The United States and Iran paused hostilities for a third night on Sunday as they looked to give peace talks another chance.

For two days, Benin’s political capital, Porto-Novo, came alive with the mythical Egungun, Zangbéto and Guèlèdè figures during the Mask Festival, as ceremonies and parades filled the city with color and tradition.

Marvel Studios used its Comic-Con International presentation Saturday to announce David Jonsson as the new Black Panther — the son of Chadwick Boseman’s T’Challa — and reveal that Ryan Gosling will be playing Ghost Rider, both in films set for release in 2028.

One thousand more Ghanaian migrant workers would start returning on Sunday and Monday from South Africa, where there have been violent protests against migrants, the government said.

Yan Diomandé is set to join Real Madrid next season, with the Spanish club having completed the RB Leipzig winger’s transfer on Sunday.

Hundreds of people gathered Saturday in Vogan, southern Togo, at the call of opposition parties and civil society groups to protest against the Constitution adopted in 2024, which enabled President Faure Gnassingbé to further consolidate his hold on power.

Even in army controlled areas, paramilitary groups are openly active in Sudan, heavily armed and viewed as unstable allies. Residents fear these militias could eventually turn on each other or on the army and start a new cycle of violence.

The former UN under-secretary-general, who served as a special representative for children and armed conflict, was nominated by Kampala on Friday.

The African Development bank says is will likely inflict a combined $10 billion to $20 billion hit on affected countries.

The announcement came as around 100 health workers went on strike at an Ebola treatment centre in Bunia, the epicentre of the outbreak.

Former boxer Yusuf Eleyele says he is not only teaching them the sport, but also discipline and resilience.

The protest marked five years since President Kais Saied Saied suspended parliament and later dissolved it in order to rule by decree.

The move cements his rift with his ally-turned-rival Ousmane Sonko who heads the country’s ruling Pastef party.

Perched on a cliff overlooking the Mediterranean Sea and the ancient ruins of Carthage, the picturesque village is a major tourist stop.

Together with dolphins, they are one of at least 37 species of marine mammals that can be found in South African waters.

They are being given a new home to escape oil drilling in the country’s largest park.

Antonio Guterres, who held talks with interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa shortly after his arrival, said the country was at a “pivotal moment”.

Some of the ancient cities of palaces, mosques, public squares, and narrow streets date back to the 12th century and are still inhabited.

Elected President Mohamed Bazoum and his wife have been detained in the presidential palace in Niamey since the July 2023 coup.

Officials say most of the blazes have been extinguished but two major ones are still raging.

Most of the 1,000 deaths from Ebola since mid-May have occurred in communities, not in treatment centres.

IOC member and FIFA leader Gianni Infantino will not have to explain to the Olympic body how U.S. President Donald Trump helped to stop a player’s ban at the World Cup

International Criminal Court member states voted Friday to dismiss prosecutor Karim Khan, diplomatic sources told AFP, following disputed allegations that he sexually assaulted a female member of his staff

Sister Leticia Ugboaja was taking into immigration custody while walking to Sunday Mass in her habit.

A court sentenced Mali’s former head of domestic intelligence Friday to 15 years in prison for “conspiracy against the government”, following a ten-day trial in which he openly accused the ruling junta of corruption

Every mid-July, thousands of ethnic Kabye men aged 18 to 20 take part in the ancestral rite of passage in the west African nation’s Kara region, hundreds of kilometres (miles) from the capital, Lome

Senegal’s soccer federation asked the court to review CAF’s decision to strip it of the tournament title in favour of Morocco.

Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu on Thursday approved the recruitment of 28,000 military personnel to “strengthen national security”, as the country battles a myriad of conflicts.

South Africa’s opposition reacted angrily on Friday after a court suspended impeachment proceedings against President Cyril Ramaphosa over the Phala Phala cash scandal.

Much of the 180-kilometre-long coastline is being privatised for exclusive urban residences and public-private enterprise.

In a makeshift tent covered in a torn tarp, Zakaria Hassan tried to make his baby son more comfortable after they fled fighting near the Central African Republic’s border with Sudan

The six candidates vying to replace the outgoing head of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, were grilled by diplomats, UN employees and civil society representatives on Thursday during a debate at the UN headquarters in New York.

Nearly 600 armoured fighters from 30 countries have gathered at Denmark’s Spøttrup Castle for the International Medieval Combat Federation (IMCF) World Championship, turning one of Scandinavia’s best-preserved medieval fortresses into an arena for full-contact historical combat.

The president had sought to stay the inquiry pending a legal review of a report finding he had a case to answer in the ‘Farmgate’ scandal.

Civil Guard officers, firefighters and the Military Emergency Unit battle fierce wildfires near Madrid, with more than 10,000 people evacuated amid extreme heat.

The warning to strengthen mosquito surveillance comes as locally transmitted cases are reported in Greece, Italy, Spain, Romania, and North Macedonia.

A Ukrainian drone strike sparked a major fire at a Wildberries warehouse near Saint Petersburg early on Thursday 24 July, sending thick smoke across the city and temporarily disrupting flights at Pulkovo Airport, according to Russian authorities.

Lawyers for jailed Tunisian opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi Thursday said his health was “critical” after reports the 85-year-old fainted and suffered severe exhaustion while barred from family visits.

The United States announced extra tariffs of 10% to 12.5% on 60 economies late Thursday, saying the countries had failed to adequately enforce a ban on goods made with forced labor.

Guinea Bissau’s junta had freed opposition leader Domingos Simões Pereira after a court ordered he should be allowed to travel to Portugal for medical treatment.