play a decisive role in the election.

Robert Redford, the Hollywood golden boy who became an Oscar-winning director, liberal activist and godfather for independent cinema under the name of one of his best-loved characters, died Tuesday at 89.

In a significant milestone for global energy markets, Nigeria’s massive Dangote refinery has successfully exported its first shipment of gasoline to the United States, with commodities giant Vitol and North American distributor Sunoco taking delivery this week.

Mexico began its Independence Day celebrations on Monday night with President Claudia Sheinbaum delivering the traditional “shout” from the balcony of the National Palace for the first time.

World Trade Organization members celebrated the entry into force on Monday of a fisheries deal that marks the global body’s first multilateral agreement with environmental sustainability at its core.

The regional prosecutor’s office in Kharkiv has released video footage of the moment a Shahed drone struck an administrative building in the city centre.

The bank is accused of having provided financial support to Omar al-Bashir’s government in the 1990s and 2000s.

The UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan accused the country’s political elites of looting public revenues.

Hundreds of people attended the funeral services Tuesday for 31 reporters killed in Israeli airstrikes last week in Yemen.

The sixth edition of the Red Bull Megaloop kitesurfing competition took place on 15 September in Noordwijk after organisers waited two years for the required extreme weather.

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A United Nations-appointed commission has concluded that Israel is committing genocide in its military campaign in Gaza, marking one of the most severe international condemnations of the war that has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians.

The trial of three people charged with housebreaking and stealing $580,000 in US banknotes hidden in a couch at a game farm owned by President Cyril Ramaphosa opened on Monday.

One person was killed and 13 others, including children, were injured in a Russian strike on the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia on Tuesday, officials said.

Albi Albar Ramli is a motorbike mechanic… who now trains macaws in southern Jakarta, where he keeps 18 of the parrots at his home.

A court in Lusaka has sentenced two men to two years in prison with hard labour for attempting to kill the country’s president Hakainde Hichilema with witchcraft.

If passed, the new constitution would give military leader and interim President Mamadi Doumbouya the right to run in the next presidential election and would create a Senate alongside the country’s National Assembly

As Malawians head to the polls, voters in Lilongwe are frustrated by ongoing fuel shortages and rising inflation.

It’s the first national vote since a 2019 presidential election was nullified and redone a year later because of widespread irregularities. The election features the same two main candidates that faced off in the 2019 vote – Lazarus Chakwera and Peter Mutharika

Ghana’s Foreign Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa pushed back on criticism that the decision was an endorsement of US President Donald Trump’s migration policies, saying Ghana accepted the third-country deportees “purely on humanitarian grounds”

Netanyahu spoke to a delegation of US legislators in Jerusalem on Monday.

Qatar’s ruling emir accused Israel of not caring about its hostages held in Gaza and instead only working to “ensure Gaza is no longer livable.”

The delicate peace agreement holding the world’s youngest nation together is unraveling, sparking fears of a return to full-scale civil war.

Tanzania’s Independent National Electoral Commission disqualified the leader of the ACT-Wazalendo, reversing a decision made just days earlier.

In a move to stabilize the nation after deadly anti-government demonstrations, Nepal’s Prime Minister Sushila Karki appointed three key ministers to her interim government on Monday, tasking them with preparing for new elections scheduled for March.

Double-cleansing, exfoliation, serums and eye creams – all part of the multi-step routines promoted by online influencers. But perhaps it’s time to put down the products and get back to basics.

Pope Leo XIV marked his 70th birthday on Sunday by thanking God, his parents and those who prayed for him during his traditional noon blessing in St. Peter’s Square.

The NGO blamed the attacks on JNIM and the Islamic State in the Sahel Province, two prominent jihadist groups in the region.

Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has proclaimed himself the most qualified candidate to challenge President William Ruto in the upcoming 2027 General Election.

Former MMA star and anti-immigrant campaigner Conor McGregor has dropped out of Ireland’s presidential race. In a post on X, he criticised the electoral requirement for candidates to have the backing of 20 MPs or 4 local authorities.

The Rapid Support Forces have have maintained their siege of El-Fasher for 16 months, pushing thousands to flee.

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Israel’s military destroyed several high-rise buildings in Gaza City on Sunday after issuing online evacuation orders, some of which gave residents less than an hour to leave.

With a nerve-of-steel penalty in the dying moments of the match, Mohamed Salah cemented his legacy among the Premier League’s most elite goalscorers, climbing into fourth place on the competition’s all-time list and keeping Liverpool’s title charge alive.

As Malawians prepare to head to the polls on Tuesday, President Lazarus Chakwera is fighting for a second term against a backdrop of severe economic hardship and public disillusionment, a stark contrast to the hope that propelled him into office four years ago in a historic election.